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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

China says WHO plan to audit labs in Covid origins probe 'arrogant'

Zeng Yixin told reporters he was "extremely surprised" by the proposal outlined by WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday

Published 22 Jul, 2021 10:18am

World

WHO eyes China lab 'audits' in next phase of Covid origin probe

In a closed-door briefing to members states, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said one priority in the probe should be "audits of relevant laboratories and research institutions operating in the area of the initial human cases identified in December 2019".

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 01:10am

World

WHO slams senseless 'greed' prolonging the pandemic

Striking an increasingly exasperated tone, the WHO said the world would look back on itself with shame if it knowingly chose to leave the world's weakest at the mercy of the pandemic.

Published 13 Jul, 2021 01:21am

World

World passes 4m Covid deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks

GENEVA: More than four million people have now died from Covid-19, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many rich nations...

Published 08 Jul, 2021 04:22am

World passes 'tragic milestone' of 4 million Covid deaths: WHO

"This is leading to an acute shortage of oxygen, treatments and driving a wave of death in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America," Tedros said.

Published 07 Jul, 2021 07:31pm

World

China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight: WHO

We congratulate the people of China on ridding the country of malaria

Published 30 Jun, 2021 10:08am

World

WHO's Tedros says vaccine shortage in poor countries a global failure

"It's not hesitancy. It's lack of vaccines. And the situation in many low-income countries, especially Africa, it's very worrisome," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Published 26 Jun, 2021 12:18am

World health, IP, trade bodies launch Covid platform

GENEVA: The heads of the global health, IP and trade agencies on Thursday announced a joint platform to help countries plug the gaps in accessing Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and technologies.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

World

Doctors urge action against climate-linked health risks

GENEVA: Hundreds of health workers marched to the World Health Organization on Saturday demanding that authorities ...

Published 30 May, 2021 03:51am

World

Covid origins search ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned Friday that efforts to uncover the Covid-19 pandemic’s origins were...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

World

Swiss to host global virus hub laboratory

GENEVA: Switzerland signed a deal with the World Health Organization on Monday to host a global repository for...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

World

Under pressure EU presents WTO plan to boost vaccine output

BRUSSELS: The European Union put forward a plan on Wednesday it believes will help boost the production and...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am

World

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

GENEVA: Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to...

Updated 18 May, 2021 09:36am

World

'Imperative' to protect health workers, facilities in Gaza conflict: WHO

"Furthermore, Covid-19 testing and vaccination has been severely impacted," he said, cautioning that "this creates health risks for the world as a whole."

Published 17 May, 2021 09:04pm

World

India’s daily Covid-19 deaths remain near 4,000 mark

MUMBAI: India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but...

Updated 16 May, 2021 10:42am

Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns

GENEVA: The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be...

Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am

WHO approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

World

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Beijing's Covid-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality.

Published 08 May, 2021 12:58am

World

Support grows for vaccine patent waiver as India sees record Covid deaths

WASHINGTON: International support grew Thursday for a US proposal to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus...

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:04am

World

WHO's Tedros hails 'historic' US support for vaccine patent waiver

Tedros clashed repeatedly with former US president Donald Trump, who began withdrawing his country from the WHO before President Joe Biden immediately rescinded the move upon taking office in January.

Published 06 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Pfizer sees Covid-19 as 'durable' revenue stream as profits rise

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had not made a decision on whether to support a vaccine waiver, but that the United States was moving "as quickly as we can" to export doses.

Published 05 May, 2021 10:56am

Rich and poor: WHO slams ‘shocking’ vaccine imbalance

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday condemned the chasm between rich and poor nations in accessing...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:34am

Chinese scientist says Beijing did share Covid-19 data with investigators

BEIJING: A top Chinese medical expert said on Wednesday there was no factual basis to accusations that China did not...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

World

US leads concern over WHO-backed Covid origins report

Trump had promoted a theory that the virus could have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, which the WHO-backed experts dismissed in their report.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:30am

World

Global leaders push for pandemic preparedness treaty

GENEVA: World leaders pushed Tuesday for a new international treaty to prepare for the next global pandemic - and...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

World

WHO chief urges deeper probe into Covid lab leak theory

The WHO chief voiced concern that the international expert team had "expressed the difficulties they encountered in accessing raw data" while in China.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 08:56pm

World

WHO experts say Covid probably came to humans from animals

Beijing's theory that the virus did not originate in China at all but was imported in frozen food was judged "possible" but very unlikely.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 09:38am

Covid probably came to humans from animals: WHO

GENEVA: Covid-19 probably passed to humans from a bat via an intermediary animal, an international expert mission to...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

World

WHO chief says all possible Covid origins 'need further study'

"WHO has received the full mission report over the weekend on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the team that visited Wuhan earlier this year," Tedros confirmed.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 07:46pm

