Covid-19: 8 more deaths and 391 new cases in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded as many as 391 new cases of Covid-19 in the previous 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 1,286,022. A total of 46,4…
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Sindh reduces percentage for admission in MBBS/BDS
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Thursday decided to lower the passing percentage in MDCAT-2021 from 65 percent to 50 percent so that the candidates wit…
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‘No need to panic’ over Omicron variant: Africa CDC
The African Union’s health watchdog on Thursday appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant which has prompted many gov…
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Novavax says it could start making Omicron-specific vaccine in January
Novavax said on Thursday it could begin commercial manufacturing of a COVID-19 vaccine tailored for the Omicron coronavirus variant in January next y…
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Data suggests Omicron gets around some, not all immunity
The Omicron variant appears able to get around some immunity but vaccines should still offer protection against severe disease, according to the late…
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‘Majority of Omicron variant cases were asymptomatic’
A senior Botswana health official said on Tuesday that 16 of the total 19 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant detected in the country were asymp…
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‘Antibody drug works against Omicron variant of coronavirus’
GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday said that a lab analysis of Sotrovimab, the antibody-based COVID-19 therapy it is developing with US partner Vir, has sh…
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