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Argentine judge orders unproven treatment for Covid patient

Inmunova director Fernando Goldbaum said the serum helps patients by suppressing viral proliferation, giving the body time to muster its own defensive system.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 10:22am

BR Research

Coal prices: Repeat performances

Cold winter in need of heat and post-covid industrial demand from China are breathing life back into coal demand and...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:40am

World

Brazil reports 25,822 new cases of coronavirus and 480 deaths

The South American country has now registered 8,131,612 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 203,580.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 02:50am

World

UK health minister confident vaccine targets will be hit

"It means that we are on track to meet that target. It's not going to be easy but we are going to get there."

Published 12 Jan, 2021 12:08am

World

WHO hopes to start vaccination in poorer countries in Feb

He said the COVAX programme could begin vaccinating people in February, and there was an effort to speed it up so some vaccinations in poor countries could take place this month.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 12:03am

World

Greece launches online vaccination registration

Last week authorities extended some COVID lockdown curbs until Jan. 18, including the temporary closure of hospitality venues and non-essential retailers.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:53pm

World

UK records 46,169 new COVID-19 cases, 529 more deaths

Britain recorded 46,169 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, government statistics showed, with 529 more deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:49pm

World

Erdogan says Turkey to start COVID-19 vaccination Thursday or Friday

It has also agreed to procure 4.5 million doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, with an option to buy 30 million more later.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:46pm

World

PM Johnson says UK in 'race against time' as it faces worst weeks of pandemic

The first daily vaccination statistics showed that nearly 2.3 million people had so far received their first doses of a COVID vaccine and nearly 400,000 had received a second dose.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Pakistan

People must adopt SOPs with letter & spirit to contain COVID-19: Asad

Asad Umar said the government had reduced the prices of routine used commodities and it was making efforts to further decrease in the inflation.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Pakistan

Pakistan supports broad-based peace process in Afghanistan: Speaker NA

He said that Pakistani and Afghan people were bound in ever lasting ties of religion, brotherhood, history and culture.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Pakistan

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

He said the government had adopted effective strategy to combat COVID-19 that resulted reduction in corona cases in the country.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Pakistan

12 deaths, 599 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Punjab

The Punjab Health department conducted 2,612,326 tests for COVID-19 so far while 130,358 confirmed cases recovered altogether in the province.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 10:07pm

World

World Bank to invest $5bn in 11 African countries

World Bank Group President David Malpass said the investment would help improve livelihoods as those countries recovered from the outbreak and dealt with the impact of biodiversity loss and climate change through 2025.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:54pm

Markets

South African rand hits two-month low, Naspers lifts stocks

The rand was at 15.5800 versus the dollar, 1.86% weaker than its previous close, and trading at its weakest since Nov. 13.
A stronger US Dollar and a worsening COVID-19 situation in South Africa could see a break above resistance toward the November swing high at 15.7357.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:52pm

Business & Finance

EU seeks more Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, eyes deals with Valneva, Novavax

EU in talks for more Moderna COVID-19 vaccines – sources.
Moderna seeks higher price than EU's first contract-source.
EU in talks for Valneva's vaccine candidate – sources.
Close to ordering 200 mln doses of Novavax shot – source.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:50pm

World

Italy reports 448 coronavirus deaths on Monday, 12,532 new cases

The number of swab tests also fell, as often happens over the weekend, amounting to just 91,656 against a previous 139,758.
Patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 23,603 on Monday, up 176 from a day earlier.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:45pm

World

Bangladesh to begin COVID-19 vaccinations next month

The South Asian country of more than 160 million in November signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India to buy 30 million doses of the vaccine developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca.
The vaccine will be first applied on the health workers and it will be monitored for the next seven days. After that, we'll begin the vaccination across the country in the first week of February.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:43pm

World

China's top diplomat visits Myanmar in SE Asia tour, promises vaccines

Wang is scheduled to meet army chief Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday before moving on to Indonesia.
Wang also promised Myanmar 300,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine against the novel coronavirus.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:21pm

Business & Finance

Indonesia approves China's Sinovac vaccine as infections surge

A lack of data and varying efficacy rates reported for the vaccine from different countries could undermine public trust in the rollout.
Let's support the COVID-19 vaccination program, because the success of COVID-19 handling belongs to us as a nation.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:44pm

Pakistan

NA Education Committee support government's decision of reopening of educational institutions

The committee was informed that Rs 0.5 to 01 million budgets would be given to each school.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:40pm

Business & Finance

BioNTech lifts 2021 COVID-19 vaccine output target to 2bn doses

Pfizer, BioNTech previously targeted 1.3 bln doses this year.
Special syringes allow to cut vaccine waste per vial.
New Marburg site adds annual capacity of 750 mln doses.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:03pm

World

Trial of COVID-19 blood plasma finds no benefit in severely ill patients

"There was no evidence of harm associated with the administration of convalescent plasma" (and) the trial is continuing to recruit hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
It is biologically plausible that patients who are not producing antibodies at the time of convalescent plasma therapy and those patients with excess virus may benefit more than others.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 07:52pm

Markets

Wall St set to slip from all-time highs after strong run; Twitter slumps

Twitter slumps after Trump's account suspension.
Boeing falls after 737-500 jet crash.
Eli Lilly jumps on upbeat data from an Alzheimer's drug trial.
Futures down: Dow 0.91%, S&P 0.84%, Nasdaq 0.88%.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 07:46pm

Pakistan

CAA issues strict COVID-19 SOPs for entering airports across Pakistan

Airport managers are personally supervising the implementation. Several passengers were denied entry into the airports for not following the SOPs set by the authority.

Updated 11 Jan, 2021 08:14pm

Pakistan

Second wave of COVID-19 declining due to govt's timely decisions: Asad Umar

He said in the first week of December, the admissions of COVID-19 patients were at peak in hospitals.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 06:47pm

Business & Finance

Russia to try out 'Sputnik-Light' COVID vaccine to make it go further

The slimmed-down vaccine will be tested on 150 people in Moscow and St Petersburg, a government clinical trials register showed.
Sputnik-Light' can serve as an effective temporary solution for many countries, which are experiencing a peak of coronavirus infection.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 06:46pm

Business & Finance

Gilead raises 2020 profit forecast on remdesivir strength

The level of new COVID-19 cases in the United States is starting to rise again, amidst the slow rollout of vaccine.
Gilead said it was raising its total product sales forecast to the range of $24.30 billion to $24.35 billion.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 06:44pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 32 more lives, over 1,877 new cases reported

The maximum ventilators were occupied in four major areas including Multan 45 percent, ICT 34 percent, Bahawalpur 45 percent and Lahore 32 percent.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 06:43pm

Pakistan

Sindh reports new 1,547 cases, nine deaths in past 24 hrs

“We have currently 17,250 COVID-19 patients,” says Chief Minister.
During the period 2,852 recovered from the virus.

Updated 11 Jan, 2021 07:04pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 3	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 3	161.89
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 3	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 3	1.27
Euro to USD / Jul 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	5,509.01
Nasdaq / Jul 2	18,028.77
Dow Jones / Jul 2	39,331.85
India Sensex / Jul 3	79,949.97
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 3	40,580.76
Hang Seng / Jul 3	17,962.93
FTSE 100 / Jul 3	8,164.71
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 3	18,341.90

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	18,235
Petrol/Litre / Jul 3	265.61
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 3	83.25
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	207,733
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 3	2,340.37
Diesel/Litre / Jul 3	277.45

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 3 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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