Health

HYDERABAD: A four-year-old girl died of the wrong injection administered at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday. A minor girl lost her life after allegedly being administered a wrong injection to the staffers at a private hospital in Hyderabad’s Latifabad area. The family told the media that they brought the girl for the treatment of cough and nausea. They …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported as many as 2,662 fresh cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths in the previous 24 hours, the data shared by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed on Monday. It said 29 more patients succumbed to the viral disease, pushing the death toll to 29,801. A total of 47,307 samples were tested, out of which 2,662 …

ISLAMABAD: Skardu in Gilgit Baltistan reported the highest COVID-19 positivity ratio of 17.86 percent in Pakistan during the last 24 hours. In Muzaffarabad Covid-19 positivity rate recorded 17.65 pct and in Nowshera 16.56 percent, sources at the Ministry of National Health stated. Pakistan’s largest city Karachi reported 12.85 percent test positivity ratio, while Hyderabad recorded 6.52 pct coronavirus positivity rate, …

China’s medical products regulator said on Saturday it has given conditional approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, making it the first oral pill specifically developed to treat the disease cleared in the country. The National Medical Products Administration said Paxlovid is approved to treat adults who have mild to moderate COVID-19 and high risk of progressing to a severe condition. …

KARACHI: Sindh has reported 1,101 new cases of COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths during the last 24 hours. In Karachi 690 infections have been reported in 24 hours, Sindh Health Department said in a statement. “Covid positivity rate has dropped to 12.54 pct in the city,” health department stated. “Seven patients died in the province in last day.” According …

PARIS: Paris police fired teargas and issued hundreds of fines on Saturday to break up a convoy of vehicles that attempted to block traffic in a protest over Covid restrictions and rising living costs. Inspired by the truckers that shut down the Canadian capital Ottawa, thousands of demonstrators from across France made their way to Paris in a self-proclaimed “freedom …

ISLAMABAD: As the fifth wave of Covid-19 is continuously declining across the country, a little over 3,000 infections and 44 deaths were reported over the past 24 hours. According to data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 3,019 persons were infected with the virus and the national positivity rate, which was in double digit last month, stood …

PARIS: Thousands of protesters headed towards Paris on Friday in convoys from across France, with many hoping to blockade the capital in opposition to Covid vaccination rules and other restrictions despite police warnings to back off. Inspired by Canadian truckers paralysing border traffic with the US, the French protesters set off from Bayonne, Perpignan, Lyon, Lille, Strasbourg and elsewhere with …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has set aside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order that the World Health Organisation (WHO) does not enjoy immunity in a dispute over customs clearance of vehicles brought into the country for relief work in the wake of 2010 floods, with the observation that determination of scope, limits and extent of diplomatic and state immunity clauses …

ISLAMABAD: As the World Health Organisation (WHO) praised Pakistan’s response to Covid-19, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that the government ensured protection of economically downtrodden people by enforcing smart lockdowns instead of complete shutdown during the pandemic. WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala at a press conference appreciated the commitment of the government and the NCOC …