The third wave of corona virus infection has informally arrived in South Africa, health authorities said, with rising caseloads and a slow vaccine rollout is fuelling fears of fresh strain. “South Africa technically entered the 3rd wave today as the national 7-day moving average incidence (5959 cases) now exceeds the new wave threshold as defined … Read more
The Punjab government has finally decided to block SIM cards of people who reject to get vaccinated against coronavirus. Several decisions were taken at a meeting directed by health minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid at the Punjab Civil Secretariat. To vaccinate 70 million people by the end of December 2021, officials have decided in the meeting … Read more
The World Health Organization has advised Europeans to travel responsibly during the holiday season, as it cautioned that the continent was “by no means out of danger” in the battle against the deadly CoronaVirus. “With increasing social gatherings, greater population mobility, and large festivals and sports tournaments taking place in the coming days and weeks, … Read more
Pakistan reached its milestone 10 millionth anti-Covid vaccine on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). NCOC chief Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry, and NCOC Chief Coordinator Lt Gen Hamud Uz Zaman contributed to the event. Umar said stated in a media briefing, the country had … Read more
Aspirin does not increase the chances of survival in strictly ill COVID-19 patients, early results from one of Britain’s biggest trials studying the normally used painkiller and blood diluter showed on Tuesday. The scientists behind the trial, which is looking into a variety of potential treatments for COVID-19, assessed aspirin’s effects on nearly 15,000 hospitalized … Read more
A plan by the federal government is welcomed by the Indian officials and health experts to give free COVID-19 shots to all adults as a step in the right direction on Tuesday but cautioned that vaccinations must be enhanced to prevent new streams in infections and after immense pressure to provide jabs free of cost, … Read more
No Covid-19 vaccines for Indian pregnant ladies can’t get immunized due to government strategy, with specialists referring to an absence of information. Tanya Ashnigdh is four months pregnant and scared, one of the large numbers of hopeful moms barred from India’s wavering inoculation drive regardless of being a more serious danger from Covid-19. In a … Read more
A chemical factory fire in the western Indian city of Pune killed 18 people, police said Monday. The police said 20 people had survived the flash of fire and the burned bodies of all those killed had been recovered. An inquiry has been ordered by the district management. The fire was at a plant where … Read more
The coronavirus positivity rate has dropped to 3.02% in Pakistan, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). This is the lowest since February 2021. In total, 49,285 coronavirus tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, of which 1,490 came out positive, stated the NCOC on Monday. The country reported 58 deaths … Read more
The danger of a third rush of Covid hitting Africa is “genuine and rising.” cautioned The World Health Organization (WHO). A senior authority from the Geneva-based UN body asked governments across the landmass to “earnestly” extend their offices with the goal that their medical care frameworks don’t get overpowered. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for … Read more
The world has introduced a different number of vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which also continues to grow. AstraZeneca and The University of Oxford have teamed up in the United Kingdom to produce a recombinant vaccine made from a reformed chimpanzee adenovirus. Similarly, another candidate is from China’s Sinovac Biotech. The Sinovac vaccine uses … Read more
A shortfall in COVID-19 vaccine doses going through the COVAX program in June and July should undermine the efficiency of the roll-out, the World Health Organization stated Friday. COVAX was set up to make sure equitable distribution of vaccines, especially to low-earnings countries, and has already delivered extra 80 million doses to 129 territories. But … Read more
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah meets Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki on Friday. The Saudi envoy ensured Sindh CM in a meeting that they would include Chinese-manufactured vaccines in its list of permitted shots for visitors to the Kingdom. The Chief Minister House requested the Saudi government to include … Read more
India has reported 132,364 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while the death toll has rose to 2,713 on Friday. The tally of infections stood at 28.6 million and the death toll at 340,702, the health ministry said. Fresh infections continued to fall as it has taken the caseload to 28,574,350. Test positivity … Read more
Pakistan’s coronavirus death count has exceeded the 21,000 mark after 92 fatalities were reported on Thursday, pushing the total death tally to 21,022, according to the official data provided by the National and Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). About 51,523 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 2,028 came as positive, … Read more
President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out a plan for the US to distribute 25 million surplus coronavirus vaccines globally and stated the country might raise a few regulations to permit different international locations to buy US-made components for vaccine manufacturing more easily. President Joe Biden stated the US might share the vaccines without expectation … Read more
The provincial education minister on Thursday said that the Sindh government will decide on June 4 whether to reopen schools in the province. Ghani stated that the provincial officials will meet to review the coronavirus situation in the province on Friday. It is to notice that the daily cases of coronavirus infections had sparked up … Read more
Inhabitants who have received the first dosage of the coronavirus vaccine and are seeking to travel abroad can now get the coronavirus vaccination certificate. The National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) on Thursday approved distributing certificates for partial jab and now the people seeking to travel out of the country can acquire them. The certificate … Read more
Global coronavirus vaccine vaccinations have exceeded two billion, according to official sources across the world. The milestone comes six months after the first vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 began. At least 2,109,696,022 shots have been prearranged in 215 countries and regions. Israel is leading the race from the start, is still out in front, with nearly … Read more
“Ending the pandemic is possible — and requires global action now,” the heads of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, World Trade Organization (WTO), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) wrote in a jointly penned op-ed in a newspaper. The world and its developed nations aim to have vaccinated the majority of their adult population … Read more
UAE Airlines has announced on Wednesday that they will continue to operate fewer flights to Pakistan as per the guidelines issued by the Pakistani government. “The Pakistani government has issued updated travel directives extending the limit on the number of international passengers allowed to travel into Pakistan,” A spokesperson for Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways told Gulf … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has pressed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said Wednesday, after working hours tumbled and access to good-quality jobs vanished. UN’s International Labor Organization warned in a report that the labor market catastrophe created by the pandemic was far from over. Employment was not expected to bounce back … Read more
Covid-19 has affected the world in various ways, one of them is affecting the world economy. The entire world is badly shaken by the after-effects of the pandemic, the developed countries have faced numerous losses, whereas the underdeveloped countries are still struggling to get the vaccine. The partial ability of most developing and emerging economies … Read more
Developing a vaccine in under 1 year is a massive achievement in medical history. While the coronavirus pandemic made a new normal of mask-wearing with physical and social distancing, it also urged global cooperation for vaccine research and distribution. However, a vaccine can only be effective if people are willing to receive it. With rapid … Read more
The health secretary stated the competitive vaccination program turned into “virtually working.” But he warned that the outbreak was not over. It is the primary time in over a year that the whole country no longer reported a single loss of life from the virus for a whole day. The UK recorded no deaths from … Read more
If the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread worldwide, vaccines could become ineffective and strains could escape immunity. The right vaccines need to go to the places where they are needed. According to genome databases, such as nextstrain.org, there are now more than 1,000 known variants of the SARS CoV-2 virus. Up to now, the “variants … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated families across India, has left thousands of children orphaned or without one parent. According to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR),since the start of the pandemic, more than 1,700 children have lost both or one parent, while 140 have been abandoned and more than 7,400 have lost one of … Read more
National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has decided to set up devoted COVID-19 vaccination centers across the country for teaching and non-teaching staff of all public and private educational institutions. According to details, new vaccination centers will be established at the tehsil level across the country while distinct counters in the current vaccination centers will … Read more
