Coronavirus: India’s Modi mulls longer restrictions
In South Asia’s latest moves to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh has extended its nationwide lockdown by 11 days while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks on…
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African community targeted in China virus crackdown
Africans in southern China's largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps…
Coronavirus Live Updates April 11, 2020: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases rise to 4788
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI/LAHORE/PESHAWAR: The novel coronavirus continues to take hold of Pakistan and the entire world, as the number of confirmed cases across the country rose to 4788 on Saturday…
Harvey Weinstein has no coronavirus symptoms, says spokesperson
REUTERS: Two weeks after a union official for corrections officers had said that Harvey Weinstein had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the movie producer's spokesperson said he was…
International, domestic flights to remain suspended in Pakistan till April 21
ISLAMABAD: The international and domestic flights to and from the country will remain suspended till April 21, 2020 as the novel coronavirus continues to show no signs of letting up in…
Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah’s brother-in-law dies from coronavirus
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah's brother-in-law, Mehdi Shah, on Thursday night died from the coronavirus. Various political personalities took to Twitter to express their…
China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock
China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus outbreak that the Humane Society…
Govt to dole out Rs144 bln among 12 million families: PM
:Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said that his government would distribute a total of Rs 144 billion among 12 million poor families, affected by the ongoing lock-down in the wake of…
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll falls
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 542 on Wednesday, a lower tally than the 604 the day before, but the number of new cases pushed higher to 3,836 compared with a previous…
Pakistani students celebrate as China lifts 76-day Wuhan lockdown
WUHAN: Pakistani students threw a party after the Chinese government ended its 76-day lockdown in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus.
The official twitter handle of Chinese…
Coronavirus may spark global condom shortage as pandemic shutters factories
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations…
Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
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…
We will emerge stronger from coronaviurs challenge: COAS
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…
Pakistan, Turkey agree to work together against Covid-19
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…
UK’s Boris Johnson fights virus in intensive care as global toll soars
Britain's prime minister was battling the coronavirus in intensive care Tuesday, the highest-profile case in the pandemic that continued to chalk up new death toll milestones in the United…