WHO clears coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
Geneva: The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning poorer countries may soon get access to the shot already available in Europe and North America. Every country that has a drug regulatory agency will have to issue its own approval for any COVID-19 vaccine, but countries with […]
Pakistan to procure 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines from China
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to pre-book 1.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm, the health ministry said here on Thursday, as the number of coronavirus cases reached 479,715 after 2,475 new infections were detected in the country. China on Thursday granted conditional approval to the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 […]
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shows 94.1 per cent efficacy in trial: Study
New Delhi: Results from the primary analysis of the ongoing phase 3 clinical trial of US biotechnology company Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine have revealed 94.1 per cent efficacy of the therapeutic in preventing symptomatic infections and severe illness, according to a peer-reviewed study. The study, published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, found […]
Won’t allow Daniel Pearl’s killer to evade justice: US
Washington: The US has said it is ready to take custody of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, accused of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl, asserting that Washington will not allow him to evade justice. Acting US Attorney General Jeffrey A Rosen’s remarks comes days after a Pakistani court ordered release of […]
Nawaz Sharif’s passport will be cancelled on Feb 16: Pak Govt
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Wednesday said it will cancel the passport of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on February 16. Sharif, 70, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, has been living in London since November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go abroad for four weeks for treatment. […]
USD 6 bn loan project: China denies seeking additional guarantees from Pakistan
Beijing: China on Monday termed as baseless the reports that it has sought additional guarantees from Pakistan for sanctioning a whopping USD 6-billion loan for a railway line project and backing away from its initial financial commitments to the multi-billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor due to weakening financial position of its all-weather ally. Chinese Foreign […]
Fighting Covid-19: UK scientists trial instant immunity antibody drug
London: Scientists in the UK have begun trials of innovative antibody drug treatments that they hope could provide instant protection against COVID-19. The University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) said that the researchers in the Storm Chase study believe a Long Acting AntiBody (LAAB) known as AZD7442, developed by AstraZeneca, may offer immediate and […]
Scientists decode coronavirus interaction with proteins in human cells
Boston: Scientists have charted the first atlas showing how the genetic material of the novel coronavirus interacts with the proteins in human cells, an advance which may provide a starting point for the development of new treatments against COVID-19. According to the researchers, including those from Broad Institute in the US, one of the most […]
Daniel Pearl murder case: Omar Saeed, three others to walk out of prison today
Karachi: British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides, whose release in the abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl was ordered by a court here, would walk out of the prison on Saturday, police and lawyer said on Friday. In a surprise move, a two-judge bench of the Sindh […]
PAF chief calls for greater Pak-China cooperation
Islamabad: Evolving global security situation demands greater cooperation between Pakistan and China, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said on Thursday as the two countries concluded the annual joint exercise of their Air Forces. The Chief of the Air Staff was addressing the closing ceremony of the annual “Shaheen (Eagle)-IX” exercise that culminated at an […]