coronavirus

Iran extends coronavirus curbs in Tehran and across the country

Vaccine being developed by University of Oxford and AstraZenecathat is seen as a game-changer against Covid-19

Vice chancellor says final decision on sealing varsity will be made later today

Officials say Borissov was able to carry out his duties and was in constant contact with his ministers

All regions except the Canary Islands to impose a nighttime curfew

Says we will know whether a vaccine is safe and effective by the end of November, the beginning of December

French Open winner says she feels good after meeting President Duda

Covid-19 had killed 32,320 Iranians and infected 562,705, with 5,814 new cases and 335 fatalities in previous 24 hours

On World Polio Day, Achakzai says technology can help speed up the polio eradication process

French health authorities report a record 41,622 new confirmed cases, bringing the cumulative total to 999,043

National body on Covid-19 expresses concern over alarming increase in hospitalisations, deaths

1,200 chief information officers worldwide says 72% of their companies’ total workforce is currently working remotely

Over 55,000 more Covid-19 cases raise India's overall count to over 7.7m

Administration of Islamabad-based college says academic activities to resume on November 2

Cotton mask reduced viral uptake by receiver head by up to 40% compared to no mask

All you need to know about Covid-19

With nearly one million infections recorded, Spain has the highest Covid-19 caseload in Western Europe

Decision comes after Amazon's more than 19,000 US frontline workers contracted coronavirus this year

Spain added 13,873 cases on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 988,322

World number one golfer will not be playing in ZoZo Championship this week

Measures taken as European govts desperately fight a powerful second coronavirus wave

Mario Buelna, a healthy 28-year-old father was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after he recovered from Covid-19

Imran Khan says high level of pollution is contributing to rising number of coronavirus cases

On Saturday Poland reported a daily infection record with 9,622 new cases

Onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuels a resurgence in the spread of the disease

‘Heck, if the US had handled the pandemic as well as Pakistan, we would have saved $10 trillion’

Says we have overcome the pandemic to a great extent but cannot afford to be lenient with precautionary measures

DEO claims seven people found infected at edu institutions; sources put figure at 25

The United Kingdom, France, Russia, Netherlands, Germany and Spain accounted for half of Europe’s new cases this week

Europe is reporting on average 140,000 cases a day over the past week

CDC says no instance found of any consumer contracting the virus through frozen food

Several other ministers have gone into self-isolation as a precautionary measure

Former head of JPMC’s ENT department Dr Usman was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon

With about two dozen confirmed cases, Vatican has been only lightly affected by the coronavirus

Iran says its fight against the coronavirus has been hampered by US sanctions

Frontline health and sanitation workers, police officials and elderly people to get vaccine on priority

The reported death toll rises by 33 to 9,767

Finance ministry says Covid pandemic slashed GDP growth rate by 2%, Rs809b tax revenues

Creators of the test hope that it will simplify tracking the spread of the coronavirus

Study noted that Covid-19 patients of blood group A or AB had a higher risk of requiring mechanical ventilation

Danish, Canadian researchers find blood group O less susceptible to coronavirus infection

The device is able to detect the coronavirus and distinguish it from other viruses with high accuracy

Health experts say uncontrolled transmission in younger people risks significant mortality across whole population

Japanese supercomputer showed that humidity can have a large effect on the dispersion of virus particles

Minister says Covid-19 positivity rate has hit 2.37%

Sindh sees 241 fresh coronavirus cases

Health workers protest discontinuation of coronavirus health risk allowance

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says so far early clinical trials have only included non-pregnant adults

Major economies agreed in principle for the first time on a 'Common Framework'

A large-scale human trial of EpiVacCorona is likely to begin in November or December