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Pakistan reports 352 Omicron cases amid 5th COVID-19 wave concerns: official

Omicron

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has so far registered 352 infections of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, an official from the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Rana Muhammad Safdar, director general of health at the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, told Xinhua that a total of 352 Omicron cases have … Read more

Asad Umar extends kudos for media team’s role in Covid-19 response

COVID-19 vaccination across Pakistan crosses 15-crore mark

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives and Chairman National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the media team associated to the Centre for coordinated reporting and raising awareness on the pandemic. NCOC chair took to Twitter to extend kudos for the information team including the ISPR … Read more

Govt has no confusion or contradiction on COVID-19 response: PM

Govt has no confusion or contradiction on COVID-19 response: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that government has no confusion on COVID-19 response and since March 13 till today there is no contradiction in any of my statements. Speaking to the budget session in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that locust attacks had been declared an emergency since January 31 and … Read more

World Bank, Govt sign agreement worth $200 mln for Covid-19 response

World Bank, Govt sign agreement worth $200 mln for Covid-19 response

Federal Government and World Bank have signed a financing agreement worth 200 million dollars for Coronavirus pandemic response. According to the details, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar attended the signing ceremony of the project titled Pandemic Response Effectiveness in Pakistan. The project will support the government to prepare and respond to the deadly … Read more