Tag: vaccination
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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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No petrol for unvaccinated people from September 1
District government Lahore placed banners in petrol stations across the city saying that only fully vaccinated people will be able to get the petrol from September 1. The decision came amid the sharp increase of Covid-19 cases in the country. “From September 1, only customers with coronavirus vaccine certificates will be able to buy petrol,”…
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NCOC launches app to verify Covid-19 certificates
The National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC), in collaboration with National Database And Registration Authority (NADRA), has introduced a digital app to verify vaccination certificates allotted to the people after their vaccination. The move came after news of fake certificates were reported in the media. Citizens can now verify the authenticity of their vaccination certificates…
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Pakistan on Red List for not providing Covid-19 data, UK claims
The British government has claimed that the Pakistan authorities did not send them the Covid-19 data on vaccination and testing, which likely explains why Pakistan is still on the United Kingdom (UK) travel ban Red List while India and several other countries have been removed from the ban list and moved to the Amber category,…
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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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Pakistan hits one million Covid-19 vaccination doses per day: Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar announced on Tuesday that Pakistan had hit the target of administering one million Covid-19 vaccination doses in a day. The minister took to Twitter and said, “Happy to report that the target we had set for 1 million vaccinations in a day was crossed yesterday with 10 lakh…
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Two-week lockdown likely to be imposed in Sindh
A decision on whether a two-week lockdown will be imposed in Karachi or not will be taken today during the provincial task force on coronavirus meeting at the Cheif Minister (CM) House on Friday. The Sindh health department has recommended clamping a two-week complete lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic in Karachi as…
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Covid positivity rate jumps to 7.5 per cent in Pakistan
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported that the Covid-19 positivity rate is currently 7.51 per cent. President Dr Arif Alvi urged citizens to “get serious”. “Cases have shot up post-Eid. I was expecting and warning about it as I saw carelessness in [the] streets, bazaars, [and at] weddings and mosques,” he said. President…
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Delta variant dominant worldwide, deaths surge among unvaccinated people: Officials
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the United States (US) almost entirely among unvaccinated people, US officials said on Friday. US cases of coronavirus are more than 70 per cent over the previous week and deaths are up 26 per cent, with outbreaks…