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Moderna jab ‘protective’ against variants as global borders tighten

PARIS: US biotech firm Moderna said Monday its vaccine should remain protective against key coronavirus variants...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

World

Moderna says Covid vaccine effective against UK, S.Africa variants

For the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the UK, there was no impact on the level of neutralizing antibodies.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 08:16pm

World

Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine effective against UK, South Africa variants

The company reported findings from a study that used blood samples from eight people, who had two shots of the vaccine, and two monkey and two monkeys that had also been immunised.
The results have not been published or peer-reviewed yet, but have been submitted to bioRxiv, which posts preliminary studies online.

Updated 25 Jan, 2021 07:06pm

World

Ukrainians caught in geopolitical race for covid vaccines

She reiterated the president's appeal to Brussels and said the bloc should do more to help the ex-Soviet country which relies heavily on European backing.

Published 24 Jan, 2021 10:30am

World

New warning on vaccine supplies sparks EU concern

The European Union has so far approved vaccines from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as well as from US company Moderna.

Published 23 Jan, 2021 09:02pm

World

Moderna's COVID-19 given to first Japanese volunteer as Takeda starts trial

Takeda is also handling production in Japan of Novavax Inc's vaccine, with its domestic trial expected to begin next month.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 12:45pm

World

EU leaders weigh race between variants vs jabs

European Commission chief said the bloc will soon expand vaccines beyond the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:50am

World

EU aims to vaccinate 70pc of adults in coming months

The bloc started jabs three weeks ago and has so far approved two vaccines -- from BioNTech/Pfizer and from Moderna -- with others soon expected to follow.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 09:23pm

World

Philippines to buy 20mn doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

The Philippines has the second-highest COVID-19 infections and deaths in Southeast Asia

Published 19 Jan, 2021 10:09am

World

Swiss to get Moderna vaccine in tranches until mid-year

Switzerland has ordered 15 million vaccine doses in total after setting aside 400 million Swiss francs ($449 million) for shots.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 05:20pm

World

29.4mn doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 10.3mn administered: U.S. CDC

According to the tally posted on Jan. 12, the agency had administered 9,327,138 first doses of the vaccines and distributed 27,696,150 doses.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:21pm

World

Swiss give green light to Moderna as 2nd Covid vaccine

The neighbouring European Union gave its approval to the Moderna vaccine last Wednesday, with Britain doing likewise on Friday.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:58pm

World

EU nears deal with Valvena for Covid-19 vaccine

The EU has already signed contracts with AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi-GSK, Pfizer-BioNTech, CureVac, and Moderna.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:44pm

World

Greece launches online vaccination registration

Last week authorities extended some COVID lockdown curbs until Jan. 18, including the temporary closure of hospitality venues and non-essential retailers.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:53pm

World

PM Johnson says UK in 'race against time' as it faces worst weeks of pandemic

The first daily vaccination statistics showed that nearly 2.3 million people had so far received their first doses of a COVID vaccine and nearly 400,000 had received a second dose.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

World

Mexico hits daily COVID-19 record with 16,105 new cases

The new daily death toll marks the fifth consecutive day that officials have reported more than 1,000 fatalities due to the highly contagious disease caused by the virus.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:35pm

World

Pope, Queen Elizabeth join vaccine drive as UK tops 3 million cases

The new week-long stay at home orders affecting about 18 million people in Shijiazhuang and Xingtai come as cases spike ahead of the Lunar New Year, when hundreds of millions criss-cross the country to visit family and friends.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 11:19am

World

EU insists on keeping vaccine contracts secret

Two of the vaccines, ones made by BioNTech/Pfizer and by Moderna, have been authorised for use in the EU, and the Commission hopes others will follow.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 08:51pm

World

EU watchdog backs second coronavirus vaccine

The EU began vaccinations on December 27 but the pace has been slow, with the Netherlands on Wednesday becoming the final country in the bloc to start.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 08:39pm

World

EU exec OK for Moderna vaccine to come shortly

With EMA approval of the Moderna vaccine, we are closer to our goal of having a portfolio of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:54pm

World

US pharmacist who destroyed vaccines was 'conspiracy theorist': police

The people were notified and there is no evidence that the inert vaccines harmed them, according to the hospital's operator.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 05:34pm

World

Israel's health ministry authorizes use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

The Bank of Israel said on Monday it expects the economy to rebound quickly in 2021 if the country's fast start to vaccinating people against COVID-19 is maintained.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 10:43am

World

EMA says could decide on Moderna vaccine Monday

US-based Moderna's jab was found to be 94.1 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 compared to a placebo, in a clinical trial of 30,400 people.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 08:23pm

World

US officials reject Trump claims on toll, defend vaccine rollout

In Tennessee, elder citizens, some with walkers, were reported standing along a busy highway while waiting for their vaccinations.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 11:35am

World

US may cut some Moderna vaccine doses in half to speed rollout, official says

Moderna and the FDA could not immediately be reached for comment.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 11:11am

World

China's first vaccine hustled to market as race to inoculate 1.3bn speeds up

Beijing plans to vaccinate millions this winter in the run-up to Lunar New Year.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 07:06pm

Markets

Sterling extends gains, markets mixed as traders see out 2020

Sterling, in response to the upbeat news, rallied Wednesday and built on the gains in Asian trade, sitting at levels not seen since May 2018.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 09:16am

Markets

South Korea stocks hit record high on final trading day of the year

Foreigners were net sellers of 74.1 billion won ($68.24 million) worth of shares on the main board, while retail investors purchased net 161.6 billion won.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 10:13am

