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Pakistan posts only six Covid cases

NIH data shows infectivity rate crashing to 0.35 : J J Covid-19 vaccine no longer available in the US

May 16, 2023 11:00 AM


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Pakistan has reported only six Covid-19 infections with no fatality during the last 24 hours (Monday), showed the data released by the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday morning, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

According to the NIH data, the death toll in the country remained the same at 30,660 whereas the number of total infections rose to 1,580,90 after adding the fresh six cases.

https://twitter.com/NIH_Pakistan/status/1658309962798604289

During the last 24 hours (Monday), 1,718 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 0.35%. The number of patients in critical care stood at seven.
J&J Covid-19 vaccine no longer available in US
The Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is no longer available in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

All remaining doses expired last week, and the CDC directed providers to dispose of any that they had left over.

About 19 million people in the US have received the J&J vaccine since it first became available. But more than 31.5 million doses have been delivered to states and other jurisdictions, leaving about 12.5 million doses unused, according to CDC data.

Last year, the CDC limited the emergency use authorization of the vaccine to adults for whom other vaccines aren’t appropriate or accessible due to risk of a rare and dangerous clotting condition called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after receiving the vaccine.

Only about 7% of people who are vaccinated in the US got the J&J vaccine as their first shot.

The mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna represented the vast majority of shots administered. Now that the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency is over in the US, these vaccines remain free as long as federal supplies last.

 

With inputs from CNN.



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