A preparatory meeting was held this Tuesday at the Ministry of Information, between caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, Health Minister Hamad Hassan, and head of the National Committee for Vaccination, Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri. The meeting discussed the content of the draft media plan prepared by the Ministry of Information on the coronavirus vaccine, in...
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Health Minister launches new agreement with WB to increase intensive care beds in government hospitals
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Thursday launched a new phase of the plan agreement between the World Bank and the Ministry of Public Health to equip government hospitals with extra intensive care beds. The plan includes 117 intensive care beds for Coronavirus patients, provided that 22 intensive care beds will be...
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Astrazeneca COVID vaccine gets approval in Pakistan health minister
Astrazeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country’s health minister said on Saturday, the first vaccine against the disease to be given the green light in the South Asian country. “DRAP granted emergency use authorisation to AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine,” Pakistan’s Health Minister Faisal Sultan told Reuters, referring to the...