Health

KARACHI: Two passengers on Friday tested positive for COVID-19 at Karachi  International airport. The passengers landed at Karachi airport from Saudi Arabia via flight SV-708K. The airport officials told the media that the detection was made after the patients had gone through antigen tests for Covid-19. During checking the body temperature of the passengers was also recorded high. The COVID-positive …

Lahore, Punjab’s provincial capital, has topped the list of most polluted cities in Pakistan, according to the Air Quality Index. According to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index, Lahore recorded a particulate matter (PM) rating of 241, placing the city at the top spot on the index of most polluted cities of Pakistan. Meanwhile, Faisalabad and …

ISLAMABAD: Global leaders on Tuesday confirmed $2.6 billion in funding towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s 2022-2026 strategy to end polio at a pledging moment at the World Health Summit in Berlin. The funding will support global efforts to overcome the final hurdles to polio eradication, vaccinate 370 million children annually over the next five years and continue disease surveillance …

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally. Polio is a highly infectious disease spread mainly through contamination by faecal matter, used to kill and paralyse thousands of children annually. While there is no known cure, three injections of the vaccine provide nearly 100% immunity. …

GENEVA: The world organisations for human and animal health, food and the environment issued their first joint action plan on Monday aimed at detecting and tackling the next potential pandemic. Shaken by the Covid-19, the four agencies teamed up to combat emerging health threats by targeting the links between ecosystem degradation, food system failures, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. The …

KARACHI: Sindh to launch anti-mosquito fumigation in nine flood-hit districts of the province from the next week, quoting sources. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Sindh has received 5,000 KG of anti-mosquito spray powder, 2,000 kilograms of the spray power has been shifted to Jamshoro warehouse of the PDMA, according to sources. Moreover, 3,000 KG anti-mosquito spray powder has been …

Karachi continues to see a rise in the number of dengue cases as 167 more infections of mosquito-borne disease were reported during the past 24 hours. According to Sindh Health Department, as many as 167 cases of dengue fever were reported in the metropolis in the past 24 hours, taking the monthly tally to 3,850. During the ongoing year, as …

LAHORE: The security staff of Meo Hospital Lahore on Friday arrested a fake doctor who was checking the patients. According to the medical superintendent (MS) of Meo Hospital, a man named Malik Kashan was checking the patients in the hospital with a statoscope. The man was intercepted and checked by the security staff as he was new to the hospital. …

LAHORE: Punjab CM Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday took notice of Nishtar hospital bodies scandal and ordered an inquiry into the matter. Punjab CM expressing grief on the issue ordered an inquiry into the matter. Strict action should be taken against those responsible for the mishandling of bodies. Desecration of bodies cannot be allowed in any civilized society as it …

LAHORE: The security staff of Meo Hospital Lahore on Friday arrested a fake doctor who was checking the patients. According to the medical superintendent (MS) of Meo Hospital, a man named Malik Kashan was checking the patients in the hospital with a statoscope. The man was intercepted and checked by the security staff as he was new to the hospital. …