The Food and Drug Administration’s change in recommendation, in an update dated Thursday, comes even as Moderna and Novavax — makers of two of the three COVID vaccines — submitted their applications to the agency for updating the fall 2024 season shots with the JN.1 strain. Novavax had said its manufacturing is underway for a […]
A stockpile of half a million Ebola vaccine doses was established by Gavi and other global health partners in 2019 for use in outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever, which has an average fatality rate of roughly 60%. Around 11,000 people died in a 2014-16 outbreak in West Africa, the largest ever. But while highly deadly, Ebola […]
The health officials suspect the cases to be of the highly transmissible JN.1 variant, which is currently a cause of concern across the world. The two passengers, between the ages of 50 and 60, arrived from Bangkok and Jeddah on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The lab samples have been sent to a Dow University of […]
The Red List restricts entry to the United Kingdom to people who are British or Irish citizens or have legal residency in the country. The nationals must take a Covid-19 test and complete a passenger locator form before traveling to England. They must also book a quarantine hotel package that includes two Covid-19 tests. When […]
The fast-spreading delta form is so contagious that it has highlighted vaccine flaws and altered the outlook for stopping the epidemic, according to Moderna President Stephen Hoge. In a phone interview, he said Delta is “simply so good at infecting people and multiplying that it increases the bar on how strong vaccinations have to be.” […]
Prime Minister Imran Khann on Sunday criticised the partial coronavirus lockdown imposed by the Sindh government; against the federal government’s wishes, explaining that doing so would break the back of the common man. He expressed his views on the issue while conversing with the people of Pakistan; in a live question-and-answer session via telephone. The premier […]
The Sindh government on Sunday declared 11 Covid-19 vaccination centres in six districts of Karachi as “mass vaccination facilities” ;that will operate round-the-clock throughout the week to prevent overcrowding at two mega vaccination points; the Expo Centre and Khaliqdina Hall. Also,the decision notify after the vaccination centres at the Expo Centre; and Khaliqdina Hall overrun by […]
Data from Israel’s health ministry shows Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine significantly less effective at preventing infection and symptomatic illness with the Delta variant than with previous strains of coronavirus; conflicting with existing research that suggests strong protection against the variant; here’s what might explain the discrepancy. Key Facts about Pfizer: A full course of the Pfizer-BioNTech […]
Benjamin Franklin rightly said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” The COVID-19 pandemic jolted us so hard we haven’t been able to catch our breaths even two years post being put into quarantine. The past year has run the gamut of being absolutely bull**it, we […]
Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar Friday said there are clear early signs of the fourth Covid-19 wave starting in Pakistan. One reason is poor compliance of SOPs and the spread of the Delta variant. The federal minister, who is also the chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC); said that he had […]
