KARACHI: The National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) said that the lockdown regime enforced in Karachi had provided an excellent opportunity to the authorities concerned to reassess urban sprawl, mass transportation, and the industrial needs of the city to curb harmful carbon emissions. In a recently issued press statement, NFEH President, Naeem Qureshi, said...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Red Crescent Sindh (PRCS) recently launched a Community Medical Assistance Services named “AAGAHI COVID-19” in coordination and cooperation with the Governor of Sindh and President of Pakistan at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) of the Provincial Headquarters Sindh Hilal-e-Ahmer House, Karachi. This center will work as a call center where people can...

The drug company, Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it had made progress on a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 and that the product could be ready in early 2021. The New Brunswick, N.J., company selected a lead candidate for the vaccine from the constructs it had been working on, and said human trials would begin...

KARACHI: As the number of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan increase, the AKU’s response to this global pandemic is critical. The WHO’s aim with the COVID-19 response is to identify, isolate, and care for patients quickly. This has guided The Aga Khan University Hospital’s (AKUH’s) response as well. These views expressed by Chief...