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China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control the pandemic. The COVAX pledge to get vaccines to…
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A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for solidarity and political commitment by…
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REUTERS: Nearing a one-year anniversary ever since it spread across the globe, the international death toll of the coronavirus soared past one million on Tuesday. The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus this year is now double the…
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Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization has warned, as Australia's prime minister urged any nation that develops a vaccine to share it with the…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar has said that the ratio of Coronavirus in educational institutions continues to be stable below two percent. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Asad Umar wrote: "A significant build up in covid…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched the phase three clinical trials of a vaccine against Covid-19, said Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday. The vaccine has been developed by a Chinese Company. A total of 40, 000 people will…
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As scientists around the world rush to find a vaccine to stem the spread of Covid-19, another deadly disease, polio, has become the latest target of misinformation campaigns online. The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated the…
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The United Kingdom's health minister has warned that COVID-19 cases across the country have doubled in the past eight days, but refused to say whether the country will impose another national lockdown or not. The United Kingdom has…
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Coronavirus infections topped 30 million around the globe on Thursday as the World Health Organization warned of "alarming rates of transmission" across Europe and cautioned against shortening quarantine periods. The WHO's regional…
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Rich nations representing a fraction of the global population have already bought up over half the promised Covid-19 vaccine stocks, a study showed, as US President Donald Trump pledged to begin inoculating Americans within weeks. Big…
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The total active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 5,936 as 665 more people tested positive for the deadly virus during the last 24 hours. This was Pakistan's highest single day jump in Coronavirus cases in 30 days since August 16 when…
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Coronavirus vaccines being made in China may be ready for use by the public by November 2020, said an official of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to Reuters.  China has four COVID-19 vaccines in the…
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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, as he called on countries to invest in public health. More than 27.19 million people have been reported to…
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UN human rights experts have called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the…
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The United States passed the grim milestone of 180,000 coronavirus deaths Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University's real-time tracker. The US added 931 new virus deaths in 24 hours, the Baltimore-based university reported at 8:30…
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