Health

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar on Thursday said that the Ministry of Industries has held a meeting with major oxygen producers to ensure the supply of oxygen to hospitals on a priority basis. In a Tweet, the minister said that it has been decided in the meeting to ensure the supply/redirect of oxygen to Healthcare on …

CHICAGO: An influential foundation, CEPI, focused on preparation and response to epidemics that is backing nine potential coronavirus vaccines has identified manufacturers with capacity to produce four billion doses a year, the group’s top manufacturing expert told Reuters. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI)plans to have two or three manufacturing plants for each vaccine, James Robinson, a longtime biopharma …

RAWALPINDI: Although Covid-19 testing in Rawalpindi is slow, with laboratories conducting 110 tests a day, Commissioner retired Capt Mohammad Mehmood said on Wednesday that the city’s testing capacity will be increased to 600 tests daily in a day or two. Mr Mehmood told Dawn that the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and Holy Family Hospital (HFH) labs carry out 90 tests every day, …

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) is launching a campaign, to acknowledge the role of healthcare workers fighting on the front lines against Covid-19. All doctors and paramedics, in Islamabad and Rawalpindi will be given a 10pc special discount on purchase of medicines along with a gift hamper. Welcome banners will also be placed at the entrance of …

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Tuesday sought a detailed report from the Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority (PBTA) about steps taken to stop sale of plasma of the patients recovered from coronavirus. The chief justice was hearing a petition against the government’s failure to check the plasma sale while Specialised Healthcare Secretary Nabeel Awan, officials of …

BEIJING: China has approved a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products’ unit to begin human testing, the company said in a filing on Tuesday. The potential vaccine, co-developed by Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical and the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has received a certificate from the National Medical Products Administration to launch clinical …

PARIS: French drugmaker Sanofi said on Tuesday it expects to get approval for the potential COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline by the first half of next year, faster than previously anticipated. Sanofi, which is hosting a virtual research and development event, and GSK had said in April the vaccine, if successful, would be available in the second …

• Brazil reaches 50,000 deaths mark • Cinemas, swimming pools reopen in Paris DUBAI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) sent out a fresh warning on Monday over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to life by staging an annual music festival and sending millions of children back to school. In spite of numerous European countries further easing …

Brazil, the world’s second coronavirus hot spot after the United States, officially passed 50,000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, a blow for a country already grappling with more than one million cases, rising political instability and a crippled economy. Brazil now has a total of 1,085,038 confirmed cases and 50,617 deaths, up from 49,976, its Health Ministry said. Experts say the true numbers …

MULTAN: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has issued notices to eight private hospitals for charging higher rates from admitted Covid-19 patients than those fixed by the government in February when the pandemic reached the country. According to an official handout issued on Sunday, these hospitals included Ittefaq Hospital, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Akram Medical Complex, Masood Hospital, Lahore Care Hospital and …