Author: Javeria Adil Chughtai

OCTOBER 2020: According to the reports US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID19 and are now self-isolating. Donald Trump the president of the US aged 74, mentioned on his twitter: “We will get through this together”. The reason reported of the US president and his wife testing positive is because one of his closest aides Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID19. As usually seen, Donald Trump mostly spurned wearing a mask and is also often seen not bothering about social distancing with his aides during his political and personal engagements. Despite the 7.2…

October 2, 2020: Polio, a widely known disease was considered as an epidemic until the vaccine was found in the 1950s. Even after the vaccine was found, it remained quite unapproachable for several countries that were poor i.e in Africa and Asia. The World Health Organisation (WHO) will most probably certify a Polio Free Africa on the coming Tuesday that the African continent is finally done and over from the devastating disease “Polio”. It has been four years since the last polio case was reported in northeastern Nigeria. Polio, which is also known as poliomyelitis is a disease that is…

LAHORE, October 1, 2020: Pakistan, just like all other countries, started COVID19 vaccine trials a few months back. It is now heading towards the Phase III clinical trial in Pakistan. the doctors are now urging people to volunteer for the trial to overcome the resistance in the country to immunization programs. The COVID19 vaccine Ad5-nCoV, which was co-developed by CanSino Biologics and a Chinese military-backed research unit was launched in Pakistan last week. This CanSino vaccine is the first-ever large scale trial in Pakistan, Previously in the years when the polio eradication campaign was in works, it had already faced…

COVID19, Coronavirus, and whatever it is named, we were totally unaware of it before 2020 started. We heard of several people falling ill in Wuhan to an unknown disease that was supposed to stay in China only. But then things escalated quite quickly. City after city and country after country, it reached us. Pakistan and other developing countries were expected to be the worst-hit ones as we are already far away from having stable healthcare. There were multiple speculations, various rumors that Pakistan will not be able to make it. As times passed, it is surprising to see how things…

As we are going months into COVID19, the vaccines that were in works are showing their results. Similarly, the Moderna vaccine has entered its stage III trials. A study which is done on the candidate of Moderna Inc’s COVID19 vaccine showed a good production of the virus-neutralizing antibodies in older adults. These antibody levels are at the levels which are similar to those seen in younger adults, with side effects almost little to none. According to another study, the results are reassuring because immunity tends to weaken with age and this vaccine has shown better results regardless of the age…

With all the hassle and COVID19 lockdown, the most we’ve missed on is our sports and outdoor activities. As the activities are going back to normal, most I’ve been excited about is the sports activities. Along with the excitement of returning back to the normal, there’s also a constant fear, wondering whether if it actually safe to go back. Many gyms and sports clubs have already started functioning normally but who knows if they’re properly disinfected or not. Before stepping back in the gyms, sports activities, and other extracurricular we need to make sure to follow a few protocols of…

LAHORE September 29, 2020: Along with many upsets in 2020, here comes another one! The prices of medicines have hiked up and made it even more unapproachable for poor people to take care of themselves. Among these 68 medicines, 26 were the ones that were imported from other countries. The notification that was issued on Thursday said, The federal government approved the hike in the prices of medicines that were imported. Moreover, the 262% hike in the prices of almost 100 local was also approved. Checkout best online medical stores in Lahore to order medicine from home. According to the…

There are many diseases in the world we are not aware of. In previous decades, there were diseases that could easily cost us our lives. Vaccines and treatments were not available, once a person fell ill, people were ready to let go of them as there was no other option available. Similarly, typhoid is one of those diseases. In the early and mid-’90s when a person was diagnosed with typhoid, everyone already knew it was time to say goodbye to them. Typhoid is no more fatal as we have got plenty of treatments and also, a vaccine for it but…

Islamabad, September 27: The capital city of Pakistan reported the highest COVID19 cases this Sunday. The number of reported cases is twice as the cases reported in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the same day. According to the reports, there are five doctors at PIMS hospital who have contracted the disease. It happened as a result of reopening the outpatient departments on Aug 20. Consequently, the hospital decided to delay the regular functioning and the opening of their private wards. As per the data that has been provided by the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), the total number…

COVID19 lockdown has been the most boring yet creative time of my life. Sounds confusing right?. Well if I say boring, it has a background. Similarly calling it creative is another story. In this time of COVID19 lockdown, I have had a chance to spend the most time with myself, my hobbies, my parents, and also every possible thing I never paid attention to. In other words, I played with colors and explored what effects they have on my mood. It was about a month into quarantine, and there I was sitting in my room completing my working hours and…