Karachi
February 2, 2021
Around 83,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive in Karachi on a commercial flight today, after which vaccination would commence during a ceremony at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday morning, officials said on Monday.
A team from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) visited various vaccination centers set up by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Karachi. After reviewing the arrangements, the team members expressed their satisfaction and hoped that frontline healthcare workers would be vaccinated against the infectious disease in a smooth manner.
The NCOC team, led by Brigadier Ejaz and Brigadier Zia for Corps 5, visited the vaccination centre established at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali and Project Director EPI Dr Akram Sultan briefed them about the arrangements.
A young Covid-19 infected mother gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Liaquat University Hospital’s city branch on Saturday morning, the first such operation since the outbreak of the pandemic last year in February. AFP/File
HYDERABAD: A young Covid-19 infected mother gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Liaquat University Hospital’s city branch on Saturday morning, the first such operation since the outbreak of the pandemic last year in February.
The mother was shifted to Covid-19 isolation unit and the baby was transferred to a private hospital for care.
“The mother was quite scared after learning she had tested positive for Covid-19,” said Prof Sajida Yousufani, the gynaecologist in whose ward the baby was born after caesarean section.