Health

LONDON: AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, denting the British drugmaker’s shares on Wednesday as the move was seen as dimming prospects for an early rollout. On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said it voluntarily paused trials, including late-stage ones, to allow an independent committee to review safety data, and it was …

LAHORE: Punjab health department on Wednesday reported another confirmed case of dengue fever within 24 hours taking the number of total cases to 45 in the province thus so far. According to the spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, the dengue patient was reported in Rawalpindi. In the province, 45 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed …

ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus claimed nine more lives across the country during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll from the deadly disease to 6,359. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 426 more people tested positive for the highly contagious disease, lifting the number of people affected by it to 299,659. The number of people recovering …

In an unfortunate incident, a teacher died of coronavirus in front of a class of students moments after she struggled to breathe during a zoom lecture. The incident occurred in Argentina and images of her last moments were shared in an online video, removed later at the request of the victim’s family. According to details, Paola de Simone, 46, who …

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will expand the size of public gatherings to four people and re-open more sports venues from Friday as the Asian financial hub relaxes strict curbs against a third wave of the coronavirus. The measures come as new daily cases have dropped into the single digits from three figures. Last week gyms and massage parlours re-opened and …

BEIJING: China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week — vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm. Neither …

QUETTA: Another polio case has been reported in Balochistan on Monday. According to well-informed sources within the health department, the case was reported in district Pashin of Balochistan, where a 15-month old baby girl was confirmed battling with the crippling disease. With the latest detection of poliovirus case in Balochistan, the number in the province so far this year has …

SYDNEY: Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as the number of new daily infections in the country’s virus hotspot fell to a 10-week low. Morrison said his government has struck a deal with CSL to manufacture two vaccines – one developed by rival AstraZeneca and …

BEIJING: About 90 percent of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the country’s emergency use programme, its chief executive said on Sunday. The extent of inoculations under the emergency programme, which China launched in July but has released few details about, points to how actively it is …

RAWALPINDI: Nine cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday in Rawalpindi district while five patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering. The tally of confirmed patients in the district now stands at 6,740 while 281 people have died and 6,271 others discharged after recovery from Rawalpindi’s four main hospitals. As many as 254 patients are waiting for their coronavirus serology …