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Well-vaccinated countries should prioritise COVAX over booster shots: WHO's Tedros

We do not want to see widespread use of boosters for healthy people who are fully vaccinated, WHO says

Published 01 Sep, 2021 08:32pm

Pakistan

US to ship 3mn doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan

Only 6.2% of 13.4 million of Pakistan's total population of 220 million have been fully vaccinated

Published 24 Aug, 2021 04:36pm

World

4 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide

Forty percent (1.6 billion) of the four billion shots have been administered in China. India (451 million) and the United States (343 million) make up the trio of countries that have administered the most jabs

Published 29 Jul, 2021 06:40pm

World

US to buy 500mn vaccine doses for world in gesture to show global commitment

Sri Lanka has also been aggressively rolling out China's Sinopharm jab after receiving two million doses in the past week, opening its program to pregnant women on Wednesday.

Published 10 Jun, 2021 09:58am

WHO approves China's Sinovac vaccine for emergency use

Recommends jab for aults over 18, with a second dose 2-4 weeks later.
It will be the second Chinese drug to get approval from global health agency.

Updated 01 Jun, 2021 08:35pm

World

Vietnam in talks to secure COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna

Vietnam has placed orders for more vaccines from several suppliers and received around 2.9 million doses from its purchases and via the international COVAX scheme.
Vietnam has registered 6,396 coronavirus cases so far, half of which were recorded in the latest outbreak.

Published 28 May, 2021 08:29pm

World

China to gift 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal

In March, China provided 800,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal, which also received a million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine as gift from India.
Nepal began its vaccination drive in January but the campaign has been suspended because of the lack of vaccines after New Delhi said it was unable to provide additional shots due to its domestic needs.

Published 26 May, 2021 08:16pm

World

Sweden to donate at least 3 million vaccine doses to COVAX in 2021

"In this way Sweden contributes to more than our share of the EU's target of donating at least 100 million doses to low- and middle income countries in 2021," the government said in the statement.
Sweden said earlier in May it would donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to COVAX.

Published 25 May, 2021 08:04pm

World

WHO chief calls on vaccine makers to advance doses for COVAX

"While we appreciate the work of AstraZeneca who have been steadily increasing the speed and volume of their deliveries, we need other manufacturers to follow suit," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a virtual briefing, mentioning Pfizer and Moderna specifically.

Published 17 May, 2021 08:30pm

World

Novavax delays Covid vaccine authorization request

The new vaccine combines NanoFlu and NVX-CoV2373.

Published 11 May, 2021 10:58am

Pakistan

Pakistan gets first COVID-19 vaccine doses under COVAX: UNICEF

"Today Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines (SII-AZ AZD1222) from the COVAX Facility," it said.
COVAX, a global programme to provide vaccines mainly for poor countries, has recently been hit by supply problems.

Published 08 May, 2021 05:17pm

Pakistan

Pakistan expects 1.23 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on 8th May

Pakistan’s health officials have confirmed to CNN that a shipment of 1.23 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to arrive on the 8th of May.
Pakistan was supposed to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine doses by February this year, however, the supply got delayed after India diverted the supplies to meet domestic needs.

Updated 06 May, 2021 01:52pm

World

Brazil to receive 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses on Thursday

Over the weekend, the health ministry announced that 30% fewer vaccines had been received between January and April than expected. Queiroga said the Covax facility, an international cooperation to assist countries secure vaccines, had moved up the expected delivery of 2 million doses to May.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 08:22pm

Business & Finance

Argentina restarts talks with Pfizer into buying its coronavirus vaccine

The government had talked with Pfizer last year about the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines but the two sides did not reach a deal on supply of the vaccine it developed with German partner BioNTech SE.
Argentina is distributing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as well as doses from China's Sinopharm, the Serum Institute of India, and the UN-led COVAX program.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 08:49pm

Pakistan

Country's oxygen production capacity being increased to support health system: SAPM

Faisal says Pakistan Steel Mills' oxygen plant would be re-activated to meet the country's oxygen demand
The government does not rely on vaccine doses that have been received as either grants or gifts but it has also purchased about three million jabs, says SAPM

Published 27 Apr, 2021 01:40pm

World

COVAX COVID-19 vaccine facility faces shortfall in supply: WHO

"Last week, I made an urgent request to countries, with doses of COVID-19 vaccines that have WHO Emergency Use Listing, to share 10 million doses immediately with COVAX," he said.
I requested manufacturers to help ensure that the countries that step up can rapidly donate those doses.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 09:15pm

World

Venezuela’s Maduro receives first dose of Russian vaccine

CARACAS: Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores received a first dose of the Russian Sputnik ...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:19pm

World

India’s Serum despatches first Covax vaccines

NEW DELHI: India’s Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, despatched on Tuesday its first...

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:24am

World

Venezuela could start receiving COVAX vaccines in May, Guaido advisor says

"It depends on how long the license takes," said Dr. Julio Castro, an infectious diseases expert who advises Guaido on health issues, in a text message, estimating they may come in May.
Paolo Balladelli, Venezuelan Mission Chief for the Pan American Health Organization, on Saturday via Twitter thanked the opposition and the government for helping advance an agreement on COVAX.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 07:11pm

World

Germany pledges additional 1.5 bn euros for COVAX and WHO

We can only get out of the pandemic with vaccinations. We need to make progress on this, at home and abroad.
With today's announcement we make clear: We're standing side-by-side with the poorest countries.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 08:44pm

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
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
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

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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