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The WHO's China mission: Five questions still unanswered

Huge global pressure and scrutiny trailed the team during its probe in China, which mission member Peter Daszak described as working "flat out under the most politically charged environment possible."

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:46pm

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WHO expert slams US pandemic intel as curbs tightened in Europe

Beijing warned Washington not to "politicise" the mission after the White House demanded a "robust" probe.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:37pm

Covid may have taken ‘convoluted path’ to Wuhan: WHO

WUHAN, (China): The head of a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of COVID-19 said bats remain a...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

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WHO mission to China fails to find source of coronavirus

WHO foreign expert said identifying the animal pathway remains a "work in progress", adding the absence of bats in the Wuhan area dimmed the likelihood of direct transmission.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 05:09pm

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WHO team probing Covid origins in China to brief media

Speculation emerged early in the pandemic that the virus could have accidentally leaked from the lab in Wuhan, although there was no evidence provided to back up that theory.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 10:21am

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WHO experts discuss AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

The WHO said the recommendations on who it should and should not be used for would be made public later this week.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 05:01pm

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WHO urges unity on vaccines as new jab submitted to US regulators

COPENHAGEN: European nations need to work more closely with drug firms to increase the pace of coronavirus...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

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WHO's COVAX initiative aims to start shipping 90mn COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa in Feb

The roll-out of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is subject to the vaccine being listed for emergency use by WHO.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 12:50am

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WHO says virus 'catastrophic' for cancer care in Europe

In the Netherlands and Belgium during the first lockdown of 2020, the number of cancers diagnosed dropped by 30-40 percent.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:07pm

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Covid and conflicts compete for attention at African Union summit

African leaders are speaking out against hoarding by rich countries at the expense of poorer ones.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 12:44pm

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Global vaccine trust rising, but France, Japan, others sceptical

Overall, vaccine confidence is higher than in November, when the same survey - conducted in 15 countries and covering 13,500 people each time - found that only 40% would be willing to get vaccinated.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 10:24am

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WHO team probing COVID-19 visits Wuhan lab, meets 'Bat Woman'

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization visited a virus research laboratory in China’s central city of Wuhan and met with a prominent virologist there in its search for clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The experts spent about 3-1/2 hours at the heavily-guarded Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been at the centre of some conspiracy theories that claim a laboratory leak caused the city’s first coronavirus outbreak at the end of 2019.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 07:34pm

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WHO team probing COVID-19 visits Wuhan lab, meets 'Bat Woman'

Extremely important meeting today with staff at WIV including Dr Shi Zhengli. Frank, open discussion. Key questions asked & answered.
Very interesting. Many questions," Thea Fischer, a Danish member of the team, called from her car as it sped away from the lab following Wednesday's visit.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 07:14pm

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WHO team visits Chinese virus lab in Wuhan

The convoy of cars drove past security to enter a virology institute shrouded in mist Wednesday morning.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 05:43pm

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WHO team to visit Chinese virus lab in Wuhan: state media

China has faced criticism at home and abroad for playing down the initial outbreak and concealing information when it first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 10:24am

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WHO expert says China mission going 'very well'

The UN agency hit back at critics on Monday, telling a press conference in Geneva, "if you have the answers... please let us know."

Published 02 Feb, 2021 05:14pm

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WHO team in Wuhan hold ‘good discussions’ with Chinese counterparts

The group of independent experts spent about 4-1/2 hours on its longest site visit since completing two weeks of quarantine on Thursday, and did not speak to waiting journalists.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 11:57pm

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WHO team in Wuhan to visit provincial CDC on Monday

No full itinerary for the group's field work has been announced, and journalists covering the tightly controlled visit have been kept at a distance from team members.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 01:28pm

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Dubai announces alliance to speed Covid vaccine delivery

DUBAI: Key transport hub Dubai on Sunday announced an initiative to accelerate the delivery of coronavirus vaccines,...

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:06am

WHO experts probe ground-zero China market

WUHAN, (China): A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 on Sunday went to a market in Wuhan ...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

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WHO experts probe ground-zero China market as nations tighten virus curbs

The emergence of the new variants has further complicated the fight against the coronavirus.

Published 31 Jan, 2021 06:14pm

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WHO probe team visits Wuhan market at heart of first virus outbreak

The mission, delayed by China and weighed down by political baggage, has a remit to explore how the virus jumped from animal to human.

Published 31 Jan, 2021 05:41pm

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WHO team, on tightly controlled China mission, visits hospital

"Important opportunity to talk directly w/ medics who were on the ground at that critical time fighting COVID!", team member Peter Daszak said on Twitter.
Just back from visit at Jinyintan hospital, that specialised in infectious diseases and was designated for treatment of the first cases in Wuhan. Stories quite similar to what I have heard from our ICU doctors.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 06:21pm

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WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that took first Covid-19 patients

The WHO insists the probe will stick tightly to the science behind how the virus jumped from animals -- believed to be bats -- to humans.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 05:56pm

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WHO virus probe team visits China propaganda exhibit, hospital in Wuhan

On Friday, the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan sought to manage expectations.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 05:39pm

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Europe’s vaccine row worsens as WHO probe set to begin in China

BERLIN: Europe’s row with AstraZeneca worsened Thursday with a German recommendation against administering the...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

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One third of Africa will be vaccinated this year: WHO

The Covax vaccines will cover at least 20 percent of the population, with the rest "complemented" by AVATT, he added.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 09:58pm

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Africa begins vaccines, sceptical Tanzania told to trust science

Morocco, Egypt, Seychelles and Guinea start giving doses.
Tanzania's president says God and steam will protect people.
'Vaccines work', responds WHO'S top health official.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 08:56pm

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Virus origin probe set to begin as China and US trade barbs

After months of lobbying -- and two weeks of quarantine -- the WHO experts were finally able to set off for work on Thursday.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 07:40pm

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WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

The virus is believed to have come from bats and to have initially spread from a wet market in Wuhan where wild animals were sold as food.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 05:42pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 27	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 27	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 28	157.24
USD to Swiss Franc / May 28	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 28	1.28
Euro to USD / May 28	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 28	5306.04
India Sensex / May 28	75170.45
Tokyo Nikkei / May 28	38790.40
Nasdaq / May 28	17019.88
Hang Seng / May 28	18612.70
FTSE 100 / May 28	8254.18
Dow Jones / May 28	38852.86
Germany DAX 30 / May 28	18677.87

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 27	19935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 28	80.12
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 28	206018
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 28	2358.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 28	78.80
Petrol/Litre / May 29	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 29 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 29 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 29 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 29 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 29 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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