Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
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Pakistan fully vaccinates 33% of its eligible population against covid-19
Pakistan has vaccinated 33 per cent of the eligible population against Covid-19, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) stated in a tweet. “33% of Pakistan’s eligible population has been fully vaccinated!! If you are still unvaccinated, please get your dose now! Stay safe!,” the tweet by the center read. As of today, the total…
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Nawaz Sharif’s late wife Kulsoom’s fake vaccination entry
After former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s fake coronavirus vaccination entry, a fake Covid vaccination entry was made under his late wife Kulsoom Nawaz’s name, reports Geo News. As per details, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz got her first dose of Sinovac on October 5. The second dose is scheduled for November 6. Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passed away…
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Govt to vaccinate 12-year-old children
National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to vaccinate 12-year-old children. The decision was taken in a meeting on Tuesday (today). Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Asad Umar, took to Twitter to announce the news. “In today’s NCOC meeting decided to start vaccination of all 12 years and older. Special drive will be…
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No vaccine, no motorway
The National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) have decided that after September 15, unvaccinated people will not be allowed to travel via motorway. Amid the current fourth wave of Covid-19, the government and its departments have speeded up vaccination efforts across the country. The NHMP announced on Thursday that people should “get ready” and “get…
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Get vaccinated, save your job: CNN fires unvaccinated employees
American news channel CNN fired three employees for entering its New York headquarters without getting a Corona vaccination. CNN Cheif Jeff Zucker sent a memo to its employees saying that vaccination was necessary and no negligence would be tolerated. “All three have been terminated. Let me be clear — we have a zero-tolerance policy on…
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Public sector and military hospitals should be open to general public: Justice Qazi Faez Isa
Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa has suggested that public sector and military hospitals should be open to the general public, reported Dawn. Justice Isa had recently contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated. His statement comes in relevance to the grave situation with the surging cases of Covid-19 in Pakistan. In a statement, Justice Isa…
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Australian man escapes quarantine using bedsheets
A man in Perth, Australia, escaped mandatory quarantine in a hotel room by using a rope made of tied together bedsheets from a fourth-floor window, reports Reuters. He arrived in Perth from Brisbane but was told to leave the state within 48 hours, failing to get a mandatory pass before travel, and was sent to…
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Covid-19 vaccine shortage is temporary, says Dr Faisal Sultan
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan while addressing a press conferences said that the government has secured sufficient vaccine doses in the month of June to ramp up the vaccination drive in the country, Associated Press of Pakistan has reported. “There are more than 2,000 vaccination centres in the…
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Pakistan allows AstraZeneca vaccine for individuals under 40
The Pakistan government has revised guidelines for AstraZeneca vaccines and allowed citizens who are 18 or older to get the jab which was earlier restricted to those aged over 40, Reuters has reported. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan while talking to Geo News, said that Pakistanis who are…
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Expats protest, demand Pfizer vaccines ‘only’
Several overseas Pakistanis protested outside the Mass Vaccination Centre at F-9 Park in Islamabad, on Monday. The expats demanded that they should only be administered the vaccine manufactured by Pfizer, reports The Express Tribune. The staff present at the vaccination centre stated that they could only administer the vaccine provided by the government which was…