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Sri Lanka pins hopes on jabs for tourism plan

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Hong Kong – Sri Lanka is speeding up vaccination for more age groups so as to meet goals of making 2022 the “Visit Sri Lanka Year”. The South Asian island country extended its vaccination drive to include children and teenagers aged 12 to 15 starting January 7, wrote Sri Lankan Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella in … Read more

Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for Covid pill

Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for Covid pill

GENEVA: US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a deal to make its oral antiviral Covid-19 medication available more cheaply in poorer countries, if the promising pill passes trials and regulatory approval. Pfizer, which also produces a Covid vaccine with German lab BioNTech, said it had signed an agreement to sub-licence production of its Paxlovid pill to … Read more

How To Get The Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine In Karachi

How To Get The Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine In Karachi

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is available in Karachi for those who need it for travel purposes and people with compromised immune systems. Mehar Khursheed, a spokesperson for the Sindh health department said, “The Civil hospital, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Jinnah hospital, and Dow hospital have the supply for Pfizer and if someone matches … Read more

Saudi Arabia becomes third country to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer says to sell 10 mn Covid-19 treatments to US for $5.3 bn

After the UK and Bahrain, Saudi Arabia’s health authority has also approved Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) made the announcement after Pfizer submitted a request to approve registering the vaccine.

According to the details, SFDA will examine the samples from each of the vaccine’s samples before using it to ensure its effectiveness.

“Procedures necessary for its import and use will begin”, the statement said.

It should be mentioned here that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been used by tens of thousands of people in Britain after the vaccination program started in the UK earlier this week.

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