PepsiCo Pakistan achieves 100 percent Covid-19 vaccination rate

Lahore: PepsiCo Pakistan has reached a 100 percent Covid-19 vaccination rate in partnership with the Secondary and Primary Healthcare Department, Government of Punjab through extensive vaccination drives at the company. This effort was complemented with comprehensive awareness-raising campaigns organized across PepsiCo’s facilities in Pakistan. The milestone was celebrated at a ceremony in the presence of …

Pakistan reports less than 300 corona cases daily

KARACHI: For the third day in a row, Pakistan’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported less than 300 new coronavirus infections in a single day on Monday morning. According to NCOC data, six people have died as a result of the virus in the previous 24 hours, with 240 new COVID-19 infections reported after …

Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccinations approved in Pak for children

KARACHI: As part of its ongoing fight against COVID-19, Pakistan licensed two Chinese vaccinations — Sinopharm and Sinovac — for children under the age of 12. More than 5.5 million immunizations have been delivered to children aged 12 to 18 in the country thus far. Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and Sinovac have been approved by NCOC …

Pakistan reports the lowest COVID positivity rate since 2020

For the first time since the government began gathering statistics on the epidemic in March last year, Pakistan’s COVID-19 positive rate fell to 0.94 percent on Tuesday. Pakistan has continuously reported a coronavirus positive rate of less than 2% and less than 1,000 daily infections over the previous three weeks. Hospitalizations and daily mortality counts …

Pakistan reports a decline in COVID-19 positivity rate

Karachi: The number of new coronavirus infections in Pakistan continues to drop, with the positive rate decreasing to 1.8 percent on Sunday. According to the latest data from Pakistan’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 40,584 tests were done in the previous 24 hours across the country, with 767 of them coming back positive, bringing …

Children aged 12 and above will be vaccinated too, NCOC

KARACHI: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to start a special drive for vaccination at schools where persons around 12 and above age will be vaccinated for coronavirus. According to the forum’s president Asad Umar, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has agreed to vaccinate children aged 12 and above. The …

COVID-19 positivity rate declines below 4% in Pakistan

KARACHI: Pakistan continues to see a drop in coronavirus infections, with the positive rate falling below 4% for the first time in almost four months on Sunday. On June 3, Pakistan recorded a COVID-19 positive rate of 3.9 percent. Statistics 26 Sep 21: Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 44,712Positive Cases: 1780 Positivity %: 3.98%Deaths …

K-Electric Launches Mobile Health Vaccination Units

Karachi: Committed to supporting the fight against COVID-19, K-Electric has launched a fleet of Mobile Health Vaccination Units to facilitate access to vaccines in communities across Karachi and its adjoining areas. These Mobile Health Vaccination Units are a collaboration between the Government of Sindh, K-Electric, and HANDS, a leading non-profit organization in Pakistan. The fleet …

Pakistan continues to record less COVID cases

KARACHI: Pakistan, on Wednesday, recorded a positive ratio of less than 5% for the fifth consecutive day, following a fatal fourth wave of coronavirus. According to National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) statistics, about 2,333 new infections occurred in the previous 24 hours after 51,139 tests were performed, bringing the overall caseload to 1,230,238 across the …

Pakistan records a decline in COVID cases

KARACHI: Pakistan recorded 1,897 new cases of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours on Tuesday, the fewest single-day infections in the prior two months. Pakistan’s COVID-19 positive rate has also plummeted to its lowest level since July 11, at 4.10 percent, as virus infections in the nation continue to diminish. According to the National Command …

Pakistan records decline in COVID positivity rate

KARACHI: Pakistan has been seeing a gradual decline in daily COVID-19 cases over the last two days. Nearly 2,714 fresh cases were reported on Wednesday morning as per the National Command and Operation Centre’s statistics showed. The positivity rate, according to the NCOC’s latest stats, fell to 4.78 percent . The last time the country’s …

Careem joins forces with the Govt to conduct a vaccination drive for its Captains and employees

