po LAHORE: A polio vaccination drive will be carried out in different cities of Punjab province from August 15 to 19, according to the Punjab Primary and Secondary Health Care Department. According to details, the Secretary Punjab Primary and Secondary Health Care Department, Captain (R) Muhammad Usman has written a letter to security coordination committee seeking security for polio vaccination …

WASHINGTON: Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the early part of next year, Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases official, said in a Reuters interview on Wednesday, offering a more conservative view of the ramp up than some Trump administration officials. Fauci said there could be a billion vaccine doses available by …

BEIJING/FRANKFURT: Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products will produce AstraZeneca potential COVID-19 vaccine in mainland China, the British drugmaker said on Thursday, its first deal to supply one of the world’s most populous countries. The deal underscores Astra’s frontrunner position in a global race to deliver an effective vaccine, given that Chinese ventures are leading at least eight of the 26 global …

Babar Azam struck a fluent unbeaten half-century as Pakistan closed a rain-shorted first day of the first Test against England on 139 for two at a gloomy and wet Old Trafford on Wednesday. Babar (69 not out) showed all his skill and class to weather an early storm from the England bowlers, and wrestle away the initiative along with the more sedate …

MELBOURNE: Mas­ter batsman Steve Smith says Australia have ‘unfi­nished business’ in Engl­and, with the achiev­em­ent of retaining the Ashes last year tempered by defeat in the final Test that levelled the series 2-2. Tim Paine’s Australia retained the urn in Engl­and for the first time since 2001, earning a hero’s reception back home, but the loss at The Oval left …

NEW YORK: World number two Rafa Nadal confirmed on Tuesday that he will not defend his US Open crown this year at Flushing Meadows as organisers released the singles entry list for the Grand Slam. Spain’s Nadal had said in June that he had reservations about travelling to the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic and he joins women’s world number …

MANCHESTER: Front-foot no-ball technology that will see the TV umpire alone deciding whether a bowler has over-stepped will be used for the first time on a trial basis in Test cricket during the England-Pakistan series, which started on Wednesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said. Currently, the responsibility for calling no-balls lies with the on-field umpires. They can, however, …

t ISLAMABAD: In order to promote the free flow of trade, the government has introduced amendments in customs rules for overseeing international transshipment of goods and containers to an intermediate destination before being taken to a final one. The amendments were made as part of the trade facilitation agreement for the transshipment of imported cargo from gateway to foreign port …

let KARACHI: A huge consignment of active/inactive pharmaceutical ingredients, imported by local companies from India are stuck up at port awaiting no objection certificates (NOC) from the Drug Regulatory Autho­rity of Pakistan (Drap). Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufac­turers Association (PPMA), in a letter to Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Division Dr Faisal Sultan on August 5 said that 300 …

ISLAMABAD: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain believes Pakistan’s young prolific batsman Babar Azam’s performance in the Test matches would be of great importance, if the tourists were to win the ongoing series in England. Nasser heaped praise on Babar, while talking about the way the latter carries himself on the field. “The outstanding member of that line-up is Babar, who …