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COVID19

S.Africa vaccine plan raises eyebrows ahead of launch

Around 1.2 million health professionals will be first in line for the shot, followed by 16 million elderly and vulnerable citizens, as well as frontline workers.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 09:14pm

Pakistan

Federal capital records 122 fresh corona cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

As many as 98 cases were reported on Tuesday while 122 cases were reported on Monday.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 09:13pm

World

Brazil's Bolsonaro says he was right to question Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

This 50% is good, is it? All the (criticism) I got for my comments, and now they are seeing the truth. Four months of being lambasted because of the vaccine.
Brazil's government closed a deal with the Butantan Institute to buy up to 100 million doses of the Chinese vaccine.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:41pm

World

Brazilian clinics to buy India's COVAXIN vaccine pending approval

Private sector talks to acquire Bharat's COVAXIN vaccine would not interfere with the Brazilian government's efforts to acquire vaccines for the public sector.
Bharat Biotech said on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement with a Brazil-based pharmaceutical seller, Precisa Medicamentos, to supply the vaccine even though it has yet to be approved.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:24pm

Business & Finance

Dropbox to layoff 11pc of workforce, COO to step down

Shares fell nearly 6% to $22.26 after Dropbox said Chief Operating Officer Olivia Nottebohm, who joined last year from Alphabet Inc's Google, will step down on Feb. 5.
Our Virtual First policy means we require fewer resources to support our in-office environment.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:06pm

World

Putin orders mass coronavirus vaccinations in Russia from next week

Russia, which has the world's fourth highest number of COVID-19 cases, started large-scale vaccinations last month.
I ask you to start mass vaccinations of the entire population as early as next week.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:01pm

World

Senegal in talks to procure Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine

Sinopharm's vaccine is diferent from another Chinese anti-Covid jab, Coronavac.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:54pm

Markets

European stocks struggle as traders eye historic impeachment bid

In early afternoon deals, London stocks edged 0.1 percent lower, Frankfurt dipped 0.3 percent and Paris flatlined.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:53pm

World

Italy to extend COVID state of emergency to end of April

The state of emergency, first introduced in January 2020, had been set to expire at the end of this month.
In the past week there has been a generalised worsening of the epidemic, we are back to an expansionary phase.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:45pm

World

UK to trial 24-hour Covid vaccinations

Johnson announced a third national lockdown until at least mid-February, and is considering harsher measures still if the numbers keep rising.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:32pm

Business & Finance

Target holiday sales jump 17pc on strong online demand

Target's sales through Shipt same-day delivery service jumped more than 300% in the November-December period.
The retailer's store traffic also rose 4.3% during the holiday season as people combined their shopping trips and limited it to large retailers amid a surge in pandemic.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:32pm

Sports

Mathews returns to Sri Lanka squad for England tests

Batsman Dhananjaya de Silva and fast bowler Kasun Rajitha were both ruled out against England after suffering injuries in South Africa.
England blanked the hosts 3-0 in the test series on their last trip to Sri Lanka in 2018 but have key personnel missing from that touring party currently.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:18pm

Business & Finance

Polish central bank leaves rates unchanged, as expected

The full content of the interview with the National Bank of Poland (NBP) governor indicated that stable interest rates is still the most likely scenario.
Of 21 analysts polled by Reuters, 19 had expected rates to remain on hold.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 07:06pm

Business & Finance

Baxter Germany to start production of BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine by early March

We are still in the process of converting the production facility for the demands of BioNTech's deep-frozen product.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:45pm

World

1.4mn in Madagascar need food aid due to drought, WFP says

WFP said 1.35 million people, or just over a third of the south's population, will require such aid, almost twice the number that needed it in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the hardship, causing seasonal employment to dry up. Many families relied on this income to get through the lean season,

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:35pm

Pakistan

Visionary policies push LSM to grow 14.5pc amid Covid-19: Khusro

Khusro said while global economy shrank by 4.3 percent due to Pandemic, the country’s large scale industries witnessed this growth.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:29pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 vaccination center inaugurated in Nawabshah

