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Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates Covid vaccine rollout to world’s poorest

The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world’s...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

World

WHO warns against vaccine hoarding as poor countries go without

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned wealthy countries on Thursday against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

World

Pentagon chief in Vietnam to advance ties but rights concerns linger

In Singapore on Tuesday, Austin said the United States would always lead with its values

Published 29 Jul, 2021 12:23pm

World

Most poorer countries do not have enough COVAX shots to continue vaccinations: WHO

The shortages, caused partly by manufacturing delays and Indian supply disruptions, come as cases and deaths increase across Africa as part of a third wave of infections.

Published 22 Jun, 2021 12:13am

World

Vietnam urges WHO to accelerate COVAX drive as COVID-19 cases hit record

The WHO said last month it was reviewing a proposal by an unidentified vaccine manufacturer in Vietnam to become an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine technology hub in the Southeast Asian country.

Published 17 Jun, 2021 10:23pm

World

COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July

"We are working hard with AstraZeneca and with our scheduling and we are about to reschedule about 16 million doses to try and cover those second doses" to be shipped out in late June and early July, he said.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 08:56pm

World

Covax raises $2.4bn to help combat jabs shortfall

GENEVA: The Covax vaccine programme secured another $2.4 billion from donors on Wednesday, but said it was still...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

World

Iran says Iraq to release $125mn of frozen funds for vaccines

Iran, the Middle Eastern country by COVID-19, has complained that US sanctions were preventing it from making payments to buy vaccines.
Ardakanian said the payments would go towards the purchase of vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) - sponsored global COVAX vaccine-sharing plan, state news agency IRNA reported.

Published 29 May, 2021 05:54pm

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

WHO expects decision on emergency listing for Chinese vaccines soon

We are in touch with them to review the dossiers that have been submitted by both vaccine manufacturers.
We will be hearing about a decision on the emergency use listing in April or early May, so please keep an eye on that.

Published 15 Apr, 2021 06:29pm

World

COVAX vaccines reach more than 100 countries, despite supply hits

Despite being hit by reduced supply availability in March and April, and higher demand in India where much of its main jab AstraZeneca is made, it expects to deliver doses to all economies that have requested them in the first half of 2021, the GAVI vaccine alliance and World Health Organization said.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 07:19pm

World

India tells overseas vaccine buyers it has to prioritise local needs

India tells foreign partners domestic vaccine demand rising.
Inoculation campaign to include more people beyond those aged 45.
Daily infections hit five-month high in India, deaths rise.

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:30pm

World

COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme to send out 'hundreds of millions' of J&J shots

COVAX, backed by WHO and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, aims to secure 2 billion vaccine doses by the end of 2021.
In early March, it said the target was to deliver 237 million doses of AstraZeneca's shot to 142 countries by the end of May, and it also shipped its first Pfizer shots.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 05:40pm

World

Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots

I feel so good about taking the vaccine. It will protect me from contracting the virus from patients.
COVAX aims to deliver over 1.3 billion vaccine doses to over 90 low- and middle-income countries by the end of the year, covering up to 20% of their populations.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 07:21pm

World

EU doubles Covax vaccine funding to $1.2bn

BRUSSELS: The European Union announced on Friday it is doubling its contribution to the Covax global Covid-19...

Updated 20 Feb, 2021 06:28pm

Business & Finance

J&J applies to WHO for emergency use listing of COVID-19 vaccine

J&J said an emergency use listing is a prerequisite for supplying vaccines to the COVAX vaccine program, co-led by WHO, which aims to deliver doses to poor and middle-income countries.
The J&J vaccine is administered in a single dose and can be stored at normal fridge temperatures, a big selling point in countries with relatively weaker healthcare infrastructure.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 07:31pm

Business & Finance

Astrazeneca CEO says COVID vaccine should work against severe disease

"It is of course a concern," Pascal Soriot said of the study at a World Health Organization meeting.
AstraZeneca is a major supplier to a WHO-backed vaccine-sharing scheme called COVAX.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 08:47pm

Business & Finance

COVAX following EMA, Britain, on ages for Astrazeneca vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca gives good immune responses in older people.
The EMA has actually not restricted this vaccine in terms of age based upon the entire data packages, and of course that is a stringent regulatory authority.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 07:31pm

Business & Finance

GAVI seeks political support for COVAX as bilateral vaccine deals grow

Our hope is this will lead to consensus to keep vast majority of work done through multilateral mechanisms and not bilateral. We have no ability to stop those bilateral mechanisms.
Covax has two price points for the Astrazeneca vaccine, $3 and $4 a dose, depending on the country, he said.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 09:01pm

World

US, staying in WHO, to join COVID vaccine push for poor nations

Trump accused the WHO of being "China-centric" in the initial stages of the outbreak, a charge rejected by Tedros.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:53pm

World

WHO, marking year since COVID-19 began, urges fair vaccine distribution to all

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, appealed for $4 billion to buy COVID-19 vaccines for distribution in lower and middle-income countries.
Vaccines offer great hope to turn the tide of the pandemic. But to protect the world, we must ensure that all people at risk everywhere - not just in countries who can afford vaccines - are immunised.

Updated 30 Dec, 2020 06:36pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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