coronavirus

There are ‘relatively few reports of myocarditis’ primarily in adolescents and young adults, says CDC

Minister Saeed Ghani says academic institutions will continue online classes amid surge in Covid-19 cases

Qureshi says holds discussion with US Congressmen on Afghan peace, Covid situation and Kashmir

Authors say findings indicated that the virus likely recently jumped from animals to humans

Forum allows staggered reopening of schools, tourism, outdoor dining, wedding ceremonies

Provincial education authorities to take final decision about re-opening of schools

NCOC asks citizens to send CNIC numbers to 1166 for registration

Pyongyang's decision comes nearly a month after country said it would not go to Tokyo Olympics

Say theory needs to be taken seriously until there is a rigorous data-led investigation that proves it wrong

NCOC chief says categories of eligible citizens being expanded with improved vaccine supply, capacity

As the kingdom reopens, exempted individuals such as Saudi citizens, diplomats will have to quarantine at home

Bodies dumped because cremation sites overwhelmed or relatives couldn't afford wood for funeral pyres, say locals

Variant was found in a pregnant 42-year-old woman who arrived on April 24 with three sons, says official

The Arab country would ban citizens who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 from travelling aboard from May 22

Says 50,000 jabs will be given daily at Expo Centre; positivity rate in Karachi at 9.48%

Suspension excludes transit flights coming to the UAE and bound to these countries

According to NCOC, total active Covid-19 cases across country have reached 80,375

Forum shows concern on reported violations of instructions from cities, instructs provinces to ensure SOPs compliance

PIA country manager says more consignments to be airlifted from May 13 to 15 as well as by end of month

'Variant of interest' detected in people recently returned from the neighbouring country, says official

'High possibility' Indian variant already reached Pakistan but we don't have kits needed to detect it, says Dr Iqbal

All commercial activities in the province will be suspended from Sunday onwards, says minister Nasir Shah

Deaths go unreported as countries only record those that occur in hospitals or of patients with confirmed infection

Apex court instructs PIA chairman to sack unnecessary staff

Pandemic in occupied territory spiked with over 200,000 infections and more than 2,500 deaths, says Masood Khan

NCOC chief says total number of people to have registered for vaccinations has crossed five million

The 15 million doses were to be delivered by May under the COVAX facility

Some follow SOPs, others flout them; mosque managements stress it’s the govt’s responsibility to ensure adherence

Says govt plans to vaccinate 70m people by year end; commence local filling of vaccine soon

British authorities have already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India

Twitter last week removed dozens of tweets critical of Modi-led government's handling of pandemic

Majalis have been allowed with strict compliance with anti-virus SOPs

It also restricts travellers from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

World's second-most populous country has reported more than 300,000 new infections daily for nine consecutive days

Amid the chaos, Muslim organisations are coming forward to help people as daily cases rise exponentially

Most deaths occurred in Punjab followed by KP; total active cases total 91,547

Scientists studying what led to surge, whether a variant of covid-19 first detected in India is to blame

The couple also urged others to contribute in whatever way they can amid the second wave of coronavirus in India

JUI-F chief says anti-govt alliance to start a public contact campaign with full force

Health authorities warn of situation similar to that in India if cases continue to rise at current rate

There are 16 functions in ventilators but locally made has only four, says new sci-tech minister

Rashid says all provinces, regions except Sindh to avail services as per their need

Home department writes to federal interior ministry, requesting deployment of personnel

Health department bans outdoor dining, cinemas, theatres and amusement parks, and reduces office timings

Islamabad offered to provide relief package to Delhi including ventilators, X-ray machines and PPEs, says FO

A Norwegian climber hoping to summit world's highest peak tested positive for Covid-19

Actor says certain measures are contributing to rise in cases as India reports world's highest daily tally on Friday

At least 5,870 people tested positive for Covid-19; active cases' tally at 84,976

Death toll at Nishtar Hopital has risen to 587

Some 300 flights a week were operating between UAE and India before ban was announced, according to local media