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Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people fled Wuhan on Wednesday after a 76-day travel ban was lifted on the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. Previously quiet train and bus…
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Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed the resolve to emerge stronger in the fight against Coronavirus with the support of vibrant youth and resilient people. The army chief was chairing 231st Corps Commanders' Conference,…
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Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to work together and reinforce each other's efforts in the fight against COVID-19. An agreement to his effect reached during a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Turkesh President…
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Amidst the clogged drains and overflowing garbage dumps of Mumbai's Dharavi -- one of Asia's largest slums -- coronavirus fears are growing, and residents say they are powerless to stop the spread of the disease. The warren of narrow…
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ISLAMABAD: In a new reshuffle, Prime Minister Imran Khan replaced Food Minister Makhdoom Khusru Bakhtiyar with Fakhar Imam. Bakhtiyar was made Federal Minister for Economic Affairs in place of Hammad Azhar who was given the portfolio of…
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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar says the payment process under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme will start from Wednesday. Addressing a news conference in…
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BEIJING - Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak despite drastic containment…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. Reports of domestic violence have surged globally in the wake of massive lockdowns…
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The World Bank’s Board  has approved a first set of emergency support operations for developing countries around the world, using a dedicated, fast-track facility for COVID-19 (coronavirus) response. The first group of projects, amounting…
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Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths as the pandemic further exploded in the United States and the death toll climbed in Spain and Italy, according to a Reuters tally of official data. Italy…
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As of today (7:50AM, Tuesday): The new coronavirus first surfaced in central China in late 2019. Infections have now exceeded one million cases worldwide, with the United States, Italy and Spain overtaking mainland China in confirmed cases.…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Thursday confirmed the death of 31 people due to novel coronavirus while the total number of cases has surged to 2291. According to official data, 845 patients have been tested positive for the epidemic…
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More than 42,000 have died from novel coronavirus while over 850,000 people have been reportedly infected across the world, according to a tally by British news agency Reuters. EUROPE * The number of confirmed cases in Germany has risen…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Wednesday. Expressing deep condolences on the loss of life due to the outbreak of Covid-19, FM…
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Emergency field hospitals were readied in New York's Central Park and at the home of the US Open tennis tournament as the number of American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic surged past 4,000 -- higher than the toll in China. The…
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