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12-15 years students’ vaccination suspended due to nationwide campaign against Rubella
National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has announced that vaccination for 12-15 years students will remain suspended till 27th of this month due to ongoing nationwide campaign against Rubella.
This was decided in NCOC's meeting held…
Pakistan reports less than 300 Covid-19 cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported less than 300 fresh cases of coronavirus in a single day for the third consecutive day Monday morning, data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed.
As per NCOC's stats, six people lost…
Third vaccine dose safe for high-risk patients
Giving a third full dose of an mRNA vaccine to people with medical conditions that impair their immune system’s response to the usual two-shot regimen appears to be safe in terms of side effects, new data show.
Immunocompromised individuals…
Nine more die of COVID-19 in Pakiatan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported nine deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,279,142.
The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 28,584 on Friday.
According to the latest…
Coronavirus cases declining everywhere except Europe: WHO
LONDON: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday that coronavirus deaths rose by 10% in Europe in the past week, making it the only world region where both COVID-19 cases and deaths are steadily increasing. It was the sixth…
Lowest positivity ratio in Pakistan since govt started measuring COVID-19: Asad Umar
Pakistan now has the lowest positivity ratio since the country started measuring COVID-19, Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said Wednesday morning after the country reported a positivity rate of 1.34%.
In a Twitter post,…
Pakistan reports lowest daily COVID-19 death count of 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded the lowest daily COVID-19 death count of 2021 after less than 10 people lost their lives to the virus over the last 24 hours, official data from Monday morning showed.
The virus claimed the lives of at least…
Pfizer, BioNTech seek US COVID-19 vaccine clearance for children 5-11
WASHINGTON: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked U.S. regulators to authorize emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a group for whom no shot is currently allowed, Pfizer said on Thursday.
The U.S. Food and Drug…
NCOC says cities with low vaccination rates will face higher restrictions
ISLAMABAD: The government has announced a new strategy via which cities with low vaccination rates will have to undergo "higher restrictions", said National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) chief Asad Umar.
Flanked by Special Assistant…
NCOC decides to vaccinate children aged 12 years and above
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to vaccinate children aged 12 years old and above, as per the forum's chief Asad Umar.
In a tweet Tuesday, the federal minister announced that the decision had been…