HPV Vaccination Campaign Extended as Millions of Girls Remain Unvaccinated ISLAMABAD – The ongoing cervical cancer prevention campaign has reached 6.7 million girls in just 11 days, achieving vaccine coverage of 65% in Sindh, 63% in Punjab, 35% in Azad Kashmir, and 34% in Islamabad. Despite the effort, around four million girls remain unvaccinated due […]
This is the second polio case from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the seventh case from Pakistan at large this year. The second nationwide (NID) Polio campaign of the year is currently in progress in the country from April 21 to 27, aiming to vaccinate 45.4 million children under the age of five across the country. This […]
According to NEOC, the polio case was reported in Thatta Sindh, bringing the total provincial number in 2025 to four and countrywide to six. Yesterday, the Pakistan Polio Eradication Program, detected two polio cases in the Qambar district in Sindh and Mandi Bahauddin district in Punjab. This brings the total number of polio cases in […]
Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a new circular on Thursday for travelers from various countries. According to Khaleej Times, the new directive has been sent to all airlines operating in Saudi Arabia’s airports, including private carriers, for compliance, reversing a previous circular issued last month mandating meningitis shots. Earlier, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry […]
According to sources, this is the first time in 2025 that the virus has been found in environmental samples across the country. Sources revealed that sewage samples collected from January 6 to 15 tested positive for poliovirus in 26 districts. The affected districts include 15 from Sindh, 5 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 3 each from […]
According to information provided by Adeel Tasawar, the charge of the anti-polio initiative in Punjab, 1.193 million children in Lahore have received the drops. Similarly, in Rawalpindi, 577,000 children were vaccinated against polio. In Multan, 751,000 children received the polio drops. Faisalabad saw 867,000 children vaccinated during this campaign. Adeel Tasawar mentioned that today marks […]
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 […]
