Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria. "Thanks to the relentless efforts by governments,…
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Geneva -The World Health Organization said any WHO stamp of approval on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate would require a rigorous safety data review, after Russia announced Tuesday it had approved a vaccine. President Vladimir Putin said…
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Russia claimed Tuesday it has developed the world's first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus, despite mounting scepticism about its effectiveness as fears grow over a second wave of infections across the globe.…
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The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million on Monday with the illness continuing its march, after Australia's second-largest city imposed a curfew to halt the spread. Six months after the World Health…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded its lowest number of COVID-19 deaths in the past three months on Sunday  with only 20 people succumbing to the desease. Taking to Twitter on Monday, Zafar Mirza, the prime minister's adviser, said that the…
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European Union leaders were due to meet for a third day Sunday to try and agree on a giant post-coronavirus economic recovery plan as the global death toll climbed to more than 600,000, an AFP tally showed. The pandemic, which has…
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ISLAMABAD: At least 46 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Pakistan over the past 24 hours. According to latest figures updated by the National Command and Operation Centre, another 1579 people tested positive for the disease,…
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ISLAMABAD: At least 75 people succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5, 058. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Friday, another  2,751 people…
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally started the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats to deprive the UN body of its top funding source over its response to the coronavirus.…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom spoke to Prime Minister Imran Khan and recognised the  "positive trend in disease curtailment" in Pakistan. This was revealed by Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani State Minister for Health Zafar Mirza has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Taking to Twitter on Monday, the state minister said that he was isolating at home and had mild symptoms. "I have tested…
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Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus infections have passed 200,000 and neighbouring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the Arab world’s two largest economies fully lifted curfews last month. Restrictions had…
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The United States posted a record 53,000 new coronavirus cases as the deadly pandemic accelerated across the Americas, but its slowdown in Europe led Britain to announce Friday the first exemptions to its quarantine rules. With Europe…
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Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the still-raging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. “Some countries ... have taken a fragmented approach. These…
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A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus”, a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat. A team of…
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