Karachi sees 129 confirmed cholera cases but no ou..

Web Desk 27 Apr, 2022

Conceding that 129 lab-confirmed cholera cases have so far been reported in Karachi during the last four months, the provincial health authorities have said that the city has not gone through a cholera outbreak. “With 56 lab-confirmed cholera ca..

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Commissioner Karachi discusses post-Eid polio camp..

Web Desk 27 Apr, 2022

15 months after the last polio cases were reported, a new one has been detected  in North Waziristan. In light of this development, an important meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner Karachi about conducting a polio campaign and t..

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WB to help procure over 200 new ambulances: Sindh ..

Web Desk 27 Apr, 2022

Chief Secretary Sindh Dr Muhammad Sohail has said that the World Bank will help the province procure 230 ambulances this year and that Rescue 1122 services would be started in all the districts of the province. The claims were made while the chi..

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No Covid-19 deaths in Pakistan for 5th straight da..

Web Desk 08 Apr, 2022

Pakistan has reported zero COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the fifth straight day in a row, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH). According to the NIH database, as many as 141 new cases of the viral disease emerged when 27,0..

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Karachi: Drive to vaccinate cattle against lumpy s..

Web Desk 06 Apr, 2022

The livestock department has started the process of vaccinating cattle against lumpy skin disease on Monday as the total number of LSD cases reached 32,256 with 336 mortalities in the province. Officials said the LSD situation has not improved i..

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In given funds, only half patients can be treated ..

Web Desk 30 Mar, 2022

Despite growing into one of the largest health facilities in Pakistan with the addition of hundreds of more beds, Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) is still being provided with a budget for an 1100-bed hospital, making it impossib..

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DUHS seeks to create Lumpy Sin Disease vaccine

Web Desk 25 Mar, 2022

The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has announced its intention to prepare a vaccine to prevent lumpy skin disease in cattle. The vaccine will be prepared in collaboration with Sindh Livestock Department. The LSD epidemic continues i..

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WHO air quality standards remain unmet by world in..

Web Desk 22 Mar, 2022

No country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities showed. Smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID lockdown-related dip. The WHO recommends that ave..

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Experts warn of outbreak of gastroenteritis in Kar..

Web Desk 22 Mar, 2022

Acute gastroenteritis cases have risen in Karachi as well as other parts of Sindh. It is a water-borne disease that causes diarrhoea. “There is a serious outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in Karachi and other cities of Sindh and hundreds of pati..

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Prices of chicken, mutton unjust: Commissioner Kar..

Web Desk 18 Mar, 2022

The prices of live birds, poultry meat and mutton have been increased after the outbreak of the lumpy skin disease in cows. In the midst of all this, the fourth meeting between the city administration and meat sellers on Wednesday remained inconclu..

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