Opinion

As Covid rages, world risks losing TB gains

In the year since Covid-19 flipped the world on its head, diagnosis and treatment of another serious lung disease ...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

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Universal Ins. / Jul 30 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	7.75 ▲ 1.00 (14.81%)
Siemens Engg. / Jul 30 Siemens (Pakistan) Engineering(SIEM)	637.82 ▲ 44.49 (7.50%)
Sardar Chemical / Jul 30 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	41.05 ▲ 2.86 (7.49%)
Thal Ind. / Jul 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	339.99 ▲ 23.65 (7.48%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jul 30 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	161.00 ▲ 11.00 (7.33%)
Blessed Tex. / Jul 30 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	509.00 ▲ 33.55 (7.06%)
Silkbank / Jul 30 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.83 ▲ 0.12 (7.02%)
Premier Ins. / Jul 30 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.79 ▲ 0.42 (6.59%)
First Pak Modaraba / Jul 30 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	4.80 ▲ 0.28 (6.19%)
HBL Inv.Fund / Jul 30 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	3.29 ▲ 0.19 (6.13%)

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TPL Ins. / Jul 30 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	38.04 ▲ -3.08 (-7.49%)
Ellcot Sp. / Jul 30 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	142.10 ▲ -11.40 (-7.43%)
Sana Ind. / Jul 30 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	51.55 ▲ -3.23 (-5.90%)
Dawood Equities / Jul 30 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	18.60 ▲ -1.08 (-5.49%)
IGI Life Ins. / Jul 30 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	43.01 ▲ -1.99 (-4.42%)
Masood Tex. / Jul 30 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	58.00 ▲ -2.58 (-4.26%)
Macter Int. Ltd. / Jul 30 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	148.82 ▲ -6.17 (-3.98%)
Bilal Fibres / Jul 30 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	3.36 ▲ -0.09 (-2.61%)
Saif Tex / Jul 30 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	25.20 ▲ -0.55 (-2.14%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 30 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	13.61 ▲ -0.22 (-1.59%)

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Byco Petroleum / Jul 30 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	7,444,000 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Jul 30 Telecard Limited(TELE)	5,004,000 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Jul 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	3,868,000 ▼ 0.00
Citi Pharma / Jul 30 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	3,234,000 ▼ 0.00
Image Pakistan / Jul 30 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	2,966,500 ▼ 0.00
TPL Corp / Jul 30 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	2,686,500 ▼ 0.00
Silkbank / Jul 30 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	2,123,500 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Jul 30 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	2,074,000 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Jul 30 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	1,333,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / Jul 30 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	1,130,847 ▼ 0.00

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 30	162.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 30	161.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 30	109.46
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 30	1.40
Euro to USD / Jul 30	1.19
UK LIBOR % / Jul 30	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 30	4419.15
India Sensex / Jul 30	52653.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 30	27609.96
Nasdaq / Jul 30	14778.26
Hang Seng / Jul 30	26315.32
FTSE 100 / Jul 30	7078.42
Dow Jones / Jul 30	35084.53
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 30	15640.47
France CAC40 / Jul 30	6633.77

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Jul 30	73.37
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Jul 30	13080.00
Gold 10 Grams / Jul 30	94740.00
Gold Spot / Jul 30	1828.74
Cotton / Jul 30	90.31

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

China says WHO plan to audit labs in Covid origins probe 'arrogant'

WHO eyes China lab 'audits' in next phase of Covid origin probe

WHO slams senseless 'greed' prolonging the pandemic

World passes 4m Covid deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks

World passes 'tragic milestone' of 4 million Covid deaths: WHO

China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight: WHO

WHO's Tedros says vaccine shortage in poor countries a global failure

World health, IP, trade bodies launch Covid platform

Doctors urge action against climate-linked health risks

Covid origins search ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

Swiss to host global virus hub laboratory

Under pressure EU presents WTO plan to boost vaccine output

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

'Imperative' to protect health workers, facilities in Gaza conflict: WHO

India’s daily Covid-19 deaths remain near 4,000 mark

Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns

WHO approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

Support grows for vaccine patent waiver as India sees record Covid deaths

WHO's Tedros hails 'historic' US support for vaccine patent waiver

Pfizer sees Covid-19 as 'durable' revenue stream as profits rise

Rich and poor: WHO slams ‘shocking’ vaccine imbalance

Chinese scientist says Beijing did share Covid-19 data with investigators

US leads concern over WHO-backed Covid origins report

Global leaders push for pandemic preparedness treaty

WHO chief urges deeper probe into Covid lab leak theory

WHO experts say Covid probably came to humans from animals

Covid probably came to humans from animals: WHO

WHO chief says all possible Covid origins 'need further study'

As Covid rages, world risks losing TB gains

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