The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has issued a notice to 15 pharmaceutical companies for failing to manufacture Paracetamol despite having licenses. The most commonly prescribed medicine for coronavirus patients has disappeared from many pharmacies and is reportedly being sold in the black market, reported DAWN.

Pak's drug regulatory authority issues notice to pharmaceutical firms for failing to produce Paracetamol

Pakistan approved booster doses for health workers including those over 50 and immunocompromised people. The doses will be given to those who were administered with the vaccine six months ago, a government agency said amid the growing threat of the Omicron variant which has been spreading rapidly worldwide.

Pakistan approves booster shots for healthcare workers, those over 50

As nations continued their clampdown on flights to African countries due to the Omicron variant, Pakistan announced a "complete ban" on direct and indirect flights from South Africa, Hong Kong, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana.

Pakistan imposes travel ban on African countries amid Omicron alarm

Pakistan's central bank announced on Tuesday that it has received $2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to help low-income countries affected by the coronavirus.

Pakistan gets $2.75 billion in COVID-19 support funds from IMF

According to reports, health authorities in Lahore have detected five cases of Epsilon coronavirus strain in Pakistan's Punjab province. The virus strain B.1.429 which was first detected in California is reportedly resistant to coronavirus vaccines.

Coronavirus in Pakistan: What is the Epsilon strain?

A Pakistan province has suspended 70 paramilitary troops without pay after they refused to receive COVID-19 vaccines, officials said. The group were suspended in southern Balochistan province on Wednesday "after repeated written warnings and verbal requests" to get the jabs, said Habib Ahmed Bangalzai, a senior local official.

Pakistan province suspends paramilitary troops for refusing COVID-19 vaccine

The present scramble for vaccines in Pakistan reflects the underlying inequities in healthcare within the Islamic republic. Pakistan is currently offering free vaccines to frontline healthcare workers and people over the age of 50, but the drive has thus far been slow, and last month the country allowed commercial imports by the private sector for the general public.

Long queues in Pakistan to buy Sputnik V as commercial sales begin

Pakistan has been struggling to vaccinate the population amid a surge of coronavirus cases. However, the South Asian country has hit yet another snag in this process after nearly 550 doses have gone missing.

Lahore: 550 doses of coronavirus vaccine go missing; 350 go to waste

The Federal Cabinet in Pakistan has approved the highly expensive prices recommended by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for COVID-19 vaccines imported by private companies.

Pakistan Cabinet approves highly expensive prices for Covid-19 vaccines

Pakistan imposed a complete ban on travel from 12 countries, including South Africa, Rwanda and Tanzania, in a bid to curb the spike of coronavirus cases as the country on Sunday recorded 3,667 new cases, taking the national tally to 626,802.

Pakistan bans travel from 12 countries amid spike in coronavirus cases

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for coronavirus, two days after he got his first shot of vaccination. Imran Khan is "self isolating at home," Pakistan's health minister Faisal Sultan said in a tweet on Saturday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, got vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus on Thursday. Unlike the majority of the foreign leaders, the Pakistan PM took the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm.

Pakistan PM gets vaccinated against coronavirus with Chinese vaccine Sinopharm

Pakistan government has warned people to follow COVID-19 precautionary guidelines and get vaccinated as the country has confirmed the presence of the UK strain of novel coronavirus.

Pakistan confirms presence of new UK strain asks people get vaccinated

Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in a Pakistani zoo last month might have succumbed to Covid-19 complications. One of the officials said the cubs probably caught the virus from the person handling and feeding them.

Two white tiger cubs in Pakistan likely died of Covid-19, officials say

Pakistan is to allow private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has agreed to exempt such imports from price caps, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, even as the nation scrambles to secure supplies.

Pakistan to allow private firms to import Covid shots, exempt from price caps

Pakistan launched its COVID-19 vaccine drive on Tuesday at a ceremony in the capital attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan in which a doctor was the first in the country to receive the shot.

Pakistan launches COVID-19 vaccine campaign

Pakistan has extended the travel restrictions on several countries, including the UK, till February 28 to contain the spread of the deadly variant of the coronavirus amidst a second wave of infections.

Pakistan extends travel restrictions on six countries including UK till Feb 28

Iqbal Shaheen, a taxi driver, drove his sick father to this city’s three main hospitals. All of their intensive care beds and ventilators were occupied. Shaheen was told there might be room at a private hospital, for $625 a day, far above what his earnings of $10 a day could cover.

A COVID-19 surge and conspiracy theories roil Pakistan

Pakistan has increased the funds allocated for purchasing COVID-19 vaccine to USD 250 million from the earlier approved amount of USD 150 million. It has also signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies under which the recipient country will not make details of the vaccine public, the Dawn News reported.

Pakistan increases funds for COVID-19 vaccine to USD 250 mn

Amid a series of opposition rallies in Pakistan, the Islamabad administration on Friday extended a ban on all kinds of gatherings of five or more people, processions, and demonstrations at any public place in Islamabad, including the Red Zone, where important government buildings are located, for a period of two months.

Amid opposition rallies in Pakistan, Islamabad extends two-month ban on gatherings, demonstrations

In an unsettling incident in Pakistan's COVID-19 hospital, five patients being treated for the novel coronavirus lost their lives due to carelessness of the hospital staff.

Five dead in Pakistan COVID-19 hospital due to oxygen deficiency; staff suspended

As the winters are approaching, the South Asian country Pakistan is now facing the issue of the smog, in addition to a surge in coronavirus cases. The air quality of Pakistan's city, Lahore, reached to a hazardous level which resulted in the residents feeling "uneasy" as the found it hard to breathe.

Pakistan covered with thick blanket of smog; COVID-19 cases surge

Amid a recent resurgence of new Covid-19 cases across Pakistan, the country has for the first time since July has reported more than 1,500 single-day confirmed infections, according to health authorities.

Pakistan's daily COVID-19 cases top 1,500 since July

Amid a recent resurgence of new Covid-19 cases across Pakistan, the country has decided to impose fines for not wearing face masks in public spaces, the media reported on Saturday.

Pakistan to impose fine for not wearing masks

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