Elton John kicks off world-spanning gigs for climate, vaccines

Paris, Sept 25 (AFP/APP):A “once-in-a-generation” global music event kicked off on Saturday with Korean megastars BTS and Elton John launching Global Citizen Live — 24 hours of shows around the world to raise awareness on climate change, vaccine equality and famine. The “Rocketman” got things […]

PM says vaccines to Pakistan delayed because worldwide shortage

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday called on people to strictly follow the SOPs relating to Covid-19 and avoid going to “super spreader” events such as weddings as well as restaurants as the country cannot afford complete lock down. “This third wave of Covid-19 is […]

US to have vaccines for every adult by end of May: Biden

The US will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every adult in the country by the end of May, President Joe Biden said Tuesday.  Speaking at a White House briefing, Biden said when his administration took office, “the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine […]

UK administers vaccines to 15m people

More than 15 million people in the UK have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine with Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling it an “extraordinary feat”. “Today we have reached a significant milestone in the United Kingdom’s national vaccination programme. This country has achieved an […]

US secures deals for 200M more vaccines Biden promised

The US has finalized agreements to secure 200 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, President Joe Biden announced Thursday.  The announcement fulfills a pledge the president made in January to buy 100 million more doses each of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccine. The purchase increases the US vaccine supply by […]

‘Vaccines, measures key factors to fight virus strains’

Vaccination efforts and strict following of COVID-19 measures stand as key factors to keep the outbreak under control as more infectious variants of the virus are recorded around the world, according to a recent research. The disease, which emerged in the Wuhan city of China in late […]

PM directs fast vaccines procurement

ISLAMABAD    –  Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed to expedite the process for procuring the two Covid-19 vaccines that have been approved by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan. He made these remarks during a cabinet committee meeting which was attended by Minister for […]

US to feel shortage of vaccines, despite promises to ship 300 million by January

In May, while announcing his administration’s ‘Operation Warp Speed’, the US president, alongside one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine developers, affirmed confidence in attaining a goal of producing 300 million or more vaccines by the end of the year. The first batches of COVID-19 vaccines created under […]