The health ministry has decided to offer COVID-19 risk allowance only to front-line health workers in federal hospitals and institutions. The health ministry stated in a letter to federal administered hospitals and institutions and asked the management to provide statistics of health workers for the delivery of COVID-19 risk allowance to them. The coronavirus risk … Read more
Two million doses of China’s Sinovac vaccines will be flown in from China on July 5, stated sources. The sources claimed the batch will reach Islamabad through Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight. The Government of Pakistan has purchased the two million shots, the sources said, to distribute the vaccine to all the deprived units lacking … Read more
Islamabad faces a shortage of vaccines, amidst the ramped up mass coronavirus inoculation drive, a shortage of several vaccines is being observed in the federal capital, reported a private news channel. According to the report, vaccine doses from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and CanSino Bio are out of supply in the capital city. Several vaccination centers have exhibited … Read more
Sindh has reported 600 new COVID-19 cases, the virus also claimed 24 lives, bringing the death toll to 5,464. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a daily statement on the coronavirus situation, said more than 600 new cases appeared when 14,520 tests were conducted during the period. He added that 24 more patients … Read more
The PM of Pakistan praised National Command and Operations chief Asad Umar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan, the Pakistan Army, and others involved in reducing the spread of the corona virus. PM Imran Khan said Pakistan’s coronavirus situation was better as compared to countries in the region and it was … Read more
The Pandemic claimed another 27 lives in Pakistan, bringing the total number of deaths from coronavirus in the country to 22,281, with nine,979 positive cases. According to details, the National Command and Operations Center (NCO) released the latest data on the Corona situation, stating that 27 more people died of Corona in the country in … Read more
The Sindh government has conveyed to the private schools that it would not announce summer vacations this year in order to compensate for the loss of students owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sindh did not change its conclusion of announcing any vacations this year, with the province’s education minister Saeed Ghani saying that the decision … Read more
The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) said on Tuesday in a statement that Coronavirus inoculation accessibility in the country is satisfactory. National Coordinator Lt Gen Hamood-uz-Zaman Khan chaired the session held in Islamabad. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan and Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt Gen Akhtar Nawaz … Read more
Federal Government has received the second batch of PakVac corona vaccines from the National Institute of Health (NIH), claimed sources. The second batch of the vaccine contains 1, 91,000 doses, stated sources. According to sources, Pakistani experts have primed the second batch of PakVac which is based on the formulation of single-dose Chinese vaccine-Cansino. “Previously, … Read more
Coronavirus has claimed 3 more lives in the past 24 hours in Sindh, bringing the province’s overall death toll from the virus to 5,410. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 511 more cases of coronavirus have been reported during the same period in the province. The chief minister said that of the … Read more
Pakistan will be receiving Moderna’s mRNA-1273 Covid-19 vaccine dosages in the coming months through COVAX, the World Health Organization’s global shared vaccine Programme. Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination official said that talks were ongoing with COVAX to obtain the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. The official told that there has so far been no … Read more
Citizens who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will not be able to enter shopping malls, banks and government offices in Quetta as the district administration has made vaccination obligatory for entry to all public places. The administration has asked all the malls, banks, and offices in the provincial capital to deny entry to un-vaccinated … Read more
The national tally on Friday of total active COVID-19 cases has reached 32,921 with 1,052 were positive with the deadly virus and 1,013 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Forty-four corona patients have died during the past 24 hours, 41 of them were under cure in the hospitals, and three of … Read more
Federal Minister and head of the National Command and Control Center (NCOC) Asad Umar has warned of a fourth wave of coronavirus in Pakistan. Asad Umar said in a Tweet that the NCOC had Reviewed the artificial intelligence-based disease modelling analysis today. “In the absence of strong SOP enforcement and a continued strong vaccination program, … Read more
COVID-19 has claimed five more lives during the past 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the provincial death toll to 4,294. According to the KPK health department, 124 more people were identified with the COVID-19 during the same period, raising the tally of such patients in the province to 137,484. Meanwhile, the coronavirus has claimed … Read more
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms & Special Initiatives Asad Umar has advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to take a worldwide resolution about the vaccines that are suitable for traveling instead of every country making its own decision on vaccine acceptability. “Vaccine acceptability decisions have to be taken by a global institution like WHO,” … Read more
Chinese enterprises donated oxygen concentrators and face masks to bolster Pakistan’s ability in its continuing efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic at a ceremony held at the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) here on Thursday. To mark the 70th anniversary of Pak – China Friendship, this donation ceremony was specially designed … Read more
Despite the deterioration in coronavirus cases being testified in the country, cases have increased in Karachi. In the past 24 hours, 1,506 people were tested in Karachi, out of which 208 people tested positive for corona. [amazonad category=”Electronics”] Thus, the positivity rate was 13.81%. In contrast, the nationwide positivity ratio reported for June 22, is … Read more
KARACHI: The government of Pakistan has partnered with Facebook in their fight against Covid-19, as over 32 million people in Pakistan received authoritative information regarding the Covid prevention and vaccination through social media messaging campaigns conducted by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Information’s Digital Media Wing in partnership with Facebook, a statement … Read more
Vaccination of citizens has been restarted at the city’s most Corona vaccination centers after the supply of vaccine stocks. The process of inoculation has been restarted at Karachi’s Khaliq Dina Hall, a major vaccination center in the city. However, the COVID-19 vaccination at the Arts Councils was still postponed. [amazonad category=”Auto”] Whereas the vaccination procedure … Read more
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Dr. Faisal Sultan on Wednesday said that the government is making genuine efforts to guarantee the accessibility of the COVID-19 vaccine at all vaccination centers and more doses are probable to arrive soon. So far, 20 million citizens have been inoculated as … Read more
The Ministry of National Health on Thursday positioned a set of procedures for the use of the home-based single-dose Covid-19 vaccine PakVac to guarantee its correct storage and effectiveness. According to the recommendations, the vaccine should be kept at a temperature reaching from two to eight degrees Celsius. The vaccine cannot be kept in the … Read more
Chinese media has scorned the United States for calling attention to its donation of 80 vials of COVID-19 vaccines to Trinidad and Tobago. “Would this be selected for the Worst Public Relations Award of the Year?” Stated the official Xinhua news agency U.S. President Joe Biden said last week that Washington will donate half a … Read more
The COVID-19 vaccination process has to come to a major pause in Punjab cities, including Lahore, due to the unavailability of vaccines as supplies from the federal government have been overdue for unidentified reasons. Similarly in Karachi, Chinese vaccines are in short supply. Only those coming for a second dosage are being assisted at most … Read more
17 more patients of the Covid-19 died during the past 24 hours in Sindh, bracing the provincial death toll to 5,273. Sindh Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah stated in a daily statement on the Covid-19 situation 616 more people were identified with the COVID-19. A total of 13,992 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the … Read more
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) gave over 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine to the Baluchistan government. The vaccine doses will be managed accordingly to the people having extremely weak immunity at Civil Hospital Quetta, BMC Hospital, Fatima Jinnah Hospital, and Cenar Hospital. Baluchistan Secretary of Primary and Secondary Health Care Aziz … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan articulated satisfaction over the ongoing vaccination drive in the country and stressed that only in-time dose and protective measures could further control COVID-19. Chairing a high-level meeting on the anti-coronavirus vaccination drive across the country, the prime minister said the charitable approach of citizens towards vaccination was welcoming, which has rarely … Read more
Sindh government affirmed Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for people obtaining driving licenses across the province. The decision was taken in the meeting of the Sindh COVID Task Force headed by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. Furthermore, the Sindh government allowed restarting business activities in the province for six days a week, following the National Command and … Read more
