Vials and syringes, marked “for single use,” are seen against a magnifying glass with CanSinoBIO label. Geo Urdu/Files ISLAMABAD: The federal capital on Tuesday revised the lower age limit for the administration of single-dose coronavirus vaccine made by China’s CanSino Biologics Inc, or CanSinoBIO, according to a report by Geo …
Read More »Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital missing 600 coronavirus vaccine doses: sources
Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital is missing as many as 600 coronavirus vaccine doses stored at the medical facility, sources said Friday. Sources said the hospital administration has inoculated friends and relatives with the missing doses, adding that no records of the vaccines could be found in the hospital’s database. The province’s …
Read More »More than 500 COVID-19 vaccine doses missing, 350 wasted in Lahore hospitals
Representational image of a vial containing the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: File. LAHORE: Sources at the provincial health department on Wednesday revealed that about 350 doses of coronavirus vaccine stored in the city’s Government Mozang Teaching Hospital have gone to waste due to the non-provision of the optimum temperature. Meanwhile, some 550 …
Read More »Pakistan begins registering people over 50 for coronavirus vaccine
The senior citizen getting the vaccination dose. Photo by: Fatima Rehman/File Pakistan has now started the process of registration for coronavirus vaccination of elderly people ageing from 50 to 60 from today. Previously, the country was vaccinating healthcare workers and people over the age of 60 only. But now the …
Read More »Asif Zardari receives first dose of coronavirus vaccine
Former president Asif Ali Zardari receiving the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Twitter/Aseefa B Zardari Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. A picture of the PPP leader receiving the coronavirus vaccine jab was uploaded to social media by his daughter, …
Read More »AstraZeneca updates vaccine efficacy to 76%
This file illustration picture shows vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe in Paris on March 11, 2021. Photo: AFP After American authorities raised concerns that AstraZenca’s results reported from the US trial were outdated, the British-Swedish drugmaker on Wednesday has said that the effectiveness of the coronavirus …
Read More »COVAX to provide AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for free to Pakistan
This photograph shows a vial of the AstraZeneca anti-COVID-19 vaccine in a pharmacy in Paris on March 12, 2021. — AFP/File The COVAX scheme will provide AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine free of charge to Pakistan, sources informed Geo News Wednesday. Following the development, according to the publication, the federal government has …
Read More »Pakistan ‘grateful’ to WHO chief for assurance on coronavirus vaccine supply
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and SAPM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan. ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan thanked World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday for his support and assurance to him on coronavirus vaccine supply. “I had a very …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine ‘legal’, ‘permissible’ under Islamic law: Dar-ul-Ifta Pakistan
The News/Files ISLAMABAD: Vaccination against the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared “legal” and “permissible” under the Islamic Shariah, or jurisprudence, according to a fatwa, or religious decree, issued by the Dar-ul-Ifta Pakistan. The announcement came during a joint press conference at the Muttahida Ulema Board’s office on Monday where …
Read More »China’s coronavirus vaccine priced at Rs4,225 a jab by Cabinet: sources
ISLAMABAD: China’s coronavirus vaccine manufactured by CanSinoBIO has been priced at Rs4,225 a jab while Russia’s Sputnik V would be sold for Rs 8,449 for two doses after the Cabinet approved the rates for private companies, Geo News reported Sunday citing sources. The federal Cabinet has approved the selling prices …
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