Health

KARACHI: Karachi continues to see a rise in the number of dengue cases as another 160 cases were reported in the city during the past 24 hours. According to Sindh Health Department, as many as 160 cases of dengue fever were reported in the metropolis in the past 24 hours, taking the monthly tally to over 3000. Among these cases, …

SEOUL: South Korea’s government will expand its corporate bond-buying program among other liquidity supply measures amid growing worries about a credit crunch in bond and short-term money markets. The government will double the ceiling of its corporate bond-buying facility run by state-run banks to 16 trillion won ($11 billion), Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho said on Sunday. The …

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to launch a week-long anti-polio campaign to inoculate over 6.5 million children under five from October 24 (Monday). The decision was taken by the provincial task force on the anti-polio drive meeting chaired by Health Minister Azra Pechuho and was also attended by divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, World Health Organization (WHO) representatives, and others. …

KARACHI: Karachi has seen a rapid increase in dengue cases as 199 new mosquito-borne disease infections were reported in the past 24 hours. According to figures provided by Sindh Heath department, as many as 199 cases of dengue were reported in the last 24 hours in the metropolis. The data shows that overall 53 people have lost their lives to …

KARACHI: Find My Doctor, a leading healthcare startup, has launched Pakistan’s very first Digital Hospital. The Digital Hospital was inaugurated at an event held on Thursday, 20th October at the Marriott Hotel in Karachi. The event was attended by several notable personalities including chief guests Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Shehzad Roy and Zahra Khan. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that …

KARACHI: Two passengers on Friday tested positive for COVID-19 at Karachi  International airport. The passengers landed at Karachi airport from Saudi Arabia via flight SV-708K. The airport officials told the media that the detection was made after the patients had gone through antigen tests for Covid-19. During checking the body temperature of the passengers was also recorded high. The COVID-positive …

Lahore, Punjab’s provincial capital, has topped the list of most polluted cities in Pakistan, according to the Air Quality Index. According to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index, Lahore recorded a particulate matter (PM) rating of 241, placing the city at the top spot on the index of most polluted cities of Pakistan. Meanwhile, Faisalabad and …

ISLAMABAD: Global leaders on Tuesday confirmed $2.6 billion in funding towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s 2022-2026 strategy to end polio at a pledging moment at the World Health Summit in Berlin. The funding will support global efforts to overcome the final hurdles to polio eradication, vaccinate 370 million children annually over the next five years and continue disease surveillance …

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally. Polio is a highly infectious disease spread mainly through contamination by faecal matter, used to kill and paralyse thousands of children annually. While there is no known cure, three injections of the vaccine provide nearly 100% immunity. …

GENEVA: The world organisations for human and animal health, food and the environment issued their first joint action plan on Monday aimed at detecting and tackling the next potential pandemic. Shaken by the Covid-19, the four agencies teamed up to combat emerging health threats by targeting the links between ecosystem degradation, food system failures, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. The …