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Sinopharm, a Chinese state-owned company, is developing two Covid-19 vaccines (Sinovac). Sinopharm announced vaccine 79% effective - lower than that of Pfizer and Moderna.

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The federal government on November 23, 2020 announced closure of educational institutions from Nov 26, 2020 to Jan 10, 2021 postponing the exams scheduled during this period.

The decision was taken at an online conference of provincial and federal education ministers, headed by Shafqat Mahmood.

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As Pakis­tan passed another milestone of administering at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to over 100 million people on Tuesday  11.01.2022, as many as 1,467 persons were infected with the virus and two lost their lives.

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Hungary’s medicine and food safety regulator on January 29, 2021, approved China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the first country in the European Union to do so.

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In a related development, the Punjab government has compiled a study, which shows the people belonging to the 31-45 age group are more vulnerable to the infection, followed by 16-30 age group, contradicting the earlier general reports that the younger generations are less vulnerable to the virus.

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Pakistan achieved another major milestone in the vaccination campaign, covering 100m people who have received at least one dose of vaccine on 11-01-2022.

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 The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on November 20, 2020 approved, in principle, a $150 million supplementary grant to procure anti-Covid vaccine.

The committee also allowed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to formally request G20 countries for extension in Covid-19-related debt relief involving about $900m for January June 2021 period, in addition to an existing facility of about $1.8 billion relief for a period up to Dec 2020

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 The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on November 17, 2020 decided to reimpose complete lockdown across the territory for two weeks in the wake of alarming spike in Covid19 cases.

The lockdown will come into effect from 12:01am on Sunday (Nov 22) until 12pm on December 6.

Raja Farooq Haider is the current prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

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 The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on November 20, 2020 approved, in principle, a $150 million supplementary grant to procure anti-Covid vaccine.

The committee also allowed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to formally request G20 countries for extension in Covid-19-related debt relief involving about $900m for January June 2021 period, in addition to an existing facility of about $1.8 billion relief for a period up to Dec 2020