A medical worker shows China s COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Feb. 3, 2021. Pakistan formally started the drive to administer the China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to its frontline healthcare workers on Wednesday, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said. The drive was launched simultaneously in all four provinces, federating units and the capital in the ceremonies attended by chief ministers, senior ministers and health officials, the NCOC said. (Photo by Umar Qayyum/Xinhua)
Pakistan formally started the drive to administer the China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to its frontline healthcare workers on Wednesday, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said.
Nationwide immunisation drive begins
February 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Wednesday simultaneously initiated the national immunisation drive against coronavirus across the country with all federating units, including that of AJK and GB.
The NCOC held the inaugural ceremony of national COVID immunisation programme with Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in chair, flanked by National Coordinator NCOC Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan.
Commercial Minister Counsellor China Xie Guoxiang was the chief guest where Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhary, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan and SAPM on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar were also present on the occasion.
February 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Wednesday simultaneously initiated national immunisation drive against coronavirus across the country with all federating units including that of AJK and GB.
The NCOC held the inaugural ceremony of national COVID immunisation programme with Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in chair, flanked by National Coordinator NCOC Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan.
Commercial Minister Counsellor China Xie Guoxiang was the chief guest where Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhary, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan and SAPM on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar were also present on the occasion.
Capital breathes healthy air after months in Islamabad
Hazardous pollutants recorded within safe limits
Air Quality Islamabad. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
The air quality of the federal capital recorded improvement after repeated days of polluted ambience as hazardous pollutants were below permissible levels. Previously, the air quality had reached a record high, however, the new year has brought it with much relief for the immunocompromised citizens of Islamabad.
According to the data released by Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), the particulate of 2.5 microns (PM2.5), which is a hazardous ambient air pollutant causing chronic respiratory diseases and premature deaths, was recorded within safe limits in the capital s air on Wednesday, a spokesperson shared.
Five of a family die of suffocation
Bodies recovered two days after gas leakage at home
ISLAMABAD:
The bodies of five members of a family, including three minor children, were found inside their house on Tuesday.
According to the details, the family members had died of suffocation due to a gas leakage in their house situated in the Dadyala village near Naval Anchorage in the precincts of Lohi Bher police station.
All bodies were transported to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after the police broke into the house.
Forty-year-old Naib Qasid Muhammad Rafaqat had been absent from his office for the last two days and he could not have been reached over the telephone as well, the police said.