On Tuesday last week, Pakistan received half a million Coronavirus vaccine. the vaccine will first be given to frontline workers. Which include more than 400,000 doctors, healthcare workers, teachers, and social workers. Because they run the highest risk of exposure. Firstly the vaccine will be provided to citizens over the age of 65. Due to […]
Qatar issued an emergency use authorization for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine; the second coronavirus jab approved in the country after the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said the move on Wednesday came after an extensive review of the vaccine. “The comprehensive clinical trial process on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine […]
Frontline Health workers who have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine have urged their colleagues to not be hesitant in getting the shot; saying there are no side effects. On Monday, the NCOC(National Command and Operation Center) reviewed the progress in Covid-19 vaccine administration to frontline health care workers. Went over various operational […]
Iran began its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Tuesday to fight the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak of the illness. The first doses were given to doctors and nurses at Imam Khomeini hospital in the capital Tehran. The recipients handed a blue card marked with “Sputnik V” and the date of the injection. However, the son […]
Facebook Inc said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that they are toxic or cause autism. The social media company said in a blog post it was increasing the types of false claims about the […]
The Qatari 2022 World Cup organizers have insisted that matches will be staged in stadiums operating at 100 percent of capacity even as the global fight against coronavirus drags on. In Tokyo; organizers of this year’s rescheduled Olympics have insisted their tournament will go ahead, but infectious diseases experts question the safety of hosting it […]
Stricter measures could be enforced in Saudi Arabia if and when needed, a Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman said, adding: “The decision is in the hands of the public.” In a joint press conference between the MoI and the Ministry of Health (MoH), the MoI’s spokesman, Lt. Col. Talal Al-Shalhoub, said the authorities are continuously […]
South Africa has suspended the use of the Oxford university made AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in its immunization programme until a committee of scientists advises on the best way to proceed. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s announcement on Sunday came after trial data showed; the vaccine developed by drugmaker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford offered; only […]
An officer of the District Health Office in Karachi‘s East district has suspended on Sunday; for allegedly violating the standard operating procedures to facilitate the vaccination against Covid-19 of PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair’s daughter and son-in-law. The Covid-19 vaccination campaign has launched in Karachi last week, and as per government guidelines; the first phase of […]
The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is the second submitted for full approval in Brazil after AstraZeneca applied on January 29 for the vaccine it created with Oxford University. That vaccine is being manufactured in Brazil in partnership with the federally funded Fiocruz biomedical center. Brazil has already approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Chinese-developed SinoVac shots […]