The DC said corona situation was better in the district due to the adoption of administrative steps.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:23pm

Business & Finance

AstraZeneca says to release 2mn vaccine doses a week to UK by mid-Feb

We've released just over 1.1 million doses, to date, and we are scaling up as we've said very rapidly. And this will happen imminently.
We're scaling up to 2 million a week imminently, and certainly we hope to be there on or before the middle of February.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:22pm

World

Indonesia leader gets nation's first coronavirus jab

Indonesia has reported nearly 850,000 Covid-19 cases and close to 25,000 deaths.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:04pm

World

Japan expands COVID state of emergency as people cool to holding Summer Olympics

The governors of Osaka, Kyoto and other hard-hit prefectures asked the government to announce the emergency.
A declaration of a state of emergency is a powerful means, based on the law, for tackling the spread of infections, but it also places big restrictions on people's lives.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:56pm

World

Chinese province of 37m declares 'emergency' to control virus

More than 20 million are now under some form of lockdown in the country's northern regions.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:51pm

Business & Finance

China's Sinovac defends COVID-19 vaccine after disappointing Brazil data

CoronaVac 50.4% effective in trial including very mild cases.
Had reported 78% efficacy in mild-to-severe cases.
Chairman says results are good around the world.
Malaysia and Singapore seeking more data.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:41pm

World

US Covid-19 deaths hit daily record as China rushes to contain outbreaks

Coronavirus patients at the overstretched hospital were crammed into hallways, makeshift ICU beds and even the pediatric ward.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 05:26pm

World

Polish businesses to defy Covid lockdown and re-open

The fitness sector is also planning to sue, and an association of retailers has threatened to do so as well.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 04:53pm

World

Jordan launches Covid vaccination campaign

Jordan has recorded 310,000 cases of Covid-19 infection and more than 4,000 deaths.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 04:46pm

Business & Finance

J&J may not meet US COVID-19 vaccine supply target by spring

US federal officials have been told that J&J has fallen behind its original production schedule and will not catch up until the end of April.
Earlier this week, J&J's chief executive officer said the company was on track to have close to a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by 2021-end.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 04:43pm

World

Renzi insists Italy take ESM loan, prolonging showdown with PM Conte

One possible scenario if Italia Viva quits would be for all the coalition parties to renegotiate a new pact, which would almost certainly open the way for a major cabinet reshuffle, with or without Conte at the helm.

Updated 13 Jan, 2021 12:21pm

Markets

Argentine agriculture ministry says it lifts corn export limit

"These meetings allow us to continue advancing in making private interests compatible with the need of the state to guarantee essential goods throughout the national territory," the ministry's statement said.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:54am

Global investors call for end to seafarers marooned at sea due to coronavirus

"If nothing is done, it's just a matter of time before something disastrous happens," Jenn-Hui Tan, with Fidelity International which is leading the investor group, told Reuters separately.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:43am

World

South Korea Dec jobs fall the most since 1999; 2020 unemployment at 19-year high

South Korean president last week pledged to expand support for those vulnerable to job insecurity, including temporary workers, daily labourers and youth.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:32am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 5	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 5	278.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 5	160.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 5	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 5	1.28
Euro to USD / Jul 5	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 5	5,567.19
India Sensex / Jul 5	79,996.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 5	40,912.37
Nasdaq / Jul 5	18,352.76
Hang Seng / Jul 5	17,799.61
FTSE 100 / Jul 5	8,203.93
Dow Jones / Jul 5	39,375.87
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 5	18,475.45

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 5	83.69
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 5	18,235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 5	210,008.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 5	2,363.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 5	72.36
Petrol/Litre / Jul 6	265.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 6 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 6 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 6 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 6 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 6 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 6 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 6 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 6 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 6 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 6 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 6 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 6 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 6 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 6 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 6 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 6 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 6 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 6 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 6 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 6 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 6 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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