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US to ship 9.6m doses of Pfizer vaccine to Pakistan


BR Web Desk
15 Oct 2021

The US has announced to ship an additional 9.6 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan through the global vaccine sharing COVAX initiative.

The shipment will bring the total dose of the Covid-19 vaccine donated by the US to Pakistani to more than 25 million doses, according to a statement issued by the US embassy in Islamabad.

“The United States is proud to partner with Pakistan to inoculate Pakistanis’ arms with an effective and life-saving Pfizer vaccine. Pakistan has done a great job of distributing the donated vaccine,” Angela P. Aggeler, US's Chargé d’affaires for Pakistan said in a statement.

“This donation will just make it in time for young Pakistanis over the age of 12 to get their first job.”
While Pakistan's vaccination drive has mainly relied on Chinese vaccines, donations through the COVAX initiative have helped the country in overcoming the shortage of Western-developed anti-coronavirus injections, including the ones made in the US.

“These Pfizer vaccines are part of the 500 million Pfizer doses that the United States purchased this summer and will reach 92 countries around the world, including Pakistan, to serve as president. [Joe] Biden’s commitment to providing safe and effective vaccines worldwide and strengthening the global battle against pandemics, “said the US Embassy in a statement.

The coronavirus cases have steadily declined in Pakistan. On Friday, Pakistan reported 1,086 positive coronavirus cases at a positivity ratio of 2.03%.

The situation is a massive improvement from June/July when the number of daily cases had shot up to nearly 5,000 a day.

The country intends to vaccinate 70 million people by the end of this year and has also committed to spending $1.1 billion on procuring the Covid-19 vaccine to inoculate its people. Pakistan has been inoculating the citizens with CanSino, Sinopharm, SinoVac, AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.

 

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Coronavirus
LOW

Source: covid.gov.pk

Pakistan Deaths
28,280 ▲
11......................24hr

Pakistan Cases
1,265,047 ▲
663..................24hr

1.66% positivity

Sindh
465,819

Punjab
437,974

Balochistan
33,128

Islamabad
106,469

KPK
176,886

 

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Coronavirus
LOW

Source: covid.gov.pk

Pakistan Deaths
28,312 ▲
12..........................................24hr

Pakistan Cases
1,266,204 ▲
554..........................................24hr

1.32% positivity

Sindh
466,432

Punjab
438,271

Balochistan
33,138

Islamabad
106,543

KPK
177,038

 

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Coronavirus
LOW


Source: covid.gov.pk

Pakistan Deaths
28,328 ▲
16.............................................24hr

Pakistan Cases
1,266,826 ▲
622..............................................24hr

1.4% positivity

Sindh
466,750

Punjab
438,433

Balochistan
33,149

Islamabad
106,571

KPK
177,132

 

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Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate remains below 2%

Over 550 new coronavirus cases reported overnight, taking the positivity rate below 2% for the seventh consecutive day


October 22, 2021

Paramedics carrying a deceased person infected with COVID-19 on a stretcher. Photo: Geo.tv/ file



As many as 16 more deaths from the coronavirus pandemic were reported by Pakistan during the last 24 hours, pushing the country's death toll attributed to COVID-19 to 28,344, according to official data released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Friday.

The NCOC statistics suggested Pakistan reported 567 fresh coronavirus cases overnight when 39,200 samples were tested for COVID-19 screening.

Meanwhile, the positivity rate stayed below 2% for the seventh day in a row at 1.44%.

Over the last 24 hours, 864 people recuperated from the disease, which took the tally for recoveries to 1,214,663. This lowered the total number of active cases to 24,386, of which 1,704 are critical cases.

According to the NCOC, Pakistan has seen a total of 1,267,393 cases so far since the pandemic was reported in the country.

The COVID-19 prevalence in Pakistan has been steadily subsiding, with 857 new infections reported on average each day in recent days. That’s 15% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 17.
Pakistan has administered at least 93,551,193 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 21.6% of the country’s population.

