Health

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday warned that the world was moving towards global anarchy as every country wanted to administer vaccine of its choice. Speaking at the first International Conference on Covid-19 Vaccination, the minister said that politics over vaccines would lead to anarchy. The online conference, hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang …

ISLAMABAD: The capital saw the highest number of Covid-19 cases reported on a single day since April 29 as 441 people were diagnosed with the disease on Thursday. Furthermore, a male patient (70-79), resident of Rawat, succumbed to the disease and the positivity rate jumped to 10.5pc. Officials of the capital administration said that 509 virus cases were reported on …

ISLAMABAD: As Saudi Arabia allows the entry of fully vaccinated travellers if they get booster dose of a recognised vaccine in the wake of a United Arab Emirates’ decision to lift a ban on transit flights, Pakistan on Wednesday made another record of per day Covid-19 vaccination. Saudi Arabia, says a Dawn.com report, decided to allow entry to the foreign travellers fully …

GENEVA: The WHO called on Wednesday for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots as China tightened overseas travel curbs after recording its highest number of infections in months, while Tokyo reported the Olympic Games’ first cluster. The World Health Organisation said halting booster shots until at least the end of September would help ease the drastic inequity in dose …

Saudi Arabia has decided to allow entry to foreign travellers fully vaccinated with either Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines, provided that they also received a booster shot of either of the four vaccines approved by the Kingdom, according to the country’s e-visa portal. “Guests who have completed two doses of the Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines will be accepted if they have received …

KARACHI: While the Covid-19 situation in the city continues to pose a serious threat to the health infrastructure, with sustained pressure on certain government health facilities being the ‘first choice’ of patients, several other facilities remain under-utilised, it emerged on Tuesday. The Aug 2 data of the health department showed that the Sindh Infectious Disease Hospital and Research Centre — …

ISLAMABAD: Prescribing formula milk to babies without a genuine reason is a crime, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Tuesday. In a video statement issued in connection with Breastfeeding Week, being observed from Aug 1 to 7 globally, Dr Sultan said mother’s milk was essential not just for the child’s mental and …

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to impose 10 per cent Covid surcharge [on each ticket] from Sept 1 on all unvaccinated passengers. There will also be a complete ban on travelling of all unvaccinated passengers from April next year, Dawn has learnt. According to an internal letter issued by the PR headquarters, the senior officials concerned at the head office and …

ISLAMABAD: The treasury members from Karachi on Tuesday blasted the PPP-led Sindh government in the National Assembly for its decision to impose a strict lockdown in the provincial capital in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, alleged political victimisation of the opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly and “worsening law and order situation” in the city as one of the MNAs …

BEIJING: Millions of people were confined to their homes in China on Monday as the country tried to contain its largest coronavirus outbreak in months including seven positive tests found in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in late 2019. China reported 55 new locally transmitted cases on Monday as an outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta variant reached over 20 …