The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday added a warning to patient; and provider fact sheets for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to indicate a rare risk of heart inflammation. Also, for each vaccine, the fact sheets revise to include a warning about myocarditis and pericarditis after the second dose and with the onset of […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday apprised; that a special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight airlifted over 1.55 million doses of SinoVac Covid vaccine from China. The NCOC informed that the special consignment of the SinoVac vaccine of 1.55 million doses; had arrived at Islamabad International Airport through a special PIA flight; […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister PM Imran Khan launched the latest nationwide polio vaccination drive on Monday in Islamabad. The immunization campaign aims to reach over 33 million children under the age of five across the country’s 124 districts. This is the third nationwide anti-virus campaign during the current year. The first two immunization campaigns in January […]
Beijing: China has approved emergency use of Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine. For, people in age between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state TV late. Also, mass vaccination drive of China , is currently only open to those of age 18. This has administered 723.5 million doses of vaccines. Furthermore, when Sinovac vaccines […]
Walk-in vaccination against coronavirus for citizens aged 30 and above and teachers older than 18 years started today (Saturday). The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) and Planning Minister Asad Umar gave an update on both vaccination categories on Twitter a day earlier. In the NCOC meeting today it was decided to open up walk […]
Facebook suspends Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chatbot linked account and deleted his post for violating the company’s privacy policy. Visitors to the Prime Minister’s Facebook page, who clicked on a link about the coronavirus, received an automatic message, purporting to come from Netanyahu. “If you have friends or family members aged 60 or over who have […]
Bangladesh has started its COVID-19 vaccination drive in the capital Dhaka, with plans to administer more than 30 million doses over the next few months. The first batch of people received the first shot of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday.“We have vaccinated five persons with this initiative today. I’ve talked […]
