Health

ISLAMABAD: As Covid-19, dengue, typhoid and malaria are all spreading at the same time, experts have advised people to avoid polypharmacy practice as it has serious side-effects and could lead to emergence of multi-drug resistant virus or bacteria. On the other hand, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data showed that 35 patients succumbed to Covid-19 and 1,656 more …

RAWALPINDI: As many as 111 more dengue patients landed in the hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday. In the garrison city, 57 dengue patients arrived in three government-run hospitals taking their tally to more than 501 in just two weeks. The official data has not carried the patients admitted to private hospitals. In previous years, the provincial government collected …

LONDON: Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million, according to a tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations. More than half of all global deaths reported on a seven-day average …

KARACHI: Rejecting the results of recently held Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT), Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho on Saturday said the province had left with no option but either to hold its own tests or decrease percentage for admission to medical colleges. She was speaking to reporters in the committee room of the Sindh Assembly. Sindh …

• NDMA procures 7m vaccines from China, Russia • Asad says 30m people to be fully vaccinated in a day • NCOC advises pilgrims from Iraq to quarantine • 46 lose battle against virus, over 1,600 get infected ISLAMABAD: While Covid-19 positivity ratio, which was in double figures a couple of months ago, has declined to 3.21 per cent, Minister …

Canadian health officials said on Friday data suggests reported cases of rare heart inflammation were relatively higher after Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine compared with the Pfizer/BioNTech shots. The data also indicated heart inflammation occurs more often in adolescents and adults under 30 years of age, and more often in males. The statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada said majority …

WASHINGTON: A pill developed by US drugmaker Merck could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalised for those most at risk of contracting severe Covid-19, with experts hailing it as a potential breakthrough in how the virus is treated. If it gets authorisation, molnupiravir, which is designed to introduce errors into the genetic code of the virus, would be …

ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 positivity ratio in the country fell below three per cent for the first time since July, with 1,411 new cases repor­ted over the last 24 hours. On the other hand, as per the decision of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), restrictions on unvaccinated people came into force on Friday. Meanwhile, the forum announced that the quarantine …

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday inaugurated a Gamma Knife radiosurgery facility at the Dow University Hospital, Ojha Campus. Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, who is also the provincial government’s spokesperson tweeted: “This is the first such intervention at a public sector hospital in Pakistan.” “This painless technology is known worldwide for treatment of tumours.” TODAY CM #SINDH INAUGURATED …

Malaysia has given conditional approval for a COVID-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac to be used on young people aged between 12 and 17, its health ministry said on Friday. Teenagers younger than 18 began receiving COVID-19 doses last month, after vaccinations of more than 80% of adults were completed in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest vaccine rollouts that has …