Geneva: Delegates highlighted China’s assistance to the world in the fight against COVID-19 at the ongoing virtual World Health Assembly on Tuesday, the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization. Representatives from countries such as Egypt, Mexico, Niger and Gabon were present at the ongoing session. Egypt participated in clinical trials to test China’s […]
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India’s COVID-19 tally nears 27 million, daily cases and deaths fall
NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 tally reached 26,948,874 with 196,427 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, confirmed the federal health ministry on Tuesday. This is the first time in one and a half months when the single-day spike has been below 200,000-mark. The death toll reached 307,231 as 3,511 deaths were registered since Monday […]
NCOC DG reviews corona vaccination, tests in Sargodha
SARGODHA: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Director General Asif Mehmood Goraya chaired a review meeting on corona vaccination, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and corona tests in Sargodha division. Speaking on the occasion, he said that they have to expedite the vaccination process in order to get rid of coronavirus quickly. The government had no […]
Pandemic offers southern Italians chance to return home
Sipping a craft beer on a warm spring evening in Catania, Sicily, Corrado Paterno Castello spares a thought for friends and colleagues he left behind in Milan, 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) north. “Today, between meetings, I had a swim at the beach,” the 29-year-old entrepreneur told AFP, with a beaming smile. “The quality of life […]
Japan approves Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines
Japan formally approved Moderna and AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines on Friday, but the latter will not be used immediately because of lingering concern over very rare blood clots. The decision comes just over two months before the pandemic-postponed Olympics, with growing disquiet in Japan about the country’s comparatively slow vaccine roll-out. Nine regions including Tokyo are […]
Urwa Hocane recovers from COVID-19
Urwa Hocane revealed that she has just recovered from COVID-19 and is slowly trying to get her strength back. The Pakistani actress took to her Instagram, and posted a beautiful picture of herself while updating her fans about her health. View this post on Instagram A post shared by URWA HOCANE (@urwatistic) Her […]
Shehbaz asks SAARC members to formulate joint strategy against corona
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N President and National Assembly opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has said that member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) should work together to formulate a joint strategy to combat threat posed to lives of the South Asian people by the coronavirus. In a meeting with Nepal Ambassador Tapas […]
Sindh to keep corona limits amid surge in cases
KARACHI – The Coronavirus Task Force of the Sindh government has decided to keep ongoing restrictions to contain surge in coronavirus cases in the province. The task force, chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, decided to hold another meeting on Saturday to reassess the pandemic situation in the province. The chief minister stated that […]
Virus-hit Singapore, Airlines report biggest annual net loss
Singapore’s national airline reported Wednesday its worst annual net loss of $3.2 billion in the aftermath of the “toughest year in its history” due to the corona-virus pandemic. The airline industry has been hammered hard by recurring waves of infections worldwide which have grounded air travel as governments restrict movement to halt the surges. Singapore […]
1.5 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide
More than 1.5 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been injected into people’s arms around the world, six months after the vaccination drive started, according to an AFP count. By Tuesday at 1530 GMT at least 1,500,017,337 doses had been injected in 210 countries or territories, according to the tally based on official sources. Nearly […]