‘Hard to believe it’s actually happening’: Shanghai to lift COVID lockdown
Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings before th…
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CM Murad Ali Shah launches Rescue 1122 service in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday launched Sindh Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) in Karachi, ARY News reported. The laun…
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No concern yet monkeypox will cause pandemic: WHO
The WHO said Monday it was not concerned for now that the spread of monkeypox beyond the African countries where it is typically found could spark a…
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Hepatitis A outbreak linked to organic strawberries being investigated
Food safety regulators in the United States and Canada are investigating a Hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries t…
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Shanghai to cancel COVID restrictions to resume work
SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities will cancel many conditions for businesses to resume work from Wednesday, a city official said on Sunday, easing a ci…
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Disease experts call on WHO, governments for more action on monkeypox
Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that …
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Shanghai takes baby steps towards ending COVID lockdown
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Shanghai took more gradual steps on Friday towards lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its s…
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Argentina confirms first monkeypox case in Latin America
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina said Friday it has Latin America’s first known case of monkeypox. Local press reports say the patient is a 40-year-old man …
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Monkeypox outbreak: Hospital staff to be trained as fear looms
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to train staff in all hospitals of the province about Monkeypox, ARY News reported on Friday. The decis…
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Monkeypox can be contained if we act now, WHO says
Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organizati…
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EU agrees common purchase of vaccine, antiviral against monkeypox
The European Union has decided on common purchasing of a vaccine and antiviral to fight the outbreak of monkeypox, a virus endemic in Africa and usu…
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Two more polio cases detected in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Two more cases of the crippling police disease were confirmed in North Waziristan on Friday, taking the tally for the current year to six…
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Fact Check: What is monkeypox virus & should Pakistan fear it?
Since early May, the news of monkeypox outbreak across Europe and America have got people fearing if the world was looking at yet another pandemic o…
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Africa warns on vaccine hoarding amid monkeypox outbreak
The acting director of Africa’s top public health agency said on Thursday that he hoped vaccine hoarding, as seen by wealthier nations during the CO…
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Sindh govt all set to launch Rescue 1122 service in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh government spokesperson and Administrator Karachi, Murtaza Wahab, has announced that the provincial government will launch the Rescue…
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Pakistan reports fourth polio case of 2022
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday reported fourth polio case of the year 2022 as a minor boy from North Waziristan was left paralysed by wild poliovi…
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Germany orders 40,000 vaccine doses as precaution against monkeypox spread
Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of a Bavarian Nordic (BAVA.CO) vaccine to be ready to vaccinate contacts of those infected with monkeypox if an ou…
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Moderna testing potential monkeypox vaccines
Moderna is testing potential vaccines against monkeypox in pre-clinical trials as the disease spreads in the United States and Europe. The World He…
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WHO says monkeypox ‘containable’
The outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of Africa can be contained, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as more governments said they wou…
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NIH issues statement on monkeypox cases in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad on Tuesday has ruled out the detection of monkeypox cases in Pakistan, ARY News reported…
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US preparing to deploy monkeypox vaccines amid more probable cases
The United States is preparing to give monkeypox vaccines to close contacts of people infected and to deploy treatments, with five cases now either …
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WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated
The World Health Organization does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the U.N. agency said on Monday, not…
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Biden says ‘extra efforts’ not needed against monkeypox
The United States has enough vaccines to deal with a potential outbreak of monkeypox and “extra efforts” are not needed to prevent its spread, Presi…
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Monkeypox alert issued in Pakistan after cases detected in Europe, US
ISLAMABAD: Following the emergence of 92 cases of monkeypox in Europe, England, the United States, Africa and Australia, the National Institute of H…
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Qadir Patel to head NCOC as PM reconstitutes body
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel was appointed new head of National Command …
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Explainer: Monkeypox – How concerned should we be?
Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of monkeypox, a type of viral infection more common to west…
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Sri Lankan medicine shortage a “death sentence for some”
A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-sav…
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Anti-polio drive kicks off in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A five-day anti-polio campaign begins across Pakistan on Monday (today). During the campaign, approximately 43.3 million children under …
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