LONDON: Passengers arriving in the UK will no longer fill a passenger locator form even if they are unvaccinated as all remaining COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted on Friday. Unvaccinated passengers will not have to take tests or fill pre-flight forms to locate them during their stay in the country as of 0400 GMT. The […]
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China to ‘stick with’ zero-Covid strategy, President Xi says
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday the country will “stick with” its zero-Covid strategy, state TV reported, as the world’s most populous nation battles its largest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The country where the virus emerged in late 2019 has largely kept subsequent outbreaks under control thanks to a […]
New Zealand reports 19,566 new COVID-19 community cases
WELLINGTON : New Zealand reported 19,566 new community cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. The ministry also reported 10 deaths, bringing the total number of publicly reported deaths to 151, and 25 new cases were detected at the country’s border. Among the infections reported on Thursday, 4,867 cases were in the […]
S. Korea reports record high of over 400,000 new COVID-19 cases
SEOUL, March 16 (Xinhua/APP):South Korea reported a record high of 400,741 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 7,629,275, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 362,329 in the previous day, topping 400,000 for the first time, according […]
Uzbekistan lifts COVID-19 restrictions on foreign tourists
TASHKENT :Uzbekistan cancelled some COVID-19 restrictions starting from Wednesday and will resume issuing electronic visas for foreigners to open the country to tourists, said the Uzbek special commission on COVID-19. Foreigners arriving in Uzbekistan are still required to hold a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours upon arrival. Otherwise, they […]
China’s COVID-hit Jilin builds more makeshift hospitals
CHANGCHUN: Hard hit by the COVID-19 resurgence, Jilin Province in northeast China is racing against time to build more makeshift hospitals to thwart the latest outbreak. The construction of eight makeshift hospitals, with 11,488 beds, has been completed, and two temporary quarantine facilities which boast 662 isolation rooms have been established, according to a press […]
Omicron spreads to 28 provinces and regions in China
BEIJING: The COVID-19 epidemic situation in China is grim and complex, making it more difficult to prevent and control, but the overall epidemic situation in China is still controllable, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Chinese mainland has reported more than 15,000 domestically-transmitted positive cases from March 1 to 14, affecting 28 provinces and […]
COVID-19 positivity ratio climbs to 11.91% across country
On Thursday, according to the latest stats released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the country has reported 25 more coronavirus deaths and 7,539 new cases in the last 24 hours (Wednesday) as cases of the Omicron variant reported in the country’s different cities. After adding the new cases the number of total […]
Pakistan reports over 5000 fresh COVID cases today
ISLAMABAD: COVID-19 cases are surging in Pakistan as the country has reported over 5,000 fresh cases of the pandemic, during the last 24 hours. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 57,669 samples were tested, out of which 5,427 turned out to be positive at the positivity rate of 9.48% […]
According to Dr Faisal Sultan, there have been no cases of the Omicron form in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: According to Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, no cases of COVID-19’s Omicron form have been discovered in Pakistan. Dr Faisal Sultan stated that a meeting is set for today at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to finalise vaccination guidelines and procedures. “We can’t stop the Omicron […]