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Interview: Could Covid-19 vaccination undo India’s hard-won battle against polio? India has suspended the polio immunisation drive to make way for Covid-19 vaccination. An expert virologist weighs in on the risks. Jan 13, 2021 · 04:23 pm A child getting polio drops during a polio eradication programme in Jammu February 19, 2012. | Mukesh Gupta/Reuters Exactly a decade ago, on January 13, 2011, India reported its last case of polio. Until the early 1990s, the highly ...

KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho inaugurated the year’s first seven-day polio vaccination drive by administering oral polio vaccine drops to children as part of the Expanded...

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As many as 9,000 healthcare workers in the federal capital have registered themselves for vaccination. — Photo by Rabia Bugti/File ISLAMABAD: With the government deciding to purchase 1.1 million doses and the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) having started making preparations to administer Covid-19 vaccine to frontline workers, as many as 9,000 healthcare workers in the federal capital have registered themselves for vaccination. On the other hand, Islamabad reported 150 new patien...

Many have pointed out that Bangladesh lacks the system required to store the doses. But DGHS Director General ABM Khurshid Alam said, "We have interest in taking the vaccine and there is no reason to shun this opportunity. We are working to submit a complete plan… on its supply, distribution and storage." Officials are trying to overcome the challenges, he told The Daily Star yesterday. An official of the governments Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) said officials were evaluating the ...

The federal government has decided to set up 12 coronavirus vaccination counters in Islamabad as part of the vaccination drive in the country. The

Health Ministry Says Preparations for COVAX on Track In addition, the Government is also in bilateral talks with our donors and partners to secure additional supply of vaccine to increase the coverage of vaccination against Covid-19. Source: Supplied Wednesday, 06 January 2021 12:28 PM The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) assures the public that work on acquiring Covid-19 vaccines once they are approved, and the preparations in country to receive and roll out COVAX (Covid-...

Malik); Health Department Punjab ( Saleem) "...findings corroborate the argument that package of intervention including both mobilizers and complementary-materials of mobilisation can win against immunization hesitancy." In Pakistan, blatant refusals of vaccines are being replaced with immunisation hesitancy, in which parents are weighing arguments for and against vaccination. The concern is that, if people are not engaged appropriately via communication and social mobilisation, doubts about t...

NCOC advises masses to avoid panicking, reviews national vaccine strategy.

Govt working on corona vaccine rollout plan Frontline fighters, elderly to get the jab on priority basis Mohammad Al Amin 22nd December, 2020 10:17:25 With Covid-19 vaccine expected to arrive in the country at the end of January or the beginning of February next, the government is now working to finalise the strategy to distribute the jab across the country. “We’ve already devised a plan about the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine across the country and now work is underway on how th...