Islamabad: Mrs Salima Pasha, wife of Colonel Mohammad Nawaz Pasha passed away on Thursday, says a press release.She was the mother-in-law of Dr Shazli Manzoor, a renowned consultant pulmonologist.
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ISLAMABAD: Top medical experts are unsure about the duration of the ongoing lethal third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit Pakistan.
“The severity of the wave will not recede unless there is herd immunity, which will be possible only if 60 to 70 percent of the population is either vaccinated or infected,” renowned pulmonologist Dr Shazli Manzoor explained to The News, sounding an alarm about the consequences of the fast spread of the virus.
He said that to achieve herd immunity, Pakistan will need to vaccinate 100-120 million people, which, given the prevailing pace of immunisation and availability of vaccines, will take years. “In reality, we may not be able to vaccinate such a huge number of people. The government also doesn’t aim to meet this target and has spoken of a smaller population to be inoculated at the end of the day.”
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Pakistan on Wednesday started vaccinating frontline health workers against the coronavirus amid a steady decline in confirmed cases and fatalities.
The start of the vaccine campaign comes days after Pakistan received half a million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China.
At a ceremony in Islamabad, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar paid tribute to the health workers, saying they were real heroes as they put their lives at risk in the fight against Covid-19.
Chief guest, Commercial Minister Counsellor China Xie Guoxiang (L) gives a souvenir to a health worker after she received a dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, as the head of National Command and Operation Centre Asad Umar (C) looks on, in Islamabad on Wednesday. AFP
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 3, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Pakistan will begin administering a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine to frontline health workers Wednesday, but the country is still months away from a mass roll-out.
Beijing has donated about 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine which has yet to be fully approved by China’s health authorities with a further million expected by the end of the month.
The country of 220 million has recorded more than half a million coronavirus cases, with around 11,000 deaths, but limited testing suggests true figures are likely much higher.
Lawmaker Nausheen Hamid, who leads parliament’s health committee, said a first phase of vaccinations would prioritise health workers.