Germany has administered only 15% of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shots it has available, the health ministry said, as the vaccine faces public resistance after trials showed it to be less effective than alternatives. The ministry said the vaccine would be offered to people that are in other priority groups after …
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The Ministry of National Health Services has expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of vaccination of frontline health workers against the coronavirus in Islamabad In a letter to the capital’s public and private hospitals as well as labs, the ministry pointed out that the vaccination pace is slow as less than …
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A woman holds a small bottle — labeled “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” — and a medical syringe, October 30, 2020. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File So far, the country has managed to vaccinate 72,882 Front Line Healthcare Workers As many as 17.1 million doses would reach Pakistan by the end of June 2021 Moreover, …
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A brain pacemaker or a Vagus Nerve Stimulator prevents seizures by sending regular, mild pulses of electrical energy to the brain via the vagus nerve. Photo: AFP Pakistan starts using brain pacemaker devices for epileptic patients First two surgeries performed in Lahore hospital The patients were from Peshawar and Sindh …
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said Thursday that Pakistan would begin its next vaccination phase from March, with the arrival of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the prime minister’s aide said that people above 65 years of age would be …
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A shipment of Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm arrived in Hungary on Tuesday, making it the first member of the European Union (EU) to receive a Chinese vaccine. The 550,000 vaccine doses would be enough to treat 275,000 people with the two-dose jab, Dr Agnes Galgoczy of the National …
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The World Health Organization has alerted six countries to watch out for potential Ebola cases after fresh outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday in the first resurgence of the disease there since the 2013-2016 outbreak, …
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Starting next week, Pakistan will begin phase III of another China-made vaccine, named, ZF2001 DRAP has given the go-ahead to conduct trials of ZF2001 UHS spokesperson says vaccine will be administered to 10,000 participants in the third phase trial Human trials for another China-made coronavirus vaccine have been approved in …
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The federal government has opened registration for citizens falling under the age of 65 years and above for COVID-19 vaccine shots. Federal Minister for Planning and Development and National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar in his tweet said: “Pleased to announce that registration for getting covid vaccine is …
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The British High Commission on Sunday announced that Pakistan will soon receive doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to a statement from the Commission, the country will receive “17 million doses of the vaccine before April”. Thereafter, “before June”, Pakistan will receive an “additional 10 million doses”, said the statement. …
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