By Shabbir Hussain ISLAMABAD, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 (WNP/DL): European Union (EU) Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara Tuesday said the EU had mobilized five million Euro for UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to ensure availability of basic healthcare services for women and children in Sindh and Balochistan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Talking to […]
By Shabbir Hussain KARACHI, Wednesday, August 26, 2020 (WNP/DL): The donor-funded TVET Sector Support Programme Wednesday handed over 50,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and 40,000 surgical masks to the government of Sindh in a small ceremony held at the training institute of ‘Charter for Compassion’. The items were produced under a special initiative of […]
MOSCOW, Saturday, August 15, 2020 (Reuters/AFP/WNP/DL): Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for Covid-19, the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday, hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing. Some scientists said they fear that with this fast regulatory approval, Moscow may be putting national prestige before […]
ISLAMABAD, Monday, August 03, 2020 (WNP/DL): Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Dr Faisal Sultan as his special assistant on national health services, regulations and coordination, a statement issued by the premier’s office said on Monday. Dr Sultan, who according to the brief statement will hold the status of a federal minister, will replace Dr […]
By Shabbir Hussain ISLAMABAD, Friday, July 24, 2020 (WNP/DL): Japanese Ambassador MATSUDA Kuninori Friday lauded the resumption of polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan on July 20 after a four-month suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “A total of 58 polio cases have been reported in Pakistan as of July 20, in the current year, Japan […]
RIYADH, Monday, July 20, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, state news agency SPA said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and close US ally since 2015, is undergoing medical […]
ISLAMABAD, Monday, July 20, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): Wearing face masks and gloves, vaccinators on Monday resumed an anti-polio drive that had been halted since March due to the coronavirus outbreak, seeking to reach at least 800,000 children in five days. The disruption of the drive has raised fears of a spike in polio cases in Pakistan, […]
By Muhammad Rizwan ISLAMABAD, Saturday, July 18, 2020 (WNP/DL): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza Saturday said Pakistan will be resuming the anti-polio vaccination drive in specific parts of the country from July 20. In a tweet, he said the campaign against polio was being reactivated as the situation on […]
BERLIN, Thursday, July 16, 2020 (WNP/DL): Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has become the first international female vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society, foreign media reported. The Max Planck Society is Germany’s most successful research organisation. Since its establishment in 1948, as many as 18 researchers of the […]
ISLAMABAD, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 (WNP/DL): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said that he has been shifted home after being treated for the coronavirus and undergoing plasma therapy at Rawalpindi’s Military Hospital (MH), but is yet to test negative. Qureshi had tested positive for the virus on July 3 and quarantined himself after developing a […]
ISLAMABAD, Friday, July 10, 2002 (WNP/DL): The Pakistan and the United Sates (US) partnership Friday inaugurated ten COVID-19 monitoring and rapid response units to help fight the spread of this deadly pandemic. According to the US embassy statement, these new units reflect a partnership between the two countries to advance the COVID-19 response in all […]
ISLAMABAD, Saturday, June 27, 2020 (WNP/DL): The Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Centre (ADSCC) has now treated more than 2000 patients suffering from COVID-19, with 1200 already fully recovered from the effects of the virus. The ADSCC announced today that it had succeeded in ramping up the number of treatments from the 73 in the initial […]