LONDON: Health experts have warned that the U.S. decision to roll out new corona-virus boosters without clinical testing on humans risks denting public trust and increasing hesitancy about vaccines, The Financial Times (FT) has said. The British newspaper said on Monday that the Joe Biden administration is using the bivalent boosters, which contain the original […]
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Pakistan sees minor drop in daily COVID-19 cases
According to the data released by the National Institute of Health Pakistan on Saturday morning, Pakistan has recorded another 605 coronavirus infections and three deaths in the last 24 hours (Friday). As per the NIH data, the death toll in the country reached up to 30,486 after adding the three fatalities while the number of […]
Asif Ali Zardari tests positive for COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader and former President Asif Ali Zardari has tested positive for COVID-19. Foreign Minister and PPP Chairman Bilawal confirmed that the party’s co-chairman was not only vaccinated but had also received booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine. “He is fully vaccinated, boosted, isolating with mild symptoms, and undergoing treatment. We […]
Stay at home: Pakistan reports highest number of COVID deaths
Pakistan claimed the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the last 3 weeks as eight people died because of the virus in a single day, National Institute of Health, Islamabad’s (NIH) data showed Thursday morning. The country reported nine deaths on July 7. The COVID-19 positivity rate in Pakistan stands at 3.65%. As many as […]
S.Korea reports 35,883 new COVID-19 cases
SEOUL: South Korea reported 35,883 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 19,247,496, the health authorities said Monday. The daily caseload was down from 65,433 in the prior day due to fewer virus tests over the weekend, but it was far higher […]
198 new cases of coronavirus reported in Punjab
LAHORE: As many as 198 cases of coronavirus were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the spokesperson of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), the number of coronavirus cases in the province reached 511,548 while total doll was recorded as 13,586 altogether. The P&SHD confirmed that […]
Malaysia reports 5,685 new COVID-19 infections, 8 new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 5,685 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,635,648, according to the health ministry. There are two new imported cases, with 5,683 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Eight new deaths have been reported, pushing the death toll to 35,878. The […]
Australian COVID-19 hospitalizations hit recent high amid surging cases in winter
CANBERRA: Australia’s health minister has said that the “real number” of COVID-19 cases in the country is likely to double that which is being reported daily. Mark Butler on Tuesday warned the third wave of Omicron variant infections that Australia is currently experiencing is “very significant,” with hospitalizations soaring. “There were 300,000 cases or thereabouts […]
WHO warns COVID-19 pandemic ‘nowhere near over’
GENEVA: Fresh surges of COVID infections show the pandemic is nowhere near over, the World Health Organisation’s chief lamented Tuesday, warning that the virus is running free. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was worried that case numbers were shooting up, putting more strain on health systems and workers. The number of COVID cases reported to […]
653 fresh Covid-19 cases reported: NIH
ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Tuesday said that 653 new Coronavirus cases were reported throughout the country during the last 24 hours. As per data shared by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the case positivity ratio is 3.45 percent while 162 patients were in critical condition. No death was reported from the Coronavirus in […]