Health

KARACHI: While the spike in cases of dengue and malaria in the city showed no significant decline, the municipal bodies on Thursday claimed to have covered 60 to 70 per cent of the metropolis in the ongoing fumigation drive that would continue till December. Informed sources said that the fumigation campaign to eliminate mosquitoes was being carried out by the …

ISLAMABAD: As the government started vaccinating children aged five to 11 years against Covid-19, the health experts fear that there is a strong possibility that some children might get two doses in less than 21 days, the minimum time required for the administration of second dose. Though, according to the experts, it makes no adverse effect on the children’s health …

France’s health authority said Tuesday it had approved three new vaccines against the prevalent Omicron sub-variants of the Covid-19 virus, in a bid to prevent a jump in infections as colder weather approaches. The so-called “bivalent: shots, approved by the European Medicines Agency earlier this month, target the BA.1, BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants, now responsible for the bulk of …

ISLAMABAD: Four more flood-victims have lost their lives due to outbreak of viral diseases in Sindh, citing sources within health ministry. During the past 24 hours, four flood victims including two women hailing from Jamhsoro and Thatta lost their lives due to an outbreak of Gastro and heart problems. Sources said as many as 10 flood affectees have lost their …

France became the latest country on Tuesday to authorise new Covid-19 vaccines that have been updated to target Omicron subvariants ahead of autumn booster campaign. Here’s what you need to know about these “bivalent” vaccines, which means they also still target the original strain that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019. – Mutating to evade immunity – …

ISLAMABAD: Around 400 suspected patients visit Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Isolation Hospital and Infectious Treatment Centre (IHITC) on a daily basis while 100 confirmed cases are currently admitted to the two medical institutions. On the other hand, Rawalpindi reported another 72 dengue cases on Tuesday. “On an average 15 patients were being admitted to the hospital and …

Squid game star Lee Jung-jae has postponed all his schedule activities after tested positive for COVID-19. On September 21, Allkpop reported that Lee agency confirmed the news about the actor positive test of COVID-19. Actor agency issued a statement about a situation and said that “Actor took a PCR test, and the results were positive. As per quarantine authorities’ instructions, he has currently …

At least nine more people have died from water-borne diseases in flood-hit areas of Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday, warning they risked losing control of the spread of infections in a crisis that the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) described as “beyond bleak”. An intense and long monsoon dumped around three times as much rain on Pakistan than on average …

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday launched a major immunization drive to vaccinate children in the age group of five to 11 against Covid-19. The drive will continue till Sept 24. “Today, the campaign kicked off in all the seven districts of Karachi division and Hyderabad district targeting 2.4 million children in the first phase,” Dr Samreen Ashraf Qureshi, the …

MUMBAI: India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been ruled out of the three Twenty20 Internationals at home against Australia, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Sunday. After the three-match series, starting in Mohali on Tuesday, India will play another three games at home against South Africa as they continue their preparations for the …