A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as little as $10 per course, a draft document seen by Reuters says. Merck & Co’s experimental pill molnupiravir is likely to be one of the مزید پڑھیں

Dengue fever claimed three more lives in Islamabad during the past 24 hours, lifting the capital’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease this year to nine. Sources said that 141 more people tested positive for the disease during this period, pushing the tally to 2,230. An alarming rise in dengue fever cases has set alarm مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan recorded less than 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day Sunday morning, data from the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) showed. Last week, the country had recorded a daily case count under 1,000 for the first time in over three months (830 cases on July 6). At least 720 fresh coronavirus مزید پڑھیں

The US government will ship 2.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the total number of doses sent to the South Asian country to about 18.3 million, more than any other country, a White House official said. The latest shipments of the vaccine lots made by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, مزید پڑھیں

The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has the world’s highest percentage of people vaccinated against COVID-19, the Red Cross said on Thursday, urging the country’s laggard neighbours to follow its example and step up incoluation efforts. Fully 99% of Palau’s population over 12 has had both shots of vaccine for the new coronavirus, the International مزید پڑھیں

Researchers in the Netherlands are developing laser technology to enable “virtually painless” injections without needles in what they call a breakthrough that will ease fear and lower the threshold for vaccinations. The “Bubble Gun” uses a laser to push tiny droplets through the outer layer of the skin, said David Fernandez Rivas, a professor at مزید پڑھیں

Though the recent rains brought the temperature down to 22°C, there was no let-up in dengue cases as 214 patients surfaced in the twin cities. Islamabad reported over a 100 cases of dengue fever for the third time in the current season. According to District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad Dr Zaeem Zia, 113 people contracted مزید پڑھیں

In a bid to protect the children from measles and rubella, the Sindh government has decided to launch the world’s largest immunization drive against contagious diseases in the province from November 15. As many as 38 children have died from measles in the province so far during the current year. During the 12-day vaccination drive, مزید پڑھیں

AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday, a boost to its efforts to develop coronavirus medicines beyond vaccines. The drug, a cocktail of two antibodies called AZD7442, reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 or death by 50% in مزید پڑھیں

The United States will accept, by international visitors, the use of COVID-19 vaccines authorised by US regulators or the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late Friday. On Sept. 20, the White House announced the United States in November would lift travel restrictions on air travellers from 33 countries مزید پڑھیں