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Sinovac regimen gets strong boost from Pfizer, AstraZeneca or J&J COVID shots

A third booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine made by either AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson...

Published 24 Jan, 2022 08:25pm

Pakistan

US donates additional 5mn doses of Pfizer vaccine to Pakistan on Christmas Day

US Embassy in Islamabad says this donation should arrive on Christmas Day or shortly thereafter

Updated 25 Dec, 2021 05:48pm

World

China reports 104 new coronavirus cases for Nov 3 vs 109 day ago

BEIJING: China reported 104 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Nov. 3 compared with 109 a day earlier, the ...

Published 04 Nov, 2021 09:55am

World

Antibodies from Sinovac's Covid-19 shot fade after about 6 months, booster helps

BEIJING: Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine declined below a key threshold from around six...

Published 12 Aug, 2021 11:35am

World

China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases vs 23 the day before

The number of new asymptomatic infections fell to 19 from 20 a day earlier. China does not classify them as confirmed cases.

Published 21 Jun, 2021 10:26am

World

Brazil green-lights Pfizer vaccine for kids 12 and up

The health regulator, Anvisa, said the approval was based on studies by Pfizer that "indicated the vaccine's safety and effectiveness for this age group."

Published 11 Jun, 2021 10:57pm

World

Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine effective but some data lacking: WHO experts

The Sinovac vaccine has been authorised in 32 countries and jurisdictions, with 260 million doses distributed, the SAGE experts said.
"We are very confident that 2 doses of CoronaVac are efficacious in preventing PCR confirmed COVID19 in adults (18-59 years)," SAGE said in an assessment posted on the WHO website.

Published 05 May, 2021 08:15pm

World

Brazil struggles to deliver Covid vaccine second doses

Under Pazuello, the health ministry decided to release reserves of second doses to be administered as first doses, in a bid to accelerate Brazil's vaccination campaign.

Published 04 May, 2021 10:18am

Pakistan

Vaccination of people in their fifties begins today

LAHORE: Punjab is all set to start the next round of Corona vaccination for people of 50-59 years from Wednesday...

Updated 21 Apr, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Govt allows China's CoronaVac COVID vaccine for emergency use

Coronavac is the third Chinese vaccine to be used in Pakistan
As compared to other Chinese vaccines, the efficacy rate of CoronaVac is low

Published 09 Apr, 2021 10:54am

World

Brazil clears use of full vaccine stock as first doses

It said the British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm's Indian partner, the Serum Institute, had not indicated when it would be able to supply them.

Published 22 Mar, 2021 10:00am

World

Philippines receives first Covid-19 vaccines from China

Around 525,000 doses of the AstraZeneca jab were also due to arrive Monday as part of the COVAX global inoculation programme and will also be offered to healthcare workers.

Published 28 Feb, 2021 05:05pm

World

Mexico posts 8,988 new coronavirus cases, 1,075 more deaths

The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 12:47pm

World

Russia detains 19 militants planning attacks

The FSB said it had seized a suicide belt, homemade bombs and automatic weapons from the suspects.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 12:51pm

World

Mexico approves Chinese Covid vaccines CanSino and CoronaVac

So far, only the American-German Pfizer/BioNTech jab has been administered, with health care workers across Mexico and teachers in the southern part of the country having received the jab.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 10:41am

World

China approves Sinovac Biotech vaccine for general public use

BEIJING: Sinovac Biotech said on Saturday that its unit's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the general...

Published 07 Feb, 2021 04:07am

World

China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccine

Chinese vaccine makers also have chequered reputations, after major scandals at home involving expired or poor quality products.

Published 06 Feb, 2021 05:58pm

World

Brazil to buy 20mn more doses of China's CoronaVac, governor says

"We won't, in the face of a life and death situation, just wait to see what happens," he said.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 11:21am

World

Brazil aims to buy 30mn Sputnik V, Covaxin shots

With 212 million inhabitants, Brazil has suffered an average of 1,062 deaths and 50,000 cases per day in the past week.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 12:56pm

Business & Finance

Ford to invest $1bn to upgrade South Africa operations

The amount includes $683 million for technology upgrades and new facilities at its plant in Silverton, a suburb of Pretoria, and $365 million to upgrade tooling at major supplier factories.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 03:30pm

World

Mexico reports 7,030 new coronavirus cases, 462 more deaths

The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 09:16am

Pakistan

497 fresh cases, 38 deaths reported in Punjab

LAHORE: The corona positivity rate declined to 2.97% in the province, as Punjab has reported 497 fresh corona cases...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

World

UK unemployment hits 5.0% on virus fallout: official

The rate for the three months to the end of November compares with 4.9 percent.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 12:51pm

World

Erdogan says 10mn CoronaVac doses could reach Turkey by weekend

"(The second consignment) was approved in China," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. "It is highly probable that it could come by the end of this week. We expect 10 million to come."
Some 600,000 people were vaccinated in two days when the rollout began just over a week ago, but the pace later slowed.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 07:08pm

World

Thailand reports 309 new coronavirus cases

The tally included 12 imported cases and there were no new deaths reported, the country's COVID-19 taskforce said.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:34am

World

Turkey's COVID-19 vaccinations may quicken after elderly are inoculated

The nationwide rollout of the CoronaVac vaccine, produced by China's Sinovac, reached 1 million people in its first week.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 10:48am

Business & Finance

Thai Dec domestic car sales rise 11.3% y/y

But sales slumped 21.4% in the whole of 2020, it said.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 11:41am

Pakistan

Covid-19 claims 28 more lives in Punjab

LAHORE: Out of 13,151 corona tests conducted across the province, 534 were tested Covid-19 positivity with 28 deaths...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Punjab reports 560 fresh corona cases, 23 deaths

LAHORE: There is no let up in the spread of coronavirus cases, as 560 fresh virus cases and 23 deaths were reported...

Published 19 Jan, 2021 04:22am

Low success rate of China’s vaccine: Only 0.27pc of population may develop immunity through vaccination

ISLAMABAD: Less than even one percent, or 0.27 percent, of the total population of Pakistan may develop immunity...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 18	68.50
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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