The EU is suing AstraZeneca for allegedly breaking their purchase agreement by massively under-delivering doses of the Covid-19 jab for its 27 member states.
On Tuesday, Pakistan's Federal Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain stated that the government would consider importing oxygen from China and Iran, if the growing number of coronavirus cases leads to oxygen shortages.
Meanwhile, the country's southern Sindh province has decided to ban elective surgeries to divert oxygen to coronavirus patients.
Tai discussed the issue on Monday with drugmakers Pfizer and AstraZeneca PLC, noting her interest in a solution that gave developing countries a role in addressing critical gaps in vaccine production and distribution.
Dr. Faisal Sultan said that people of this age group can visit any nearby vaccination center with their national identity cards and mobile phones to get the jab.
While people between 40 and 50 years of age can register for vaccination by sending their CNIC numbers on 1166 via SMS.
Fawad says the ban has been in place since the third week of April and is being fully implemented
If the coronavirus situation did not improve, more drastic measures would be taken inside Pakistan and preparations are being made in this regard: Minister
To beef up its entertainment content and distribution business, Sony in December said it had agreed to buy AT&T Inc's animation business Crunchyroll, giving it 3 million new subscribers across 200 countries.
Powell has frequently noted that it took a decade after the 2008 global financial crisis for the US economy to return to full employment, while inflation consistently fell short of its target.
The minister said that due to the government measure, the oxygen production capacity increased from 484 MT in June 2020 to the present 792 MT, showing an increase of 308 MT.
Canada has suspended all flights from Pakistan for 30 days.
Qureshi apprised his counterpart of the effective measures taken by Pakistan to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and urged that Canada reconsider its decision of suspending flights from Pakistan.