Islamabad has reported the first case of the new COVID-19 strain, Omicron, sources in the National Institute of Health (NIH) said. According to the sources, the patient has no international travel history; nonetheless, the patient recently travelled to Karachi. The patient reportedly is in good health and has only minor symptoms. Contact tracing is currently مزید پڑھیں

Karachi has reported six new suspected cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, sources within Sindh Health Department said Thursday. The sources said that the suspected patients have a travel history. Four of them arrived in Karachi from South Africa, where the Omicron variant originated, and two others from Britain. They said that مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organisation on Tuesday approved a COVID vaccine made by US pharma giant Novavax for emergency use, after the European Union medicines regulator gave it the green light. The European Medicines Agency had assessed and approved Nuvaxovid on Monday. It is made from a more conventional technology than others already approved, which has مزید پڑھیں

A second case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has been reported from Karachi, sources within the Sindh Health Department said Friday. Sources privy to the matter said that the 35-year-old infected individual travelled to Karachi from Britain and first tested positive for coronavirus in random checking. The Omicron infection was confirmed in the affected مزید پڑھیں

The Canadian government on Wednesday urged citizens to avoid foreign travel over the Christmas holidays, saying the Omicron variant of Covid “makes us fear the worst,” including soaring infections and travel disruptions. The travel advisory will be re-evaluated in four weeks, but public health restrictions could be imposed in the interim if the pandemic situation مزید پڑھیں

All three US-authorised COVID-19 vaccines appear to be significantly less protective against the newly-detected Omicron variant of the coronavirus in laboratory testing, but a booster dose likely restores most of the protection, according to a study released on Tuesday. The study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard and MIT that has not yet مزید پڑھیں

Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalisations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The US drugmaker last month said the oral medicine was around مزید پڑھیں

National Institute of Health (NIH) on Monday confirmed first case of coronavirus Omicron variant in Pakistan.According to NIH, first case has been detected in a woman in Karachi. The institute has stressed that vaccination against the virus is mandatory to stay safe from coronavirus. On the other hand, World Health Organization (WHO) has said that مزید پڑھیں

The EU medicines watchdog said on Thursday the Omicron variant of Covid-19 may cause milder disease, as the World Health Organisation warned against a re-run of vaccine hoarding by rich nations as the new strain spreads. The tentative judgement from the European Medicines Agency comes after the WHO said this week there was some evidence مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended on Thursday that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine should receive a booster dose to protect against waning immunity. Many countries have been rolling out booster shots, targeting the elderly and people with underlying health issues, but worries about the new, more transmissible Omicron variant مزید پڑھیں