Grant Flower tests positive for Covid
Colombo, July 9, 2021 (AFP) -Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower is in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of a home series against India, the cricket board in Colombo said…
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Covid cases, positivity rate rise again as PM warns nation of fourth wave
Pakistan recorded above 3 percent Covid positivity rate in the country for the third consecutive day on Friday as another 1737 cases were registered from across the country.
According to…
PCB responds to England’s Covid-19 outbreak
Pakistan Cricket Board said that it was satisfied PCBby the assurances and guarantees provided by the ECB and feels comfortable with the existing protocols that have been put in place to…
Biden marks ‘independence’ from Covid, but pandemic remains a threat
President Joe Biden celebrated US Independence Day on Sunday with an upbeat assessment of a country he said is roaring back to post-pandemic life, even if Covid-19 has yet to be fully…
Free Covid vaccines for all Indian adults as Modi hails yoga ‘shield’
India opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive on Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a muted International Yoga Day hailing…
Pakistan’s positivity ratio drops below 2% as cases decline
Pakistan has been reporting fewer coronavirus cases for two weeks. The positivity ratio seems to fall with cases declining after the third wave had taken over the country drastically.…
EU moves to pre-Covid normal as cases spike in Moscow
The European Union on Wednesday agreed to lift coronavirus restrictions for US travellers as Western countries move toward a return to pre-Covid life, but in a stark reminder that the global…
A fifth of asymptomatic Covid patients develop long Covid: study
Almost a fifth of Covid patients without symptoms went on to experience conditions consistent with long Covid a month after their initial diagnosis, according to a huge study published…
G7 to provide 1 bn Covid vaccine doses ‘to world’: UK
G7 leaders will agree to expand global Covid vaccine manufacturing to provide at least one billion doses to the world through sharing and financing schemes, Britain said Thursday.
The…
Child labour swells for first time in two decades: UN
The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said…
Nepal reports first ‘black fungus’ death
Nepal has reported its first death from mucormycosis or "black fungus", the highly deadly infection affecting thousands of coronavirus patients in neighbouring India.
Health ministry…
Coronavirus positivity rate continues to decline in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday recorded 1892 new cases of Coronavirus as national positivity rate dropped to 3.58 percent, a three-month low.
According the the latest stats provided by the…
WHO approves China’s Sinovac vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has approved for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech, making it the second shot that was made in…
Walk-in vaccination for teachers opens
ISLAMABAD: The government announced that it would open vaccination for all teachers above 18 years of age.
In a statement on Twitter, National Command and Control Centre said that…
Naseem Shah out of PSL for breaching Covid protocols
Naseem Shah of Quetta Gladiators has been released from isolation in Lahore after he breached the protocols for departure from Pakistan by arriving at the designated hotel with a…