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Dose shortages undermine push by US states to speed COVID-19 vaccinations

Two months later, the situation has reversed. Supply constraints are slowing ambitious vaccination programs.
States and localities "have gotten themselves together ... and they can handle a lot more doses

Published 12 Feb, 2021 06:00pm

World

Bahrain authorises Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Bahrain already uses the Pfizer/BioNTech, vaccine, one manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 06:02pm

World

Canada permits six doses from each Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine vial

Supriya Sharma, a senior advisor at the ministry, told a news briefing that six doses could be extracted provided a special syringe was used.
Canada's Liberal government has been attacked by critics over the slow pace of vaccinations, caused in part by a temporary reduction in supplies from Pfizer.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 09:12pm

World

Britain has given 10 million people a first COVID-19 vaccine dose

"This is a hugely significant milestone in our national effort against this virus."
The country approved vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford University-AstraZeneca earlier than the United States and Europe, enabling it to make an early start on roll-out.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 09:15pm

Business & Finance

Pfizer sees about $15bn in 2021 sales from COVID-19 vaccine

The company said it expects total 2021 revenue of between $59.4 billion and $61.4 billion.
The vaccine was among the first to be authorized for emergency use in the United States and several other countries, and analysts have forecast billions in sales.

Updated 02 Feb, 2021 08:12pm

Business & Finance

EU repeats Pfizer/BioNTech to deliver 75mn extra vaccine doses in Q2

BioNTech/Pfizer will deliver 75 million of additional doses in the second quarter of the year - and up to 600 millions in total in 2021.
BioNTech and Pfizer this month raised their supply goal for this year to 2 billion doses, up from a previous aim of 1.3 billion.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 06:36pm

Business & Finance

Ukraine will receive 117,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine in February

Manufactured in the United States, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be immediately distributed to vaccinate employees of hospitals that provide care to patients with COVID.
In parallel, during the first half of the year, starting from February, we will be able to receive between 2.2 and 3.7 million doses of AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine for the next phases of the campaign.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 06:52pm

World

Kenya aims to vaccinate 16 million people against COVID-19 by June 2022

The objective is to vaccinate 16 million against COVID-19 by June next year, she told a news conference. "If more vaccines become available...then this target may change," she said.
The third phase, to unfold concurrently with the second, will be aimed at 4.9 million people including those living in congested areas and seen as particularly vulnerable, she said.

Updated 29 Jan, 2021 06:55pm

Business & Finance

Swiss drugmaker Novartis to help make Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine

Three vaccines from Western companies Pfizer-Biontech, AstraZeneca and Moderna have been approved by regulators.
Novartis has been mobilizing on multiple fronts to support the global pandemic response.

Published 29 Jan, 2021 05:15pm

World

Canada to receive fewer Pfizer vaccine doses than expected in Q1

Although Pfizer had already cut shipments to Canada after slowing European production earlier in January.
Ottawa has said repeatedly it expected the company to catch up by the end of March.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 09:19pm

Business & Finance

EU set to require authorisation for vaccine exports

The Commission, which has coordinated the orders, said on Tuesday it would propose that pharmaceutical firms be required to register their vaccine exports.
The decision will be taken tomorrow to start implementing this mechanism.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 09:17pm

Business & Finance

Pfizer to continue vaccine supply to Italy even if Rome files lawsuit

We do not intend to speculate on this, but we will continue to supply the vaccine as envisaged by the agreements with the European Commission.
Kerkola added that the group's supply of vaccines to Italy would be back to being "regular" from this week.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 06:27pm

World

Ukraine parliament votes to speed up vaccine registrations

The government has said it expects to receive 100,000 to 200,000 doses of vaccines from Pfizer.
Thursday's vote was on a first reading of the legislative amendments and a second reading will be required for them to take effect.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 06:23pm

World

Italy to rethink vaccine rollout if supply problems persist

Vaccinations in Italy have slowed to 20,000-25,000 a day from peaks of more than 90,000 around two weeks ago, Locatelli said.
The European Medicines Agency will rule on whether to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine for use in the bloc on Jan. 29 .

