Virus symptoms multiply as pandemic deepens
Every week, it seems, the list of coronavirus symptoms -- ranging from disagreeable to deadly, from "COVID toes" to toxic shock -- grows longer.
What began as a familiar flu-like cluster…
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NOCC mulls over lockdown status
National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday mulled over post May 9 lockdown status and the implementation mechanism for Ramazan standard operating procedures (SOPs) devised by the…
Pakistan unveils plans to prevent spread of Covid-19 in urban slums
Malik Amin Aslam Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change will formally inaugurate Pakistan’s first Urban Slum COVID-19 Response Programme in collaboration with the UN Habitat, formally…
PM says coronavirus situation under control as case count nears 30,000
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that coronavirus situation in Pakistan was under control which could improve further by taking precautionary measures and inspiring confidence in public.…
US prevents UN Council vote on pandemic truce: diplomats
The United States on Friday prevented a vote in the UN Security Council on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in various countries around the world so they can better fight the coronavirus…
Up to 190,000 could die in Africa if virus containment fails: WHO
Kinshasa - Up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday.
The UN…
Pakistan records highest single-day coronavirus cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded it’s single biggest daily jump of coronavirus cases with 1523 testing positive in the last 24 hours.
According to data available with the National…
Australia fears suicide spike due to virus shutdown
Thousands of Australians are expected to take their own lives because of the financial and psychological stress of the coronavirus crisis, far outstripping the death toll from the disease…
Pakistan records biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded it’s single biggest daily jump in deaths from the Coronavirus with 40 fatalities in the past 24 hours.
According to data available with the National…
UK scientist quits key govt panel after breaking social distancing rules
A top scientist who advised British leaders on coronavirus lockdown measures said on Tuesday he had resigned from a key government panel after admitting to breaking the country's rules on…
Iran reopens mosques, records almost 80,00 hospital recoveries
Iran on Monday reopened mosques in parts of the country deemed at low risk from coronavirus, as it said almost 80,000 people hospitalised with the illness had recovered and been released.…
US issues emergency approval for remdesivir for COVID-19 patients
The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced Friday.
It comes after the antiviral made by…
NCOC directs RSPs to enhance community mobilization for combating COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday directed the Rural Support Programmes (RSPs) spread across various villages and districts of the country to enhance…
Pakistan coronavirus cases rise to 16817 with 385 deaths
ISLAMABAD: The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan soared to 16,817, including 24 deaths, according to official figures.
According to the National Command and Operation Center, 7971…
UK ethnic minorities suffer extra COVID deaths: think tank
LONDON: People from some ethnic minorities in Britain are dying in disproportionate numbers from COVID-19, possibly in part because they are more likely to work in healthcare and other…