During the last week, Pakistan averaged about 918,586 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 48 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.

 

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17% population fully vaccinated.
31% got atleast 1 dose.
75 million people fully vaccinated is the target uptil the end of December 2021.
100 million people fully vaccinated is the target till the end of current fiscal year (June 2022).
Entire eligible population fully vaccinated is the target till the end of 2022.

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Pakistan logs 591 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths in 24 hours


Number of deaths from COVID-19 in country rises to 28,377 after 18 people die from virus overnight

Web Desk
October 24, 2021

Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate stands at 1.35%.

ISLAMABAD: The daily COVID-19 case count has been showing a downward trend for the last couple of weeks as the country reported 591 new new coronavirus infections and 18 deaths during the last 24 hours, data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed Sunday morning.

The number of active cases, too, is continuing on its downward trend and was recorded at 23,917 Sunday.

As per the NCOC’s latest statistics, 43,522 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, of which 591 returned positive. The country has mostly recorded less than 700 daily infections all of this week.

 

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Covid vaccine shipment with 6.6 million doses reaches Islamabad

https://nation.com.pk/NewsSource/web-desk
Web Desk

5:29 PM | October 24, 2021


Consignments originating from the United States and China carrying a total of 6.6 million Covid vaccines have landed on Sunday in Islamabad on the back of the international COVAX program and a gift from the neighbor government respectively.

One shipment, reaching Pakistan via a Pakistan International Airlines flight, carries 3 million doses of Sinovac vaccines that is a gift to Pakistan from the Chinese government.

Separately another shipment, via a private airline flight, carries 3.6 million Pfizer doses landing in Pakistan from the global Covax program.

The vaccines will be portioned out to the provinces based on their needs and for this the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has asked the provinces for their data and requisitions.

So far Pakistan has received 140 million Covid vaccine doses out of which 100 million were bought while 380 million were donated to it.

The break up of the donated is between Covax program that claims 30 million doses while 8 million were given to Pakistan from China as aid.

 

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Pakistan reports lowest Covid-related deaths in nearly a year

• Country logs another nine deaths, 698 positive cases in last 24 hours

BR Web Desk
25 Oct 2021

Pakistan reported the lowest number of deaths from coronavirus in nearly a year after nine people succumbed to the novel virus on October 24.

On November 8 last year, the country had reported nine deaths from the novel virus. As per the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the death toll has now increased to 28,386.

Meanwhile, the country continued to see a downward trend in its daily positive cases and reported less than 700 cases for the eighth straight day. During the last 24 hours, 42,095 tests were conducted nationwide out of which 698 came out positive.

So far, Pakistan has confirmed 1,269,234 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic last year.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus positivity ratio continued to remain below 2% for the 10th consecutive day and now stands at 1.65%. Pakistan's active Covid-19 cases stand at 23,940, while there are 1,524 critical cases.

Additionally, 666 patients across the country recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,216,908.

Moreover, Pakistan on Saturday achieved the landmark of administering over 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccines to its citizens. So far, over 100,016,587 doses have been administered to the people.

Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that so far, over 68 million people have been administered the doses out of which over 38 million have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus.

The head of NCOC added that more than 30 million have received a single dose. "It is very important that people who have taken one dose get another dose," he urged.

Authorities have gradually expanded the inoculation, while easing restrictions that recently saw educational institutes opening throughout the country. Similarly, vaccination has been expanded to include school children with the threshold being lowered to 12 years of age.

 

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CanSino Bio keen to deepen vaccine cooperation with Pakistan

Thu, 28 Oct 2021, 6:16 PM

BEIJING, Oct 28 (APP): Vice President of Chinese vaccine manufacturer CanSino, Jack Wang along with a delegation on Thursday called on Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque and expressed interest to deepen vaccine cooperation with Pakistan.

During the meeting held at the Embassy of Pakistan, Wang briefed the ambassador about the CanSino’s vaccine supply to Pakistan.

He expressed strong desire of his company to continue to meet vaccine demand of Pakistan in future given its increased production capacity in China.

