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Peru gives first Covid vaccines, Argentina approves Indian jab

Argentina has also approved the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, having already received 820,000 doses.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 10:30am

World

UK toughens rules for international travellers

LONDON: Britain on Tuesday announced tough new measures to curb the spread of coronavirus variants from abroad,...

Updated 10 Feb, 2021 09:40am

Govt approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use

ISLAMABAD: Russia's Sputnik V has become the third Covid-19 vaccine to be approved by Pakistan for emergency use...

Updated 10 Feb, 2021 09:39am

Business & Finance

India backs AstraZeneca shot despite South Africa halt

Says no S. Africa variant reported, no concerns with shot.
J&J interested in making its vaccine in India- govt official.
Bharat Biotech may export local shot to Brazil, UAE this week.
India orders 14.5 mln more doses of Astra, Bharat Biotech shots.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 09:00pm

World

Japan minister: EU approved first shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Japan

"This will enable us to start vaccination of the initial group of medical workers. We will need to fix the schedule for the rest of the medical workers and the elderly as we go forward," Kono told a regular news conference.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:45pm

World

AstraZeneca vaccine has major role to play, S.Africa trial lead says

South African health officials said on Sunday they were putting AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold temporarily while they sought scientific advice on how to proceed.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:12am

Business & Finance

Different age rules for Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in EU

Some EU countries, though, have limited its use to people under 65 because of a lack of data for older people in clinical trials for the shot.
Countries that have recommended the vaccine's use for people between 18 and 64 years old:

Published 08 Feb, 2021 08:32pm

World

French health minister encourages use of AstraZeneca jab

Veran said that the South African variant had not been widely detected in France.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 08:09pm

World

German health minister says vaccines protect against serious COVID-19 cases

"According to what we know now, all three vaccines are effective in preventing the severe course of the COVID-19 illness," Spahn told a news conference.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 06:48pm

World

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

World

Panama says buying vaccines for more than 80% of its population

Panama has requested about 1 million doses from the COVID-19 vaccine portfolio under the COVAX facility coordinated by the World Health Organization to support lower-income countries, Sucre said.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 11:30am

World

Panama says buying vaccines for more than 80% of its population

Panama also aims to acquire 1.1 million doses manufactured by AstraZeneca PLC and 300,000 shots produced by Johnson & Johnson, Health Minister Luis Sucre said.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 10:32am

World

AstraZeneca vaccine less effective against S African strain

LONDON: The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

World

Afghanistan gets first doses of Covid-19 vaccine from India

KABUL: Afghanistan received half a million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine from India Sunday, the first...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

World

China delivers 600,000 vaccine doses to ally Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: China delivered 600,000 doses of its Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to ally Cambodia on Sunday, making ...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

World

Afghanistan gets first doses of Covid-19 vaccine from India

"We received 500,000 doses of vaccines for Covid-19 patients from the government of India," Afghanistan's Acting Health Minister said.

Published 07 Feb, 2021 08:20pm

World

AstraZeneca Covid jab 'less effective against SAfrican strain': study

It has so far vaccinated over 11 million people using either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford/Astrazeneca shots.

Published 07 Feb, 2021 05:41pm

Editorials

Start of the vaccination drive

EDITORIAL: Rollout of the covid-19 vaccination commenced in this country with a special event at the PM’s House. ...

Published 07 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Pfizer withdraws application for emergency use of Covid-19 vaccine in India

NEW DELHI: Pfizer Inc has withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in India...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

World

Spain approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for 18-55 year-olds

The health ministry recorded 28,565 new cases on Friday, bringing the total above 2.94 million, while the death toll climbed by 584 to 61,386.

Published 06 Feb, 2021 12:10am

World

AstraZeneca expects US trial results in next 4-6 weeks

"I think we're getting very close to getting data. I would say in the next four to six weeks we should have the results for that study reading out,"
Some experts had expected the data sooner than that, given the high infection rates in the United States during the period of testing.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 08:46pm

World

Pfizer withdraws application for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in India

Indian health officials say they generally ask for so-called bridging trials to determine if a vaccine is safe and generates an immune response in its citizens whose genetic makeup can be different from people in Western nations.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 11:01am

World

China to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Congo Republic

As lower income countries struggle to obtain doses, China is aiming to cultivate goodwill through so-called vaccine diplomacy.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 12:53am

World

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

World

France to receive first AstraZeneca shots by end of the week, says PM

It was imperative that more citizens followed the government's home-working rules, the prime minister added.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:35pm

World

Dutch latest to limit AstraZeneca vaccine to under-65s

The vaccine's efficacy in people aged over 55 was unclear because only a small number of that age took part in clinical trials.

Updated 04 Feb, 2021 11:30pm

World

Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threaten

UK trials combining Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.
UK says vaccines likely to work on different variants.
All drugmakers looking to improve vaccines for new variants.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 08:58pm

World

Norway, Denmark reserve AstraZeneca vaccine for under-65s

Health authorities in Germany, France and Sweden have also recommended the jab only be used on under-65s.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:31pm

World

Sinopharm vaccine not suitable for people above 60, pregnant women: SAPM Dr. Faisal Sultan

According to the country's top health authorities, the Chinese manufactured Sinopharm vaccine is not suitable and recommended for people above the age of 60, under the age of 18, and specifically for pregnant women - among others.
According to Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, people above 60 would be vaccinated with Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine AZD1222, which is due for arrival in Pakistan in February.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 01:57pm

World

UK says 4,000 variants of virus that causes COVID-19 around the world

Its very unlikley that the current vaccine won't be effective on the variants whether in Kent or other variants especially when it comes to severe illness and hospitalisation.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 01:47pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 15	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 15	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 15	154.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 15	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 15	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 15	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 15	5061.82
India Sensex / Apr 15	73399.78
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 15	39232.80
Nasdaq / Apr 15	15885.02
Hang Seng / Apr 15	16600.46
FTSE 100 / Apr 15	7965.53
Dow Jones / Apr 15	37735.11
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 15	18026.58

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 9	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 9	212277
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 15	85.15
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 15	2384.07

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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