A new variant of corona virus, JN1, has come to light in Peshawar. 2 employees of Khyber Medical University were infected with JN1 virus. In this regard, Director General Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sent a letter to the District Health Officer. In this post, it was stated that 2 employees of Khyber Medical University…
Caretaker Health Minister Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz—File photo Caretaker Health Minister of Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz says that the current variant of corona virus is not more dangerous than the previous variant. He said this during a conversation on ‘Jeo News’ morning show ‘Jeo Pakistan’. Caretaker Health Minister of Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid…
The health department has instructed the citizens to be careful. Photophile Karachi: The Director General (DG) of Sindh Health Department directed all the DHOs and Medical Superintendents across the province to take measures related to the new variant of Covid-19 in view of the increase in the cases of corona variant across the country. In…
In view of the increase in the cases of corona variant across the country, the Sindh Health Department has issued guidelines. In this regard, all the DHOs and Medical Superintendents of Sindh have been instructed to take steps in the directive issued by the Director General Health Sindh from Karachi. The directive says that people…
File photo The new variant of the corona virus, JN1, has started spreading rapidly around the world, its cases have been reported in India, America, China and the United Kingdom, including Pakistan. According to media reports, the JN1 is being seen as a Variant of Interest (VOI) and is essentially a variant of the Omicron…
The National Institute of Health Islamabad has issued an advisory regarding the new variant JN1 of Covid-19. According to the NIH, the purpose of the advisory is to inform relevant authorities and stakeholders regarding precautionary measures. As a result of the new Covid-19 variant, the pressure on OPDs and wards of hospitals may increase. The…
Photos courtesy of Foreign Media Pakistan will get Pfizer’s new Covid-19 vaccine from America in a few days. According to the federal authorities, the arrival of 200,000 doses of the covid vaccine from the United States is expected in a few days, and another 300,000 doses of the new Pfizer covid vaccine will also be…
Though its current evaluation of the global public health risk is “low”, the UN health agency cautioned that with the onset of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the new variant “could increase” the burden of respiratory infections in many countries, noting other diseases such as RSV, influenza and childhood pneumonia that are already on the…
Nottingham: A mutated gene that helps control body weight may help fight obesity, scientists say. The ZFHX3 gene variant (which is thought to affect only four percent of people who drink) has been found in research to control parts of the brain that are responsible for hunger. Scientists from Nottingham Trent University and MRC Harwell…
“The risk remains of a more dangerous variant emerging that could cause a sudden increase in cases and deaths,” he said. EG.5 is a sublineage of the omicron variant and has been detected in 51 countries, including the United States, China, South Korea and Japan, according to an initial risk evaluation. While overall risk is…
