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Philippines gives green light to trials of Janssen's COVID-19 vaccine

The trials could begin in the next few weeks, FDA head Rolando Enrique Domingo told a media briefing.

Published 29 Dec, 2020 09:25am

World

Belgium launches Covid vaccinations

The country has suffered one of the worst per capita death rates in the world during the epidemic, and its nursing homes have been particularly hard hit.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 08:05pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan to Mass-Produce of Anti-venom & Rabies Vaccine Next Year

Pakistan plans on starting mass-production of snakebites anti-venom and a rabies vaccine next year to end its reliance on imports from India.
Dow University of Health Sciences' biotechnological facility will be able to produce 700,000 vials of venom antiserum annually to overcome the supply shortages in the country.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 07:00pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan to Mass-Produce of Anti-venom & Rabies Vaccine Next Year

Pakistan plans on starting mass-production of snakebites anti-venom and a rabies vaccine next year to end its reliance on imports from India.
Dow University of Health Sciences' biotechnological facility will be able to produce 700,000 vials of venom antiserum annually to overcome the supply shortages in the country.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 07:02pm

World

Security team for Philippines' Duterte gets unauthorised Covid-19 vaccine

More than 470,000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the Philippines and authorities fear a post-Christmas surge in infections.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 06:00pm

World

75-year-old Israeli man dies of heart attack after receiving COVID-19 vaccine

A 75-year-old man from Northern Israel died from a heart attack, two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Levy mentioned that "We share in the grief of the family", but reiterated in a press conference that initial findings have revealed that there is no tangible link between the man's death and his vaccination.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 06:45pm

World

Oman launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Oman has so far recorded more than 128,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 1,495 deaths.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 03:10am

World

Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine

Putin said earlier that the Russian vaccine was effective and safe and he saw no reason not to be vaccinated.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:47pm

World

EU begins vaccinations to end Covid 'nightmare'

China, Russia, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Serbia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia have also begun their vaccination campaigns.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 05:36pm

World

EU readies vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads

Vaccinations in all 27 European Union countries will begin on Sunday, after regulators approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 21.

Published 26 Dec, 2020 05:32pm

World

Saudi Arabia crown prince receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Published 26 Dec, 2020 12:13am

World

Iran says U.S. approved its funds transfer to buy COVID vaccines

Iran has won U.S. approval to transfer funds for coronavirus vaccines from overseas, the central bank chief said on Thursday, as its daily death toll fell to a three-month low.
Hemmati said Iran would pay around $244 million for initial imports of 16.8 million doses of vaccines from COVAX, a multi-agency group dedicated to assuring fair access to vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.

Published 25 Dec, 2020 07:05pm

World

One million Americans vaccinated for COVID; Tennessee new epicenter

Tennessee emerged alongside California on Wednesday as an epicenter of the latest COVID-19 surge even while more than 1 million Americans have been vaccinated as U.S. political leaders sought to guard against a highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Britain.
Some public health officials say Americans’ traveling and gathering for Thanksgiving contributed to the latest nationwide explosion in cases.

Published 25 Dec, 2020 05:20pm

World

Serbian PM starts country's Covid-19 vaccination

Serbia's regulators are still testing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine several weeks after its arrival.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 07:10pm

World

Virus dampens holidays worldwide as vaccinations gather speed

There were also 635 new deaths, increasing total fatalities to 53,096. Ukraine reported over one million cases with 17,395 deaths in a country of around 40 million.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 07:08pm

World

Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal in doubt

Only 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given, about one-third of the first shipment sent last week
The slow pace has barely picked up from the first week when 614,000 shots were given although nearly 2.9 million were shipped

Published 24 Dec, 2020 02:53pm

Business & Finance

Target is to procure low-cost, safe COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan, says Fawad

The minister said that the committee aims to make the best vaccines available in Pakistan at the lowest possible cost as soon as possible.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 10:20am

Pakistan

Govt cooperates with leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers for early availability: NCOC told

The dedicated NICC meeting of high significance was convened by the Ministry of National Health Services to deliberate on Pakistan’s application for submission to GAVI.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 12:12am

World

Dubai rolls out Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination campaign

The UAE has so far recorded more than 197,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 645 deaths.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:28pm

World

First vaccines leave plant for EU rollout

Pfizer refused to say where in the EU the first deliveries were headed.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:22pm

World

US purchases additional 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

The US is hoping to immunize 20 million people this month, with long-term care residents and health workers at the front of the line.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:13pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan in contact with leading COVID-19 vaccines manufacturers, including Chinese

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr Faisal Sultan said that COVID-19 vaccine would be available in Pakistan by March next year.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:51pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Pakistan by March 2021: Dr Faisal Sultan

The vaccine will first be administered to frontline health workers and people over 60 years.
SAPM confirmed the development saying that the government is in talks with three vaccine-makers.

Updated 23 Dec, 2020 06:05pm

World

Europe crosses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths as new variant spreads

Italy, the nation with the highest death toll in Europe, on Sunday detected a patient infected with the new variant as have Denmark and France.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:39am

World

Iraq inks preliminary deal for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Iraq has committed $170 million to be among the first countries to receive the vaccine, according to WHO.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 06:15pm

World

UK has given COVID shots to 500,000, Johnson says

Earlier this month, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to roll out the vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 02:05am

World

Iraq agrees with Pfizer to import 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

It said the ministry added that the vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, would arrive in Iraq early next year.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 12:40am

Pakistan

COVID-19 pandemic: Pakistan records 80 deaths, 2,615 new infections in 24 hours

With more fatalities, the total death tally due to the deadly disease has reached 9,330
At least 37,206 tests were conducted across the country while 407,405 people recovered from the deadly disease

Published 20 Dec, 2020 10:04am

World

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine begins rollout as U.S. races to broaden injection campaign

Amid record coronavirus infections and deaths, Moderna has already moved vaccine supplies from its manufacturing plants to warehouses
U.S. Army official says trucks will set out today and shipments will start reaching healthcare providers as soon as Monday

Published 20 Dec, 2020 09:45am

World

Netanyahu gets coronavirus jab, starting Israel rollout

Netanyahu said receiving the vaccine was a first step toward a return to normality.

Published 20 Dec, 2020 01:28am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 15	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 15	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 16	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 16	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 16	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 16	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 15	5061.82
Nasdaq / Apr 15	15885.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 15	7965.53
Dow Jones / Apr 15	37735.11
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 15	18026.58
France CAC40 / Apr 15	8045.11
India Sensex / Apr 16	73041.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 16	38375.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 9	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 9	212277
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 16	85.94
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 16	2387.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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