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Pakistan chose Sinopharm vaccine for corona vaccination: Nausheen Hamid
Parliamentary Secretary of National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid Wednesday said that Sinopharm has been selected for corona vaccination in the country. Talking to media Dr Nausheen Hamid said that the government has also been in…
WHO team to probe COVID-19 origins will arrive in China on Jan 14
China’s national health authority on Monday confirmed that a World Health Organisation (WHO) team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will arrive in China on January 14. The team was…
British PM announces national lockdown as more contagious coronavirus strain rampages across UK
Amid a surge of novel coronavirus cases and a new more infectious strain, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a national lockdown across the United Kingdom. The move came as authorities expressed concerns that the surge in…
‘No need to panic,’ China official says of coronavirus variants
There are no signs that the new coronavirus variants will affect the immune impact of a vaccine that China has just authorised for public use, a disease control official was quoted as saying on Friday. The shot by an affiliate of…
Nurse tests positive for COVID-19 after receiving Pfizer vaccine: report
A 45-year-old nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday. Matthew W., a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a…
‘The next pandemic may be even more severe’, warns WHO
The world needs to get its act together and prepare for the next pandemic which may be even more severe, the World Health Organization warned on Monday. In the last press briefing of the year, Dr Mike Ryan, head of the WHO Emergencies…
Sindh detects three Covid-19 cases of UK variant
The new strain of coronavirus linked to a rapid rise in infections in Britain has been detected in three UK returnees, the Sindh Health Department confirmed on Tuesday. In a Twitter post, the department said: “Samples of 3 UK returnees show…
Another Chinese pharma seeks permission for COVID vaccine trials in Pakistan
Another Chinese pharma company has expressed interest in clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan. Sources privy to the development said, another Chinese company named Zafai Longcom has contacted the Drug Regulatory Authority…
Doctor has severe allergic reaction to COVID vaccine
A doctor in Boston with a shellfish allergy developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing the doctor. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric…
France reports first case of new COVID variant
France reported its first case of the new variant of coronavirus recently identified in the UK. It has increased concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the euro zone’s second-biggest economy. A Frenchman who recently arrived back in…