Pakistan Healthcare News
Pakistan healthcare news
Pakistan launches COVID-19 vaccine campaign
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan launched its COVID-19 vaccine drive on Tuesday at a ceremony in the capital attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan in which a doctor was the first in the ...Pakistan approves Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Monday approved the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, a government statement said, two days after AstraZeneca’s vaccine developed with Oxford University received a similar authorization. ...WHO rejects antiviral drug Remdesivir as coronavirus treatment
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended against using the antiviral Remdesivir, a drug that had generated intense interest, as a treatment for coronavirus. An expert panel “concluded ...Feeling great as construction of biggest cancer hospital starts in Karachi: Prime Minister Khan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday expressed satisfaction as construction work on Karachi’s Shaukat Khanum cancer hospital started, in what he said would be the country’s biggest ever facility. “I ...COAS Qamar Bajwa & Bill Gates speak about Pakistan’s COVID-19 response, Polio
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday night spoke about Pakistan’s COVID-19 response and resumption of polio vaccination ...Government to continue smart lockdown policy during second wave of COVID-19: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP):Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umer Tuesday said the government would continue its smart lockdown policy during second wave of the COVID-19 without putting additional pressure ...Strict coronavirus restrictions in Pakistan unavoidable: Govt
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said imposing strict restrictions in Pakistan was unavoidable as coronavirus cases and deaths across the country were rising. This was said ...WHO appreciates Pakistan’s response for containing COVID-19
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: World Health Organization (WHO) mission on Friday appreciated the response of federal and provincial governments for effectively containing COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO mission from EMRO region were presenting their ...National COVID test mandatory for Pakistan-bound travelers from UK
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said that the government had made COVID-19 test mandatory ...China joins global effort to ensure COVID vaccine access for all
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (APP): China is among three additional countries to have signed on to a global initiative aimed at ensuring fair and equitable access to a coronavirus vaccine once developed, ...