‘Vaccine for 20% citizens soon’
Health minister says trials with Covex completed, results awaited
Dr Yasmin Rashid. PHOTO: FILE
RAWALPINDI:
Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has said the country will get a coronavirus vaccine for 20 per cent of its population in four months.
She said the trials of the Covid-19 vaccine conducted with Covex had been completed and the final results were expected in three weeks.
“The vaccine trials were conducted in partnership with the World Health Organisation and Gavi. Now, the results are being reviewed in Canada,” the minister said while talking to media after she visited the Rawalpindi Institute of Urology on Thursday.
RAWALPINDI: Two persons died of Covid-19 while 26 more people tested positive and 28 patients were discharged from hospitals after their recovery from the disease on Friday.
Parveen Bibi, 65, from Taxila was brought to Holy Family Hospital on Jan 18 where she died on Friday morning.
Nazia Bibi, 70, a resident of Transit Camp Road Rawalpindi, died on Thursday night at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) where she was admitted on Jan 20.
Officials said two of the new patients arrived in hospitals from cantonment areas, four from Potohar Town, eight from Rawal Town, two from Kallar Syedan and one from Taxila while five patients were brought from Islamabad, two from Attock and one each from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gujrat.
In this file photo, a large number of people throng Rawalpindi’s Bara Market. Photo by Mohammad Asim
RAWALPINDI: As many as three patients died from Covid-19 on Saturday while 20 tested positive for the deadly virus. However, no patient was discharged from hospitals.
Mohammad Altaf, 43, a resident of Sangal Town, was brought to Rawalpindi Institute of Urology (RIU) on Jan 15 where he died on Saturday. Taj Begum, 73, from Shah Faisal Colony Chaklala, was admitted to Fauji Foundation Hospital on Jan 15 where she lost her battle against the virus on Saturday.
Saeeda Begum, 69, from Dhoke Chiraghdin, breathed her last at Shifa International Hospital on Friday night where she was beint treated since Jan 15.
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 patients and three deaths on Sunday.
According to an official, who attends meetings of the NCOC but is not authorised to speak on record, said 9,000 healthcare workers had registered themselves for vaccination.