Health

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 513 new cases of the novel coronavirus during last 24 hours, taking the national tally of infections to 298,025. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), five more people succumbed to the deadly virus during this period, lifting the death toll from the disease to 6,340. As many as 282,553 patients have recovered from the …

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that “vaccine nationalism” would only slow the effort to quash the pandemic and called for vaccines to be used fairly and effectively. Tedros said 78 high-income countries had now joined the “COVAX” global vaccine allocation plan, bringing the total to 170 countries, and the “number is growing”. He urged others to join …

LONDON: Patients involved in early tests of a Russian coronavirus vaccine developed antibodies with “no serious adverse events”, according to research published in The Lancet on Friday, but experts said the trials were too small to prove safety and effectiveness. Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named “Sputnik V” after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in …

QUETTA: Another case of polio was found in Balochistan on Friday, showing that the number of poliovirus cases in the province continues to grow due to suspension of the vaccination campaign because of the coronavirus pandemic. A 34-month-old child was diagnosed with poliovirus in Pishin district. According to health department officials, samples of the child were collected on Aug 19 …

s RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil topped four million Covid-19 cases on Thursday as health ministry officials said infections were beginning to slow in the world s second worst-hit country. Since the first case came to light on February 26, the South American colossus has registered more than 4.04 million infections and over 124,600 deaths, second only to the United States. …

po QUETTA: A new case of polio virus has been detected in Balochistan, taking the number of children affected by the crippling disease in the province so far this year to 17. According to the Balochistan health department, a 34-month-old boy has been detected infected with the polio virus in Pashin’s Union Council, Ali Zai. The child was tested on …

PARIS: Asia has registered more than 100,000 deaths linked to the new coronavirus since it first emerged in December, according to a tally based on official sources. A total of 100,667 deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus in the region out of 5.42 million officially declared cases, with 4.25m people considered to have recovered. In terms of fatalities, India …

LAHORE: Punjab on Thursday reported two new cases of dengue fever, taking the number of total case to 49 in the province, thus so far.  According to the spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, the patients are under treatment. The spokesperson said no deaths have been reported in the ongoing year due to dengue virus. Last week, …

ISLAMABAD: The head of National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication Dr Rana Safdar said that the authorities have set a target of vaccinating 40 million children during the anti-polio drive this month. Dr Rana Safdar gave a briefing to the participants of the meeting chaired by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan today for …

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information, Technology and Telecommunication in collaboration with Byonyks (medical devices company) has developed Pakistan’s first bloodless risk-free kidney dialysis machine. Founder of Byonyks, Farrukh Usma, met with the Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque in Islamabad on Wednesday. During the meeting, Farrukh apprised the IT minister that multiple patients have used the painless dialysis …