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April 27, 2021
KARACHI: The 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine for the Covid-19, which was commercially available in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad have been âconsumedâ and soon the 10,000 doses of single dose Convidecia will also run out. Both the vaccines need to be imported more against the backdrop of alarming number of coronavirus cases, but there is no time frame as to when they would be available to those interested in privately acquiring them.
âSputnik V vaccine is no more available in Pakistan as all its doses imported by us and supplied to major health facilities and institutions have been consumed. There may be some who would be waiting for their second dose but it is not available at the private vaccination centers anymoreâ, the AGP Pharma official told The News on Monday. When asked when they would be importing the next shipment, he said they could not comment about the timing of the arrival of the nex
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ISLAMABAD: With five deaths and 469 new Covid-19 cases reported on Monday, the capital administration issued directions to the administrations of mosques and imambargahs to ensure implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent further spread of the virus.
Officials told
Dawn that directives had been issued to mosques and imambargahs from the Auqaf Directorate. The directives say 20-point SOPs should be implemented, especially during Taraweeh.
Arrangements should be made in mosques and imambargahs in a way that there is sufficient distance between worshipers. In this regard, markings should be made at an appropriate distance.
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April 21, 2021
PESHAWAR: Two more doctors and a nurse lost their lives to the coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, taking the death toll of doctors, who have died of the viral infection in the province, to 61.
The two doctors, who have died of the coronavirus, were identified as Dr Abdul Kabir and Dr Khair Mohammad Burki.
According to the Provincial Doctors Association (PDA), a major organisation of the doctors serving in the public sector hospitals, Dr Abdul Kabir was the first general surgeon in Swat.
He tested positive for the coronavirus and was admitted to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad after developing complications.
2021-04-20 02:56:20 GMT2021-04-20 10:56:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
A train for the Orange Line arrives at a subway station in Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)
ISLAMABAD, April 19 (Xinhua) For hundreds of years, the lofty Karakoram mountain range has never been the hurdle between the two ancient civilizations of China and Pakistan, but rather a witness to the ever-deepening friendship between the two peoples.
The rolling mountain observed a new height of friendly exchanges between the two countries in 2015 when the plane taking Chinese President Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to Pakistan flew over it.
During the visit, the two sides forged their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, and mapped out strategic arrangements and a long-term plan for future bilateral development.