Health

TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Games host city “have their …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Restaurants Unity Association (PRUA) on Tuesday demanded the government allow indoor and outdoor dining to alleviate the suffering of those associated with the sector. Addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press Club, PRUA Chairman Aamer Rafique Qureshi and members demanded withdrawal of the decision to close restaurants. The association further urged that like takeaway, indoor and …

GENEVA: The Red Cross on Tuesday stressed the need for “extraordinary steps” to increase access to Covid-19 vaccines around the world, including speeding up negotiations towards patent waivers. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement called for states and pharmaceutical companies to move much faster towards evening out glaring inequities in access to the jabs around the world. Among …

NEW DELHI: India reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases on Monday but daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts said the data was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas where the virus is spreading fast. For months now, nowhere in the world has been hit harder than India by the pandemic, as a new …

India’s total Covid-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly. Covid-19 tests were administered to 200,000 people evacuated from coastal districts of the western state of Gujarat before the cyclone struck late on Monday and efforts were being made to try to …

LAHORE: The City District administration reportedly suspended on Monday as many as 18 officials of district health and other departments, including the Lahore Metropolitan Corporation, from service for being allegedly involved in receiving bribe for ‘out-of-turn’ Covid-19 vaccination and committing irregularities at various vaccination centres. Since most complaints related to the Lahore PKLI and Expo vaccination centres, the administration has …

ISLAMABAD: While number of active cases of Covid-19 decreased by 25 per cent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday decided to continue ban on tourism till further orders. According to data, there were 68,223 active cases as of May 17, which was around 25pc fewer as the number had surpassed the 90,000 mark by the end of …

LONDON: Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible Indian coronavirus variant now spreading across the country, Heath Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. And hours later, he was able to announce that the country had passed the milestone of 20 million adults vaccinated with two doses of the coronavirus jab. The news came just …

India has found 26 suspected cases of bleeding and clotting among recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the health ministry said on Monday, describing the risk as “minuscule” out of the 164 million doses administered. Some countries have suspended or restricted use of the shot over fears of possible side effects, though health experts have said its benefits outweigh the risks. This is the first …

KARACHI: Survivors of the coronavirus experience many different kinds of effects even after recovering. These include both psychological and physical effects. Many doctors are still in the process of learning about this virus and sometimes they do not have the knowledge to deal with many things linked to Covid-19. AH is a 55-year-old survivor of the coronavirus. After recovery, he …