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US to donate 16m doses of Covid vaccines for children

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) has announced that it will be donating at least 16 million doses of paediatric...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am

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Reflections on G7 leaders’ summit 2022

G7 Leaders’ Summit 2022 was held recently in Germany, a little over a year later after the last such meetings were...

Updated 01 Jul, 2022 06:42am

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Bilawal participates in 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday participated in the 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

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Poorer nations shun AstraZeneca COVID vaccine: document

BRUSSELS: Poorer nations have refused tens of millions of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the global programme...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 03:08pm

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WHO urges rich countries to pay up for Covid plan

GENEVA: The WHO Wednesday urged rich countries to pay their fair share of the money needed for its plan to conquer...

Published 10 Feb, 2022 04:40am

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The imports mystery

The imports numbers published by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) for the last two months are not adding up....

Updated 07 Jan, 2022 10:18am

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US to deliver additional vaccine doses

ISLAMABAD: The United States asked Santa to bring an additional 5 million doses of the life-saving Pfizer COVID-19...

Updated 26 Dec, 2021 11:36am

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US donates additional 5mn doses of Pfizer vaccine to Pakistan on Christmas Day

US Embassy in Islamabad says this donation should arrive on Christmas Day or shortly thereafter

Updated 25 Dec, 2021 05:48pm

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COVAX scheme needs rules to prevent vaccine hoarding: WHO advisor

NUSA DUA: COVAX, the global vaccine-sharing network, needs a new set of rules in the long term to prevent the...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 11:28am

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Demand still strong for India-made AstraZeneca vaccine doses

NEW DELHI: Global vaccine-sharing network COVAX is still seeing strong demand for India-made doses of the ...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 01:09pm

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India could ship vaccines to COVAX in a few weeks, say sources

NEW DELHI: India could resume deliveries of COVID-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX in a few weeks...

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 12:41pm

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500,000 additional doses of AstraZeneca received in Oct

KARACHI: Pakistan received almost 500,000 additional doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca in October through...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

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India celebrates 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with song and dance

NEW DELHI: India celebrated the milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, with the...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 11:22am

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US ships 2.4 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to Pakistan

Vaccines arrive as part of the 9.6 million Covid-19 doses arriving this month from US

Published 16 Oct, 2021 11:57am

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US to ship 2.4m doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The US government will ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

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France donates COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria under COVAX scheme

ABUJA: Nigeria has received 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from the French government through the...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 12:57am

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US to ship 2.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The US government will ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the...

Updated 14 Oct, 2021 03:23pm

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Dilemma facing IMF, and programme countries

The pandemic has seen international commodity prices, especially food prices, sky rocket; while oil prices also ...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

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Japan doubles COVID-19 vaccine donation pledge to 60mn doses

The pledge adds to a previous agreement to provide 30 million doses and $1 billion to COVAX programme, overseen by the GAVI alliance and the World Health Organization

Published 23 Sep, 2021 11:11am

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India to restart COVID vaccine exports to COVAX, neighbours

Exports to resume in October-December quarter, says minister
Sales to both COVAX and bilaterally

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:22pm

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US delivers another 320,580 Pfizer vaccine doses for Sindh

KARACHI: US Consul General Mark Stroh and Sindh Minister of Health and Population Welfare, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho on...

Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am

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Covax eyes vaccines for just 20% of people in poor nations in 2021

GENEVA: The vaccine-sharing facility Covax said Wednesday it should be able to provide Covid jabs to no more than 20...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 07:24pm

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Punjab: Covid-19 positivity rate reaches 7.28pc

LAHORE: With overall corona positivity rate of 7.28 percent in the province, as many as 30 more deaths and 1,848...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 04:06am

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US provides 3.7m doses of Pfizer vaccine

ISLAMABAD: On Thursday, the United States donated 3.7 million doses of the life-saving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to ...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

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Slow Covid vaccination to cost global economy $2.3trn

PARIS: The slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion in lost output, a report...

Published 26 Aug, 2021 04:48am

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US looking forward to strengthening ties with Pakistan: Blinken

WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he looks forward to advancing shared ...

Updated 15 Aug, 2021 10:36am

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Chinese envoy calls on PM

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong called on Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday. During the meeting, views were...

Published 14 Aug, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

Pakistan receives first tranche of Sinopharm vaccine through COVAX

Pakistan received on Wednesday its first tranche of Sinopharm vaccine procured through COVAX as it looks to curtail...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:12pm

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WHO wants moratorium on Covid vaccine booster shots

GENEVA: The WHO on Wednesday called for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of...

Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:34am

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US donates 3m more doses of Moderna vaccine to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The United States of America donate three million doses of the life-saving Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am