Health

ISLAMABAD: Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has suggested a 38 per cent cut in 100 mg Remdesivir injection price and recommended to set its price up to Rs5,680. The federal government has decided to approve a major reduction in prices of Remdesivir injection used to treat COVID-19 patients as a summary was sent to the federal cabinet by the …

ter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded fresh 2,458 COVID-19 cases and 67 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 40 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,091. 1,863 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,165 patients are in critical condition. The positivity …

NEW YORK: The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic. The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word, Merriam-Webster said on its website, after a year in which at least 1.4 million people globally have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Sometimes a single word defines an era, and it’s fitting …

WASHINGTON: Hopes for a first wave of vaccinations before the end of this year received a boost with US firm Moderna saying on Monday it was filing for emergency authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine in the United States and Europe. After top US scientists warned Americans to brace for a “surge superimposed on the surge”, Moderna reported full results had …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia, as approximately 90,000 women are diagnosed with the disease every year out of whom 40,000 pass away. Estimates reveal that one in 10 Pakistani women could develop breast cancer in their lifetime. This was pointed out by speakers at a webinar, “Breast cancer awareness: give hope, save lives”, organised …

PESHAWAR: The provincial metropolis, which recorded eight of the total nine deaths in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, has in fact lesser mortality from Covid-19 than projected in the health department’s daily reports. “Of 313 new cases in the province Peshawar recorded 174, but less than 30 per cent of these patients are domiciled here and the rest came from other …

ISLAMABAD: A five-day national polio immunisation drive will commence on Monday (today) during which over 39 million children under five years of age will be vaccinated across the country; around 285,000 health workers will go from house to house, observing strict SOPs for Covid-19, in an effort to save children from the crippling disease. “The government is committed to making …

Positivity rate falls to 5.29pc Rawalpindi police official falls victim to virus Twin cities report 501 new patients ISLAMABAD: The federal capital saw a reduction in its daily Covid-19 cases on Sunday as 355 people tested positive compared to 447 a day earlier. However, the district administration advised residents to continue following standard operating procedures. “Positivity rate, which was 7.16pc on …

ISLAMABAD: Five major cities — Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi — contribute 70 per cent of coronavirus cases in Pakistan, according to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) data released on Sunday. A meeting of the NCOC was informed that Mirpur (Azad Jammu and Kashmir), Hyderabad, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar were among the top cities with persistently rising …

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child. The baby was born this month without COVID-19 but with the virus antibodies, the Straits Times …