Karachi: Careem, the Super App for the greater Middle East and Pakistan, in collaboration with the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration and the Government of Sindh (GoS), arranged a Covid-19 vaccination camp for its Colleagues, Captains, their families and other residents of the workplace at its Karachi and Islamabad offices.  Zeeshan Hasib Baig, Country General …

Famous Urdu poet and critic Naqqash Kazmi died of Corona

London-Farah Kazmi: Prominent Urdu poet and critic Naqqash Kazmi has died in Karachi due to the terrible Indian Delta virus. He has been undergoing treatment at Bahria Town International Hospital in Karachi since last week. Kazmi was born on July 8, 1944, in the house of Fasihullah Kazmi, a well-known Urdu and Persian poet from …

Govt of Pakistan and Facebook Partner to Fight COVID Misinformation

Karachi: The Government of Pakistan has partnered with Facebook in their fight against COVID-19. In Pakistan, over 32 million people received authoritative information regarding COVID prevention and vaccination through social media messaging campaigns conducted by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Information’s Digital Media Wing (DMW) in partnership with Facebook. Facebook provided Marketing …

HOPE Consortium eyes to supply Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan

Karachi: HOPE Consortium, Abu-Dhabi group, will supply vaccines of different producers to Pakistan ensuring sustainable management of end-to-end supply-chain and efficient storage system across the country. Speaking to a group of journalists at a virtual press roundtable, Dr Omar Najim Executive Director Department of Health, Abu Dhabi said that HOPE Consortium is working with Pakistan …

Covid-19 and the future of 22.8 million out-of-school children in Pakistan: Hisham Khan

Karachi: The writer is a development practitioner, currently working with Pakistan Youth Change Advocates (PYCA) to ensure universal secondary education in the country. “There are 22.8 million children out of schools in Pakistan”. We have been repeatedly hearing this statement on the dismal Pakistani education statistics for the better half of the last decade. With …

Murtaza Wahab inaugurates COVID19 Vaccination Center in FBATI

Karachi: Spokesperson of Sindh Government and Advisor for Law, Environment & Coastal Development Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that everyone should cooperate with the government to stop the spread of corona virus as it is not possible to control the corona virus without the cooperation of the people. He expressed these views while addressing the …

Record death toll due to covid in one day across Pakistan

In the midst of the worsening coronavirus situation, Pakistan reported 149 new deaths on Saturday, making it the country with the second-highest coronavirus fatalities since the pandemic began last year. This is also the highest number of coronavirus deaths recorded this year, indicating that the coronavirus’s third wave is spreading through Pakistan. The country’s highest …

Pakistan records highest covid death toll in 2021 in a day

KARACHI: Pakistan has witnessed the highest covid death toll in 2021 in a day. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported 135 new deaths nationwide. On Wednesday, NCOC confirmed 135 deaths from the coronavirus, making it the country’s highest single-day death toll in 2021. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the …

Covid-19’s third wave, 118 more died in a day

The global epidemic Coronavirus has led to 118 more deaths in Pakistan, while 4,318 new cases have been reported. According to the National Command and Operations Center, the total number of deaths from corona in Pakistan has reached 15,619, while the total number of affected people has reached 729,920. The number of active cases across …

Covid shows no sign of slowing down, 100 more died

KARACHI: Coronavirus continues to take its toll in Pakistan as 100 deaths have been recorded in a single day. In the last 24 hours, 49,059 corona tests were performed across the country, of which 5,139 people were confirmed to have the coronavirus, while the virus caused 100 deaths. According to the official portal, the rate …

Another 5,312 people fell victim to corona in Pakistan

KARACHI: In Pakistan, another 105 people contracted coronavirus during the last 24 hours. While 5,312 people have succumbed to the deadly virus. Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the country due to which the number of cases is constantly increasing, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has released the latest statistics of people infected with …

COVID shot registration to open after Eid: Asad Umar

Asad Umar, the head of Pakistan’s National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) — the agency in charge of the country’s coronavirus war — said on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccine registration will be open to all civilians after Eid. The ICC, cricket’s global governing body, has yet to announce the latest ODI player rankings. In the …

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