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Local production of vaccines: Govt asks DRAP to come up with comprehensive roadmap

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to end reliance on the imported vaccines and formulate a viable policy so that...

Published 25 Oct, 2025 05:54am

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Bill Gates, RFK Jr. ‘agreed to disagree’ on vaccines, Gates says

Gates said that he was concerned, though, that skepticism on vaccines was spreading from the US

Published 23 Sep, 2025 08:14am

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World Immunization Week 2025 concludes

ISLAMABAD: The World Immunization Week 2025 celebrated countrywide from April 24-30 has concluded on a note that...

Published 02 May, 2025 06:12am

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Rs23bn TSG allowed for immunisation drive

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved a technical supplementary grant (TSG)...

Updated 08 Apr, 2025 08:54am

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Remote areas: NA body concerned over utilisation of various vaccines, more polio cases

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination raised...

Updated 14 Aug, 2024 07:32am

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New push for mRNA bird flu vaccine development: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization announced Monday a new project to accelerate the development in poorer...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:31pm

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40 bitten by dogs in Quetta amid vaccines shortage

QUETTA: Dog bite cases are on the rise in Quetta, but lifesaving anti-rabies vaccines are not found in Sandeman...

Published 16 Jul, 2024 06:40am

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Essential oral polio vaccines: Japan announces $3.62m grant

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has announced a new USD 3.62 million grant to procure essential oral polio...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

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Study confirms AstraZeneca jab’s higher risk of very rare clot

PARIS: AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine has been linked to a 30-percent higher risk of getting a very rare blood clotting...

Published 27 Oct, 2022 11:39am

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GLAXO: earnings in red

GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (PSX: GLAXO) has seen its profits fall for 1HCY22 amid rising inflation and cost...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 08:22am

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Italy kicks off vaccination campaign against monkeypox

ROME: Italy opened its vaccination campaign against monkeypox on Monday, as case numbers have increased at a time...

Published 08 Aug, 2022 05:32pm

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US ready to deliver millions of Covid vaccines to youngest children

WASHINGTON: The White House on Thursday said it had an operational plan to deliver 10 million doses of Covid vaccine...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 07:33pm

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Towards universal health care?

Health is an essential component of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). The SDG 3.8 specifically aims to...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:02am

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France recommends Covid booster jab 3 months after initial vaccines

PARIS: France on Friday recommended that adults receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination three months after their...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:01pm

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Putin urges Russia to get Covid jabs, no mandatory vaccines

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made another appeal to sceptical Russians to vaccinate...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 08:05pm

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Confidence shortage!

The past two years have been full of surprises, of which the pandemic and the chaos it brought to the world is...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 07:25am

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Pakistan receives another batch of SinoVac, Sinopharm vaccines

NDMA says three million doses of SinoVac and seven million doses of Sinopharm have been handed over to the Ministry of National Health Services

Updated 22 Sep, 2021 02:23pm

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Taiwan receives first batch of politically charged Pfizer vaccines

TAIPEI: Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organised by...

Published 02 Sep, 2021 09:30am

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Yemen gets first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines

This shipment is the first batch of a total of 504,000 doses it is set to receive from the United States

Published 29 Aug, 2021 05:35pm

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Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Japan has administered more than 124 million COVID-19 vaccine shots, with about 44% of the population fully inoculated

Updated 28 Aug, 2021 03:18pm

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WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines

BRAZZAVILLE: The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the "shocking disparity" in access to coronavirus...

Updated 24 Aug, 2021 09:11pm

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World Bank to finance extra Covid jabs for poorer nations

The new mechanism will allow those countries to buy additional doses on top of the subsidised ones they will already receive via Covax

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:47pm

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Pakistan continues to see spike in Covid-19 cases

Country reports 1,808 positive cases in a single day
National Covid-19 positivity ratio stands at 3.84%

Published 12 Jul, 2021 11:12am

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EU hits goal of delivering vaccines for 70% of adults

All but the J&J jab require two doses to achieve full efficacy, and the EU is home to an estimated 366 million adults.

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 02:57pm

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World Bank passes $4 bln milestone in funding for COVID-19 vaccines

The World Bank's vaccine financing package can be used by countries to buy vaccine doses through COVAX, the new African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) or other sources.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 12:25am

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India approves Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

The vast nation of 1.3 billion people was hit by a massive spike in coronavirus cases in April and May that pushed the healthcare system to breaking point.

Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:17pm