Published 23 Jan, 2021 08:57pm

Business & Finance

Mexico may delay second Pfizer vaccine doses, allows private orders

We're seeing if we need to expand the time period to 35 days.
The Pfizer vaccine is currently the only one being administered in Mexico, which has reported the fourth-highest death toll from the pandemic worldwide.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 08:07pm

World

EU will seek clarification from Pfizer over new vaccine delays

"We will seek clarification from the company," the spokesman told a news conference in reply to a question about a new slowdowns in deliveries reported by EU countries for next week.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 07:11pm

World

Pfizer vaccine appears effective against coronavirus variant found in Britain: study

Last week, Pfizer said a similar laboratory study showed the vaccine was effective against one key mutation, called N501Y.
Among the 11 authors of the study are Ugur Sahin and Oezlem Tuereci, co-founders of BioNTech. Sahin is chief executive and his wife Tuereci is chief medical officer.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 06:25pm

World

German COVID-19 fight hit by delay to Pfizer vaccine

It is not easy for us... We can only vaccinate with that which has been delivered.
The spread of the virus has slowed in Germany in recent weeks, with rise in new cases up by 15,974 to 2,068,002.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 06:04pm

World

Lebanese parliament approves law paving way for vaccine deal

Lebanon said in mid-December it was expecting to sign a deal for supplies of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine and hoped to receive the first batch eight weeks after that.
The law includes a clause that points to the Lebanese health ministry as the only entity responsible for compensation.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 09:00pm

World

European vaccine shipments fall short as Turkey, China race ahead

About a third of EU governments cite 'insufficient' doses.
Pfizer says there will be 'temporary impact' on shipments.
Biden seeks to reverse Trump's 'dismal failure' on COVID-19.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 08:49pm

Business & Finance

Pfizer vaccine deliveries delayed in Europe: Oslo

It is not immediately clear how long it will take for Pfizer to attain maximum production capacity, which will rise from 1.3 to 2 billion doses annually.
The FHI provided no detailed numbers on deliveries to Europe as a whole, but said Norway would next week receive 36,075 doses.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 06:26pm

World

India wants Pfizer to do local study for approval

As of now, the pre-condition for any vaccine to be implemented in India is that you have to do a bridging trial.
Paul also said Russia's Sputnik V, a shot undergoing last-stage trials in India, will soon apply for emergency-use approval in the country.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:36pm

Business & Finance

Baxter Germany to start production of BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine by early March

We are still in the process of converting the production facility for the demands of BioNTech's deep-frozen product.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:45pm

World

Singapore says ramping up COVID-19 vaccination drive

Singapore started vaccinating healthcare workers on Dec. 30, becoming one of the first Asian countries to start its coronavirus inoculation programme.
The nation of 5.7 million people has been reporting relatively very few local cases in recent months and fatalities are among the world's lowest

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:08pm

World

Spain aims for all care home residents to get first COVID-19 vaccine dose by weekend

During the first wave of infection from March-May the virus devastated the care-home population, killing some 20,000 people.
From Jan. 18, health authorities will begin administering the second round of the double-dose Pfizer-BioNTech jab to the earliest recipients of the first shot.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 09:09pm

Business & Finance

BioNTech lifts 2021 COVID-19 vaccine output target to 2bn doses

Pfizer, BioNTech previously targeted 1.3 bln doses this year.
Special syringes allow to cut vaccine waste per vial.
New Marburg site adds annual capacity of 750 mln doses.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:03pm

World

Coronavirus variants, first found in UK and South Africa, spread worldwide

AUSTRALIA has found several cases of the variant first identified in Britain and has also found at least one case of the variant found in South Africa.
PAKISTAN health officials said the variant found in Britain had been detected in the southern province of Sindh.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 07:18pm

World

EU paves way for more Pfizer vaccine shots after extra dose allowed

EU countries started inoculating people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine two weeks ago.
Shot's conditional approval under an authorisation which allows five doses to be extracted from each vial.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:43pm

World

EU gives go ahead to extract more shots from each Pfizer vaccine vial

EU countries started inoculating people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine two weeks ago.
EMA's human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended updating the product information for Comirnaty to clarify that each vial contains six doses of the vaccine.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:24pm

World

EU says it has secured nearly half of Pfizer's 2021 global output of COVID shots

Pfizer has said it can produce up to 1.3 billion doses around the world this year.
We now have agreed with BioNTech and Pfizer to extend this contract. With the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional 300 million doses of the BioNTech vaccine.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 05:51pm

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USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
India Sensex / Apr 18	72488.99
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	37716.66
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16385.87
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7877.05
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17837.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.64
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.36
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	80.61
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

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Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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