Health

ISLAMABAD: As the federal capital becomes the first city in the country to achieve the milestone of having more than 50 per cent of its eligible population fully vaccinated and 71pc having received at least one jab, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has called on other cities to follow suit and increase the pace of administering …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Saturday sealed scores of localities in different sectors as Covid-19 spread in the capital. The areas that have been sealed are located in G-6, G-7, G-9, G-10, G-11, G-13, F-7, F-10, E-11, I-8, I-9 and I-10. A notification issued from the office of the deputy commissioner said on the recommendations of the District Health Office …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been much better than other countries in the region keeping in view its socioeconomic and other factors to pre-empt adverse impacts of the virus, said Senator Dr Sania Nishtar. She was addressing an international conference on Covid-19 and South Asia organised by the School of Public Health and Centre for Contemporary South …

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 25 more deaths during the past 24 hours by the novel coronavirus, bringing the province’s overall death toll to 5,225, ARY News reported on Friday. According to the KP health department, 628 more people were diagnosed with the COVID-19 during the same period, raising the tally of such patients in the province to 167,782. 521 …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported as many as 3,480 new cases of the COVID-19, during the last 24 hours, pushing the overall number of infections to 1,201,367, said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday. With 82 more deaths, during the said period, the death toll rose to 26,662. STATISTICS 11 SEP 21: TOTAL TESTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 63,181 …

MANCHESTER: The fifth and deciding Test between England and India at Old Trafford in Manchester was dramatically cancelled on Friday just over two hours before the scheduled start because of coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns in the tourists’ camp. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said fears over the coronavirus, related to an outbreak among backroom staff, had left India unable …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported as many as 3,689 new cases of the coronavirus and 83 deaths during the past 24 hours, said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday. It said the nationwide death toll rose to 26,580 after 83 more people died of the viral disease. A total of 61,128 samples were tested during the previous 24 hours, …

Vietnam has approved the Hayat-Vax coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, the seventh to be endorsed in the country. The vaccine is manufactured in China and packaged in the United Arab Emirates, the government said in a statement. Hayat-Vax is the same Sinopharm CNBG’s BiBP inactivated vaccine that was registered by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on December 9, …

ISLAMABAD: As many as 50 million citizens have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine while more than 20 million have been fully vaccinated against the viral disease, said NCOC head Asad Umar on Friday. “In the early days of the vaccination campaign we had set a daunting target of vaccinating 7 crore people by the end of …

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has exempted the New Zealand cricket team from rapid antigen testing upon their arrival at the Islamabad International Airport on Saturday. The waiver, however, is subject to other relevant SOP rules, such as thermal scanning upon arrival. The exemption was given in the light of request from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the …