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WHO warns of 'toxic mix' of low vaccine coverage and testing

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned a "toxic mix" of low vaccination coverage and low testing...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 10:01pm

World

No need yet to adapt Pfizer vaccine for Covid variants: BioNTech chief

BioNTech's partner Pfizer has also repeatedly amplified the case for booster shots amid the latest wave of infections

Published 09 Aug, 2021 07:53pm

World

Saudi Arabia threatens 3-year travel ban for citizens who visit ‘red list’ states

Anyone who is proven to be involved will be subject to legal accountability and heavy penalties upon their return, and will be banned from travel for three years

Published 27 Jul, 2021 07:57pm

World

Thailand expands lockdown areas as COVID-19 cases surge

Shopping malls will be closed and a 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew will be imposed from Tuesday onwards in Chonburi, Ayutthaya and Chachoengsao provinces

Published 18 Jul, 2021 10:48am

World

WHO warns of ‘dangerous’ variants as Covid cases rise globally

PARIS: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that “more dangerous” variants of Covid-19 could tear...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

World

France opens Covid jabs for all adults in race against variants

So far, 25.4 million people have received a first shot of a vaccine, representing about 38 percent of the population and nearly one in two adults.

Updated 31 May, 2021 08:29pm

World

BioNTech says 'no evidence' its jabs need adapting for variants

"The aim of this study is to explore the regulatory pathway that BioNTech and Pfizer would pursue if SARS-CoV-2 were to change enough to require an updated vaccine," it said.

Published 10 May, 2021 06:34pm

World

Belgium bans arrivals from India, Brazil, South Africa

The Brazilian at 4.9 percent and the South African at 3.7 percent are next, according to figures released on Monday by the Brussels region.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 06:37pm

Pakistan

Research reveals rise of UK, South African variants of COVID-19 in Pakistan

Prof. Choudhary emphasized the need to step up genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 to timely identify and contain rapidly emerging new strains of the virus.

Published 15 Apr, 2021 05:44pm

World

WHO experts say J&J jab effective in countries with variants

The vaccine has proven effective "in the countries where there is a high spread of the variants", Alejandro Cravioto said.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 04:55pm

World

UK and others agree to fast-track adapted Covid vaccines

More than 123,000 people have died of Covid-19 across the UK, in one of the world's worst outbreaks.

Published 04 Mar, 2021 05:27pm

World

UK rolls out hotel quarantine for 'high risk' country returnees

It has vaccinated 15 million of the most vulnerable people with a first jab, and is looking to inoculate all over-50s by May.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 05:06pm

Markets

IEA says oil market fragile, cites virus restrictions

The IEA said it had left its 2021 global oil demand forecast unchanged, at 96.4 million barrels per day (mbd), which represents a gain of 5.4 mbd over 2020.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 05:50pm

World

Pfizer/BioNTech say vaccine effective against UK, SAfrica virus mutations

In a statement, the two companies said these preliminary findings "do not indicate the need for a new vaccine to address the emerging variants".

Published 28 Jan, 2021 05:39pm

World

UK to impose hotel quarantine for returning Britons

Britain has been the hardest hit in Europe from the pandemic, becoming only the fifth country in the world to surpass 100,000 deaths.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 06:38pm

World

Moderna says Covid vaccine effective against UK, S.Africa variants

For the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the UK, there was no impact on the level of neutralizing antibodies.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 08:16pm

World

EU leaders weigh race between variants vs jabs

European Commission chief said the bloc will soon expand vaccines beyond the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:50am

World

WHO holds emergency meeting over virus variants

The committee normally gathers every three months but the WHO brought the meeting forward to discuss the mutations.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 08:30pm

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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