Health

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army, Rangers and local police in collaboration with the district administration on Friday started an operation to ensure implementation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the garrison city. During the operation, Assistant Commissioner (City) Waqas Sikandar and ASP Taimur raided different markets and imposed fines on three shops on Murree Road, two restaurants and arrested two persons …

LAHORE: Keeping in view the worsening Covid-19 situation, the government has decided to place Lahore under a complete lockdown on Saturday and Sunday (May 1 and 2). The lockdown restrictions will not be applicable to the industry operating under coronavirus-related standard operating procedures (SOPs). On the other hand, the Lahore City District Administration urged the public at large to wear …

Several Indian states have run out of Covid-19 vaccines a day before a planned widening of a nationwide inoculation drive, authorities said on Friday, as new infections in the crisis-hit country surged to another daily record. India reported 386,452 news cases in the past 24 hours, while deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 3,498 over the last 24 hours, according to …

LAHORE: Most of the Punjab Cabinet members have proposed that the provincial government must go ahead to impose lockdown in the cities facing high coronavirus rate. As many as 2,100 coronavirus deaths and 85,900 new positive cases have been reported during the past one month. Lahore alone is facing 22.7 per cent positivity rate at present. Twenty-three districts are reporting …

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Tuesday that a special committee of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was monitoring the oxygen situation in the country and trying to improve it. He made the comments during a press conference in Islamabad to apprise the public about the government’s steps to deal …

• One million doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrive from China • Inbound flights curtailed to stop transportation of Indian variant • 5,480 cases, 151 deaths reported in single day • Permission granted for import of 6,000 tonnes oxygen, 5,000 cylinders ISLAMABAD: With over 5,000 more people infected with coronavirus over the past 24 hours, Pakistan on Thursday decided to curtail …

UNITED NATIONS: China has assured Pakistan and other South Asian nations of its continued cooperation in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic by providing both medical supplies and economic assistance, says a joint statement issued at the UN headquarters in New York. China gave this assurance at a video conference on the joint response to Covid-19 on Tuesday, attended by the foreign …

India set another global record in new virus cases on Thursday, as millions of people in one state cast votes despite rising infections and the country geared up to open its vaccination rollout to all adults amid snags. With 379,257 new infections, India has now reported more than 18.3 million cases, second only to the United States. The health ministry …

KARACHI: The urgency of the safety measures taken for the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted routine immunisation of children in Sindh and it must be countered with a mass information campaign regarding vaccination safety and need, experts said at a webinar, debunking myths surrounding vaccination. The event was organised by Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) with the Extended Programme on Immunisation, …

MIAMI: A private school in Florida has decided to bar teachers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 from coming into contact with students, arguing against all evidence that the educators pose a health risk. Critics have held up the move by the Centner Academy as a particularly glaring example of the dangers of misinformation as the US works to get …