World

Europe rolls out 'new weapon' vaccines in bid to slay COVID

But even then, Hungary on Saturday jumped the gun on the official roll-out by administering shots to frontline workers at hospitals in the capital Budapest.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 10:12am

Markets

S&P 500 struggles for direction as new COVID worries outweigh stimulus-passage boost

That resurgence continues to swell, infecting 214,000 Americans every day, prompting mandatory shutdowns and pushing hospitals to capacity.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 01:41am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Punjab Mod. / Jan 26 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2.70 ▲ 0.20 (14.89%)
Ghani Auto Ind. / Jan 26 Ghani Automobile Industries Limited(GAIL)	6.80 ▲ 0.69 (13.33%)
Habib Ins. / Jan 26 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	8.50 ▲ 0.69 (13.18%)
Bawany Air / Jan 26 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	22.38 ▲ 1.89 (11.34%)
Unicap Mod. / Jan 26 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.10 ▼ -0.01 (10.00%)
Hi-Tech Lubricants / Jan 26 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	60.28 ▲ 7.55 (9.66%)
Pak Datacom Ltd / Jan 26 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	113.50 ▲ 4.58 (9.03%)
Fazal Cloth / Jan 26 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	229.68 ▲ 30.92 (7.50%)
Dewan Sugar / Jan 26 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	3.03 ▼ -0.10 (6.32%)
B.R.R. Mod. / Jan 26 B.R.R. Guardian Modaraba(BRR)	14.00 ▲ 0.46 (5.98%)

Stock	Price
Hala Enterpries / Jan 26 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.81 ▼ 0.97 (-11.76%)
Saritow Sp. / Jan 26 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	9.90 ▼ 0.86 (-11.61%)
Grays Leas. / Jan 26 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.17 ▼ 0.69 (-10.86%)
PICIC Insurance / Jan 26 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.38 ▼ 0.11 (-9.80%)
First Pak Modaraba / Jan 26 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.12 ▼ 0.27 (-9.40%)
First Prud Mod. / Jan 26 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	2.10 ▼ 0.35 (-8.70%)
Altern Energy / Jan 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	27.25 ▼ 1.75 (-8.40%)
Summit Bank / Jan 26 Summit Bank Limited(SMBL)	1.83 ▼ 0.14 (-8.04%)
Saudi Pak Leas. / Jan 26 Saudi Pak Leasing Company Limited(SPLC)	1.74 ▼ 0.25 (-7.94%)
Khurshid Spinng / Jan 26 Khurshid Spinning Mills Limited(KHSM)	19.86 ▼ 0.00 (-7.46%)

Stock	Volume
TRG Pak. / Jan 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,686,000 ▼ 8.01
K-Electric Ltd / Jan 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	25,544,000 ▼ 0.11
Invest Cap. Bank / Jan 26 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	17,052,500 ▼ 0.87
Unity Foods / Jan 26 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	16,920,978 ▼ 1.02
Fauji Foods / Jan 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,931,500 ▼ 0.35
Fauji Fert. Bin / Jan 26 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	12,716,500 ▼ 1.75
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Jan 26 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	10,876,500 ▼ 0.31
Hum Network / Jan 26 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	10,747,500 ▼ 0.17
Aisha Steel / Jan 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	9,137,500 ▼ 1.32
Jahangir Sid. Co. / Jan 26 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	8,165,000 ▼ 0.75

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Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 26	160.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 26	160.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 26	103.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 26	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 26	1.37
Euro to USD / Jan 26	1.21

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 26	3842.69
India Sensex / Jan 26	48347.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 26	28822.29
Nasdaq / Jan 26	13577.42
Hang Seng / Jan 26	30159.01
FTSE 100 / Jan 26	6638.85
Dow Jones / Jan 26	30870.85
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 26	13643.95
France CAC40 / Jan 26	5472.36

Indicator	Value
UK LIBOR % / Jan 26	0.09

Moderna

Moderna jab ‘protective’ against variants as global borders tighten

Moderna says Covid vaccine effective against UK, S.Africa variants

Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine effective against UK, South Africa variants

Ukrainians caught in geopolitical race for covid vaccines

New warning on vaccine supplies sparks EU concern

Moderna's COVID-19 given to first Japanese volunteer as Takeda starts trial

EU leaders weigh race between variants vs jabs

EU aims to vaccinate 70pc of adults in coming months

Philippines to buy 20mn doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

Swiss to get Moderna vaccine in tranches until mid-year

29.4mn doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 10.3mn administered: U.S. CDC

Swiss give green light to Moderna as 2nd Covid vaccine

EU nears deal with Valvena for Covid-19 vaccine

Greece launches online vaccination registration

PM Johnson says UK in 'race against time' as it faces worst weeks of pandemic

Mexico hits daily COVID-19 record with 16,105 new cases

Pope, Queen Elizabeth join vaccine drive as UK tops 3 million cases

EU insists on keeping vaccine contracts secret

EU watchdog backs second coronavirus vaccine

EU exec OK for Moderna vaccine to come shortly

US pharmacist who destroyed vaccines was 'conspiracy theorist': police

Israel's health ministry authorizes use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

EMA says could decide on Moderna vaccine Monday

US officials reject Trump claims on toll, defend vaccine rollout

US may cut some Moderna vaccine doses in half to speed rollout, official says

China's first vaccine hustled to market as race to inoculate 1.3bn speeds up

Sterling extends gains, markets mixed as traders see out 2020

South Korea stocks hit record high on final trading day of the year

Europe rolls out 'new weapon' vaccines in bid to slay COVID

S&P 500 struggles for direction as new COVID worries outweigh stimulus-passage boost

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