ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus has killed four more lives in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, lifting the death toll to 28,882. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 270 more people were infected with the coronavirus. A total of 42,506 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, out of which 270 turned out […]
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COVID-19 kills six more people, infects 360
ISLAMABAD: On Monday, COVID-19 killed six more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 28,878. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), another 360 people were infected with the coronavirus. A total of 43,242 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, out of which 360 turned […]
Mauritius records first two Omicron cases, more feared
The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has recorded its first two infections of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, both linked to people returned from South Africa, with a dozen more contact cases feared. Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal told a press conference on Friday the pair were asymptomatic and had tested negative the day before. “They […]
NCOC announces to defer Covid-19 vaccination for children amid national MR campaign
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday announced to defer Covid-19 vaccination for children between 12 to 15 years of age amid national measles and rubella campaign launched across the country for 13 days. The nerve center of the country in its fight against the deadly contagious disease, on its official Twitter […]
A Dilemma of Dengue Fever in COVID-19 Pandemic
Pakistan is witnessing an increasing surge of Dengue fever these days especially in Lahore city, the capital of Punjab province. As we continue to live amid a Covid pandemic, the risk has compounded with the infections caused by the Dengue virus and coronavirus since many symptoms of dengue and Covid-19 overlap, which can make treatment […]
Three members of Pak women cricket team tested positive for COVID-19
LAHORE: Three squad members of the national women’s team participating in the pre-West Indies series camp at Karachi’s Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre tested positive for Covid-19. These members tested positive in the routine Covid-19 testing on Wednesday and were under a 10-day quarantine, which ends on November 6, said a spokesman of the PCB here […]
Third Chinese city placed under Covid lockdown
China placed a third city under lockdown on Thursday to tackle Covid-19 numbers, with around six million people now under orders to stay home as Beijing chases zero cases before the upcoming Winter Olympics. The country has taken a zero-tolerance approach to the virus since it first emerged in central China in 2019, stamping out […]
Covid cases and deaths on the rise again in Europe
Covid infections and deaths are on the rise again in Europe, with Russia, Ukraine, and Romania registering the highest fatalities on the continent, a tally showed on Tuesday. About 1,672,000 new cases have been registered on the continent over the past week, an average of about 239,000 per day. That was an increase of 18 […]
China locks down city of 4 million over Covid
China placed a city of four million under lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to stamp out a domestic coronavirus spike, with residents told not to leave home except in emergencies. The restrictions came as China reported 29 new domestic infections including six cases in Lanzhou, the provincial capital of northwestern province Gansu. Officials in […]
At UN, PM takes up Afghanistan, Covid, India
Prime Minister Imran Khan used his address to the UN General Assembly to come down hard on the West for scapegoating Pakistan for their failures in Afghanistan and asked to incentivise the country to prevent another civil war. The premier asserted that the country that suffered the most, apart from Afghanistan, was Pakistan after it […]