Wang also offered support in enhancing the existing local filling and production capacity of the National Institute of Health (NIH) not only for Covid-19 vaccine but also for some other vaccines.

Ambassador Moin ul Haque thanked Jack Wang for CanSino’s support during the difficult period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

He remarked that vaccine supplied by Chinese companies has been the backbone of Pakistan’s inoculation drive.

The ambassador assured Jack Wang of Embassy’s full support and facilitation in CanSino’s plans to enhance collaboration with Pakistan.

 

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Islamabad, GB and AJK report no Covid-19 deaths for a week

Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have not reported any Covid-related fatality in the last 24 hours, marking a full week of no additional deaths.

Islamabad reported 36 new coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, GB recorded one more case and AJK confirmed five.

 

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Pakistan fully vaccinates 40mn people against Covid-19

• Asad Umar says 70 million people have been partially vaccinated

BR Web Desk
30 Oct 2021

Pakistan has fully vaccinated 40 million, while partially vaccinated 70 million of its population against the novel coronavirus as the country continued to witness a decrease in its cases and death toll.

This was announced by Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in a tweet on Saturday. The head of the National Command and Operation (NCOC) said that the country continued to make progress to vaccinate Pakistan, and has achieved the target of administering at least the first dose to 70 million and second dose to 40 million of the people.


The minister expressed his confidence that the country will meet and exceed its target of fully vaccinating 70 million people by the end of this year.

Earlier, Umar had warned that despite the decline in the Covid-19 cases, the whole nation will remain vulnerable if a large number of individuals fail to get vaccinated against the deadly virus.

He said that they all must ensure that there is no fifth wave of Covid-19, adding that the second dose of the vaccine is vital for protection against coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the country has administered 103.5 million doses of the vaccine to its individuals.

During the last 24 hours, 45,690 tests were conducted out of which 658 came out positive. The positive ratio was recorded at 1.44%, while there are 1,366 critical cases of Covid-19.

The virus also claimed 10 more lives, taking the death toll to 28,439. Over 1,220,940 patients have recovered in the country so far.

 

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NCOC to relax Covid curbs in cities with at least 60pc vaccination rate

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to relax coronavirus restrictions in cities with high vaccination rates from November 1, according to a statement issued by the forum.

After reviewing the pandemic situation, the forum has termed the vaccination progress in Islamabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Gilgit and Mirpur — where at least 60 per cent of the population has been completely inoculated — "excellent".

Similarly, the vaccination progress in Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Peshawar, Skardu, Hunza, Bagh, Ghizer, Kharmang and Bhimber — where 40pc t0 60pc of the population has been vaccinated — has been declared "good".

In the remaining cities, where less than 40pc of the population is vaccinated, the vaccination progress has been termed "low".

The NCOC has decided to lift non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in cities with excellent vaccination progress. Intracity and inter-district transport has also been allowed to operate at full seating capacity in these cities.

In the rest of the cities, transport is allowed at 80pc seating capacity and NPIs remain in place.

The new NCOC guidelines will be effective from November 1 to November 15.

 

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Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate below 2% for two straight weeks

Coronavirus claims another 11 lives in last 24 hours, taking death tally to 28,449

By Web Desk
October 31, 2021

Pakistan logs 733 more COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours. Photo: file

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported a COVID-19 positivity rate of less than 2% for the 14th consecutive today (Sunday), the National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) data showed.

According to the latest stats of NCOC, 733 people tested positive for the virus after 48,192 COVID-19 tests were taken across the country during the last 24 hours. This brings the positivity rate to 1.52%.


Meanwhile, coronavirus claimed another 11 lives in Pakistan during the same period, taking the national death toll from the virus to 28,449. The number of active cases now stands at 23,094.
The country is reporting 628 new infections on average each day, 11% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 17.

Pakistan has administered at least 103,514,198 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 23.9% of the country’s population.

During the last week reported, Pakistan averaged about 621,689 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 70 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population.