Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,533,482. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,386 on Saturday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 435 persons were tested positive for مزید پڑھیں

Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published showed, an impact comparable to that of smoking and far worse than HIV/AIDS or terrorism. More than 97% of the global population lives in areas where air pollution exceeds recommended levels, the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy مزید پڑھیں

US biotech company Moderna on Wednesday announced positive results for a new vaccine that targets both the original Covid strain and Omicron, and sees the shot as its “lead candidate” for a booster this fall. The so-called “bivalent” vaccine was tested in a trial of 814 adults and shown to produce 1.75 times more Omicron-specific مزید پڑھیں

Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel says government is committed to set Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan on modern lines. He was speaking at the headquarters of Drug Regulatory Authority in Islamabad on Wednesday where he was briefed on performance, issues and challenges being faced by the organization. The Minister asked the authorities مزید پڑھیں

More than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 in the US have been detected so far, said the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC said investigations suggest that the disease is spreading inside the country. Sixteen of the first 17 cases were among people who identify as men who have sex مزید پڑھیں

Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Friday. “We think that if we put in place the right measures now we probably can contain this easily,” Sylvie Briand, WHO director for Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness, told مزید پڑھیں

Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel said on Friday that the government has ordered testing kits for to diagnose monkeypox — a viral disease that has been spreading in Europe and elsewhere in recent days — but he was quick to dispel reports that some cases of the disease had been reported in Pakistan. The minister مزید پڑھیں

The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday said that no cases of monkeypox cases have yet been detected in Pakistan as it clarified that ‘news’ to the contrary circulating on social media was “incorrect”. The clarification from the institute comes a day after it issued an alert, calling upon national and provincial health authorities مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan has detected its first case of the Omicron sub-variant, the National Institute of Health, Islamabad reported on Monday, as the public gets back to routine life after Eidul Fitr celebrations without COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in two years. A statement issued by the NIH on Twitter said it detected a case of مزید پڑھیں

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