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KARACHI: Lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Saturday lamented the Sindh government for keeping the opposition out of budget-making process and demanded that a pre-budget consultation session be convened. Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Shaikh, PTI’s parliamentary leader Bilal Ghaffar, MPA Khurram Sher Zaman and other MPAs told a press conference here that the Sindh government was required to initiate a pre-budget consultation as per the rules. Mr Shaikh pointed out that consultation with all stakeholders particularly the elected representatives...

Friday, April 02, 2021 08:36 By April 6, a total of 19 cities and provinces had rolled out the vaccinations, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to 53,953 people (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health on April 7 issued a decision on the allocation of 811,200 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to all 63 cities and provinces, and other agencies. They are the first vaccine doses supplied by the COVAX Facility through UNICEF, which arrived in Hanoi on April 1. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will receive the highest numbers, with 53,350 doses for the capital city, and 56,250 doses f...

The drive, aimed at children below the age of five, began with 12 districts identified by the department of health as being in urgent need of catching up. The plan was for these 12 districts to catch up by the end of January, after which the rest of the country would follow. However, it appears that the drive did not meet its targets in the priority districts by the end of January, and not all 12 districts started on time. Spotlight has only seen data on progress in the priority districts up to January. Despite several requests, we have not been able to access more recent data or data for the...

One year into the pandemic: What lessons have we learnt? Another glaring deficiency is the lack of adequate high flow oxygen delivery systems across hospitals in the country. Photo: Anisur Rahman As I settle down to pen this write-up, the incessant calls and messages on my phone serve as a poignant reminder of how our lives have been reshaped and defaced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, I offer what medical advice I can regarding Covid tests, treatment and follow-up, but can't oblige the requests of help with admissions in hospital beds, especially in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Th...

One-hundred-year-old Israel Ahmed Meenai gets the coronavirus vaccine. Israel Ahmed Menai, a 100-year-old man from Karachi’s DHA neighbourhood, has become Pakistan’s oldest person to get vaccinated against Covid-19, Sindh’s health officials said on Tuesday. They described the centenarian being healthy and in good spirits after the jab. “The staff of the adult vaccination centre [AVC] at the Aga Khan University Hospital [AKUH] was astonished to learn that a 100-year-old person had come to get the Covid-19 jab,” said an official. “They checked his vitals, and they were perfect. He w...