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PESHAWAR: Eleven persons died of coronavirus and 410 new cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday as positivity rate in Peshawar swelled to 10.6 per cent. Peshawar accounted for six mortalities and 196 new cases in the province, taking its total count of deaths and confirmed incidence to 703 and 19,607 respectively. One case was reported each from Nowshera, …

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) notified on Thursday a Rs3,564 cut in the price of Remdesivir, a drug found to be effective in treating patients hospitalised with coronavirus. According to the notification, the new price of 100mg vial of the antiviral is fixed at Rs5,680. The drug regulator has asked firms importing Remesivir to mention the drug …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 56 deaths and 3,138 new cases due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 56 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,603. 2,030 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,575 patients are in critical condition including 77 more declared …

Britain’s medicines regulator has advised people with a history of significant allergies not to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported adverse reactions on the first day of its rollout in the UK. Here are some questions and answers about the cases and what they might mean. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED? UK officials said there have been two reports …

TORONTO: Canada approved the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech on Wednesday, clearing the way for shots to be delivered and administered across the country. The nation’s first coronavirus vaccine green light comes under a new interim order system that allows for accelerated approval. “The approval of the vaccine is supported by evidence that it is safe, effective and …

PARIS: Men infected with Covid-19 are three times more likely to require intensive care than women and are at significantly higher risk of dying from the virus, scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers analysed over three million confirmed coronavirus cases from 46 countries and 44 states in the US between Jan 1 and June 1 of this year. They found that …

RAWALPINDI: Acting on the directives of the Punjab government, the district administration on Wednesday imposed lockdown in 19 localities of Rawalpindi district, including 16 in the garrison city, till Dec 21 following an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients in the last two weeks. According to figures released by the administrations of the twin cities, eight deaths were reported …

n ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a telephone conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates on Wednesday, discussed the Covid-19 situation and polio eradication efforts in Pakistan. According to an official press release, the prime minister informed Mr Gates about Pakistan’s policy to contain the pandemic and mitigate its deleterious impact on health and economy. Mr …

William Shakespeare from Warwickshire in England was one of the first people to receive the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine outside a clinical trial on Tuesday. The 81-year-old had the injection at University Hospital Coventry on Tuesday, 20 miles from Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of his namesake, England’s greatest dramatist and poet. Shakespeare’s shot inspired Twitter users, who joked “The Taming of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 60 deaths and 2,963 new cases due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 60 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,547. 1,797 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,498 patients are in critical condition including 12 more declared …