COVID-19

While PCR tests can detect infection with Omicron, studies are looking to whether the Covid-19 variant of concern has any impact on other test types, the WHO said Sunday. "The widely-used…

Pakistan will vaccinate children aged 12 years old and above, a top health/ official said. Asad Umar, head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), announced the decision on…

Afghanistan, climate change and the coronavirus crises will dominate discussions at the U.N. General Assembly’s hybrid high-level debate starting Tuesday in which a large number of world…

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government said that it was closing schools for a week due to the rising cases of Coronavirus in the province. Taking to Twitter on Friday, Education Minister Murad…

India reported on Tuesday 28,204 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 16, according to government data. India's overall case load touched 32 million, the…

The federal government has decided to reimpose certain restrictions in selected cities from August 03 to 31 in the wake of rising numbers of COVID patients in the country. “After approval…

KARACHI: The National Command and Operation Centre announced that it would extend full support to the Sindh government in combatting the spread of the Coronavirus in Karachi. The move…

Saudi Arabia announced Friday it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state news agency said.…

The federal government on Thursday set August 31 as deadline for anti-COVID vaccination, following which only vaccinated staff and people would be allowed to enter both public, private…

France will from August 9 enforce new legislation that will make a health pass compulsory to visit a cafe, board a plane or travel on an inter-city train, the government's spokesman said…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan' reported more than 4,000 Covid infections for the first time in two months Wednesday. According to data shared by the National Command and Operation Centre, it has…

The England cricket team is forced to select a new playing XI after seven members of the team tested positive for coronavirus Tuesday. The team will now be led by Ben Stokes, as most of the…

Pakistan has sought help from the Russian government to procure five million more doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, a media report said. The request was made by Foreign Minister…

India on Thursday recorded a global record of more than 6,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours after one state dramatically revised upwards its data, stoking suspicions that the country's toll…

With a constant decline in Covid ratios, Pakistan has reported the lowest ratio of 4.05% in almost three months on Monday after 2,117 new cases were reported during the past 24 hours across…