Health

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that strengthening of health infrastructure is top priority of the government to enable the health system to effectively deal with the challenges posed by Covid-19 epidemic in the province. In a statement here on Sunday, he said that in order to enable the existing health infrastructure to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Rs124 …

CHAGAI: Officials of the health department, social activists and members of civil society urged people to make their immune system strong by taking Vitamin-D and eating natural food like fresh vegetables, meat and fruits and their natural juices to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus in the area. Speaking at a seminar at Dalbandin Press Club, District Health Officer (DHO) of …

LAHORE: The number of new reported coronavirus-positive cases and related deaths has started dropping in Punjab, as 1,523 new cases were reported in the province on Sunday as compared to 2,538 on Saturday, while Covid-19 claimed 60 lives as compared to 82 on Saturday. In Lahore too, the number of new cases was 728 on Sunday as compared to 1,166 …

ISLAMABAD: Two more cases of polio were found in the country on Saturday, taking the tally for the year to 53. According to health officials, the polio cases were reported in Sindh and Balochistan. The children infected with the crippling disease have never been administered the anti-polio vaccine, said sources. Giving details, the sources said that a three-month-old infant was …

LAHORE: The provincial capital is becoming a ‘hard-to-survive’ city for the Covid-19 patients after its state-run teaching hospitals are running short of beds for them amid a massive surge in the number of serious patients, while the highest number of deaths are also occurring here in Punjab every day. Presently, the corona wards at the major teaching hospitals of Lahore …

ISLAMABAD: While coronavirus cases have increased by more than 100,000 in the past three weeks with many patients being “denied” of treatment due to lack of facilities, the Centre’s sudden change of mind after a year to take over three major hospitals of Sindh has stirred a controversy over their control and funding, which may further affect the fight against …

The United States lost another 705 people to the new coronavirus in the 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It marked the ninth day in which the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than 1,000, even as the US remains the country hardest-hit by the pandemic with 119,086 deaths out of 2,219,119 official cases. …

Swiss drugmaker Novartis is halting its trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) against COVID-19 after struggling to find participants, it said on Friday, as data emerged from other studies raising doubts about its efficacy. Novartis’ trial began in April and sought to test the drug in 440 hospitalized patients. But the project only managed to recruit a handful. Novartis’ move follows …

FRANKFURT: There is a notable name missing from the frontrunners in the race to test experimental immunisations against the novel coronavirus: the world’s largest vaccine maker GlaxoSmithKline. And that is absolutely fine according to the British group’s chief medical officer for vaccines Thomas Breuer, who says the company prefers the slow and steady approach of focusing on an established technology …

KARACHI: Coronavirus cases in the Sindh police department have mounted to 975 after 102 more personnel tested positive for the infection in the past 2 days, on Friday. According to Sindh police spokesperson, 975 personnel of the Sindh police have been tested positive for the coronavirus so far, while 264 have recovered their health from the deadly virus. 700 offices …