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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO, Pfizer strike Covax deal for 40mn Covid vaccine doses

"I'm glad to announce that Covax has signed an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for up to 40 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine,"

Published 22 Jan, 2021 11:43pm

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World facing ‘catastrophic moral failure’ on vaccines, says WHO chief

GENEVA: The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:43am

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Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of 'catastrophic moral failure': WHO chief

WHO chief denounces "me-first" approach to vaccines.
Vaccine-sharing scheme due to roll out in February.
Reform, financing of WHO on meeting agenda.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:59pm

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World facing 'catastrophic' moral failure on vaccines: WHO chief

Tedros said 39 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine had been administered so far in at least 49 higher income countries.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:53pm

India starts huge vaccine drive as global virus deaths top 2 million

NEW DELHI: India kicked off one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday as the pandemic...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

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WHO wants Covid jabs in all countries within 100 days

"I want to see vaccination under way in every country in the next 100 days so that health workers and those at high risk are protected first,"

Published 15 Jan, 2021 11:58pm

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WHO urges countries to stop making bilateral vaccine deals

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked countries that have booked excess vaccine doses to "donate and release them to Covax immediately.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 12:54am

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WHO recommends 2 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine within 21-28 days

He said SAGE did not recommend the Pfizer jab for travellers unless they were in a very high-risk group due to the very limited supply of anti-COVID drugs at present.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:34am

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WHO's Tedros ‘very disappointed’ China hasn't granted entry to coronavirus experts

Mike Ryan, the WHO's emergencies chief, said the Geneva-based agency had impressed on Chinese officials the critical nature of the mission.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:24am

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WHO chief speaks of 'personal pain' over Ethiopia conflict

The fighting in Tigray has left thousands dead, according to the International Crisis Group think tank, and sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming across the border into Sudan.

Updated 29 Dec, 2020 03:47am

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Europe begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads fears

Switzerland's health minister Alain Berset noted Saturday his country had put the emphasis on personal responsibility.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:59am

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Covid-19 vaccine delivery to poor countries to start in early 2021: WHO

Announcing the agency had secured nearly two billion doses of vaccine candidates, the WHO said in a statement that this would "enable all participating economies to have access to doses in the first half of 2021, with first deliveries anticipated to begin in the first quarter of 2021."

Updated 18 Dec, 2020 06:46pm

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Health centre water crisis increasing virus risk: WHO

"Working in a healthcare facility without water, sanitation and hygiene is akin to sending nurses and doctors to work without personal protective equipment," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 09:55am

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WHO warns virus crisis not over as vaccine rollout starts

"Vaccines do not equal zero Covid," said WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan, adding that not everyone will be able to receive it early next year.

Published 05 Dec, 2020 07:54pm

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WHO hails 'encouraging' Covid vaccine news, but says no 'time for complacency'

"This is a dangerous virus, which can attack every system in the body. Those countries that are letting the virus run unchecked are playing with fire," he said.

Published 16 Nov, 2020 11:38pm

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World may be tired, but virus 'not tired of us': WHO chief

Tedros, speaking from quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, warned that the virus preys on weakness.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:32pm

WHO chief in quarantine after coming in contact with COVID-19 positive case

He said he is well and without symptoms.

Published 02 Nov, 2020 09:57am

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WHO praises Pakistan once again for fighting COVID-19, saving economy

WHO chief said country deployed infrastructure built up over many years for polio to coronavirus.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 01:02pm

WHO chief calls for solidarity, global leadership to defeat COVID-19 pandemic

Tedros says there is still a $35 billion funding gap for the proposed Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator program

Published 11 Sep, 2020 05:02pm

Global recovery will come faster if coronavirus vaccine available to all, says WHO chief

Tedros says Trump administration's recent withdrawal from the WHO was not over money but rather the U.S. relationship with the U.N. agency

Published 06 Aug, 2020 08:48pm

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WHO says completes groundwork in China for virus origin probe

The WHO advance team that travelled to China has now concluded their mission to lay the groundwork for further joint efforts to identify the virus origins, the agency's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference.

Published 03 Aug, 2020 05:33pm

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Coronavirus impact will be felt far into the future: WHO

"The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come,"

Published 31 Jul, 2020 07:23pm

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WHO warns over virus risk to young people

Young people are not invincible," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference in Geneva.

Published 30 Jul, 2020 09:01pm

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WHO chief rejects Pompeo charges as 'untrue' and 'unacceptable'

"When push came to shove, when it really mattered most", people died "because of the deal that was made", Tedros said.

Updated 24 Jul, 2020 03:53am

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Coronavirus pandemic still accelerating: WHO chief

The WHO warned last week of a new and dangerous phase of the coronavirus pandemic, with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease's rapid spread.

Published 22 Jun, 2020 05:59pm

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WHO head urges world not to let up on COVID battle

"More than six months into the pandemic this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online briefing.

Published 08 Jun, 2020 08:59pm

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WHO says it wants to keep working with US

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said US involvement with the organisation had made a "great difference" over the decades and "it is WHO's wish for this collaboration to continue".

Published 01 Jun, 2020 10:09pm

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USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 30	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 30	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 1	157.86
USD to Swiss Franc / May 1	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / May 1	1.25
Euro to USD / May 1	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 30	5035.69
India Sensex / Apr 30	74482.78
Nasdaq / Apr 30	15657.82
Hang Seng / Apr 30	17763.03
Dow Jones / Apr 30	37815.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 30	17932.17
France CAC40 / Apr 30	7984.93
Tokyo Nikkei / May 1	38274.05

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 30	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 30	207390
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 1	81.12
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 1	2288.39
Cotton US¢/pound / May 1	78.01
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49

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786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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