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Punjab faces hepatitis vaccine shortage for newborns

LAHORE: Shortage of hepatitis vaccine for newborns has emerged after a private company failed to deliver the ...

Published 24 Sep, 2025 03:45am

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Pakistan’s vaccine independence: a national imperative

Pakistan stands at a critical crossroads in public health policy. With seven million births annually and a ...

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

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Punjab to prepare vaccine to deal with cervical cancer challenge

LAHORE: Punjab has geared up preparations setting milestone timelines for the introduction of vaccine to control...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:27am

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First Covid vaccine side-effect claims land in German courts

HAMBURG: Vaccine-maker BioNTech faced Monday its first legal claim in its home country of Germany over adverse...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:17pm

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China approves first domestic mRNA vaccine for Covid-19

BEIJING: China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against Covid-19, its...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 01:26pm

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EU ‘offer stands’ to send Covid jabs to China

BRUSSELS: The EU said Tuesday it is prepared to send Covid vaccines to China as it grapples with a surge in...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 06:37pm

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Variant-adapted COVID vaccine wins first approval in Britain

LONDON: Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:14pm

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EU buys 110,000 vaccine doses against monkeypox

BRUSSELS: The European Union said Tuesday it has purchased almost 110,000 vaccine doses to help tackle the monkeypox...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:09pm

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Pfizer Covid vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses

WASHINGTON: The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years...

Published 23 May, 2022 05:49pm

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Biden warns of potentially ‘consequential’ monkeypox spread

SEOUL: Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard...

Updated 23 May, 2022 09:53am

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UK approves Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine

LONDON: Britain has approved a new coronavirus vaccine by the Austrian-French drugmaker Valneva, the UK regulatory...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 12:12pm

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BioNTech profits soar in 2021 on global vaccine rollout

FRANKFURT: German vaccine-maker BioNTech on Wednesday reported a multi-billion-euro windfall in 2021 from sales of...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:28pm

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BioNTech to ship mobile Covid vaccine labs to Africa

MARBURG: Germany's BioNTech, which together with Pfizer developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus,...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 07:28pm

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Pfizer's COVID product sales to top $50bn this year, investors want more

Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it expects 2022 sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill to top $54 billion, but...

Updated 08 Feb, 2022 09:42pm

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Romania daily COVID-19 cases at new record high

BUCHAREST: The number of new coronavirus infections in Romania reached a record high of 40,018 in the past 24 hours,...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 03:41pm

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5th wave: Pakistan's positivity ratio, cases continue to stay high

Country detects 7,048 new cases at a positivity ratio of 11.53%
Active number of cases stands at over 104,000

Updated 31 Jan, 2022 11:21am

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Tests of HIV vaccine using mRNA technology begin

WASHINGTON: Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:44am

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5th wave: Pakistan reports another 6,540 Covid-19 cases

Records positivity level at 11.10% during last 24 hours

Published 22 Jan, 2022 11:32am

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WHO urges manufacturers to provide COVID-19 vaccine data

GENEVA: A World Health Organization committee urged COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday to provide it with the...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 09:51pm

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Omicron 'dangerous', especially for unvaccinated: WHO

GENEVA: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous -- and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 09:48pm

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Colombia reduces booster vaccine waiting time to four months

BOGOTA: Colombia will let people get their coronavirus booster vaccines four months after completing their initial...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 11:19am

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India's COVID-19 cases multiply, vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters

NEW DELHI: India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly...

Published 10 Jan, 2022 10:32am

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Sinopharm protein-based booster stronger against Omicron than earlier shot

BEIJING: A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinopharm, when given as a booster after two doses of an earlier...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 03:22pm

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Israel begins fourth Covid jab for over 60s, health workers

TEL AVIV: Israel began Monday administering fourth Covid vaccine shots to people over 60 and health workers amid a...

Published 03 Jan, 2022 04:45pm

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Chile to give fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose

SANTIAGO: Chile will offer its citizens a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose from February, starting with high-risk...

Updated 24 Dec, 2021 08:56pm

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Vaccine and infection data mark small victories in Omicron battle

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON: Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicron as UK data suggested it may cause...

Updated 24 Dec, 2021 10:26am

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Turkey authorises use of own Turkovac vaccine

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced the emergency use approval of Turkey's first...

Updated 22 Dec, 2021 06:49pm

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EU to get 20 million extra vaccine doses to fight Omicron

BRUSSELS: EU members will get an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three ...

Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:09pm

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Omicron scrambles anew US firms' in-person aspirations

NEW YORK: Major US companies are having to reassess their return-to-office plans and getting tough on vaccine or ...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 10:15am

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Erdogan pledges 15 million Covid vaccine doses for Africa

ISTANBUL: Turkey will send 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on...

Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:27pm