Health

ISLAMABAD: With the arrival of 98 new dengue cases in the hospitals of the twin cities, the patients’ tally in Islamabad alone crossed the 1,000 mark on Saturday. District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad Dr Zaeem Zia said out of the 98 cases 73 were reported from the rural areas and 25 from the urban localities. He said 21 patients were …

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Executive Director of Unicef Omar Abdi has said his organisation sees the possibility of an end to polio in Pakistan as only one polio case has been reported in the country this year. Talking to Dawn at the end of his visit to Pakistan, Mr Abdi said: “We have been looking at the trend for the last 20 years and …

The Delta variant of the coronavirus does not appear to cause more severe disease in children than earlier forms of the virus, a UK study suggests. Earlier this year, the research team found the Alpha variant of the virus did not appear to make children sicker than the so-called wild, or original, form of the virus, first seen in China. …

ISLAMABAD: The highest number of dengue cases in the current season was reported in the capital on Friday. A meeting was held at the deputy commissioner office regarding measures to be taken against the dengue outbreak. Representatives from different housing societies attended the meeting and were directed to take strict measures against the epidemic by ensuring daily fogging/fumigation, sweeping and …

KARACHI: Describing the number of blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases in the officially released provincial data as ‘gravely underestimated’, experts on Friday called upon the government to improve blood screening services both in the private and public sector and provide them at highly subsidised rates to the masses. They were speaking to with reference to the data released by the …

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Friday announced that students will not be allowed to attend classes from October 31 unless they are partially vaccinated against the coronavirus. In addition, students will be required to be fully vaccinated by November 30 in order to attend their classes, he said while addressing a press …

ISLAMABAD: The tally of deaths from dengue rose to five in the capital as one more patient died of the disease on Thursday. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Zaeem Zia said the deceased was a resident of Itefaq Colony, Tarnol, and admitted to Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) Rawalpindi. During the last 24 hours, 96 dengue cases emerged in the capital, …

LAHORE: Balochistan were forced to pull out of the National T20 Cup match against Northern on Wednesday night after it emerged that four players in their squad had tested positive for Covid-19. While the affected players were duly quarantined from the squad, the organisers changed the schedule with the bottom-placed Southern Punjab replacing Balochistan for the scheduled game at the …

ISLAMABD: The outpatient department (OPDs) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) remained closed and over 300 elective surgeries were postponed on Wednesday as a protest against police baton charge and arrest of young doctors a day earlier. The OPDs in Polyclinic also remained partially closed. Young doctors were protesting against the National Licensing Exam (NLE) outside the Pakistan Medical …

ISLAMABAD: While over 87 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered across the country, the National Com­mand and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday decided to approach unvaccinated people and convince them to get themselves vaccinated. Main target will be the districts which are lagging behind others in terms of percentage of vaccinated population. Meanwhile, it has been observed that …