coronavirus

Riot police use water cannon to try to disperse the gathering

4,319 people administered vaccines in Indian capital

UK-funded report says limited data availability hampers impact assessment

Pechucho says provinces should be allowed to purchase two vaccines approved by DRAP

Expo 2020 Dubai expected to attract 11 million foreign visitors, more than the population of United Arab Emirates

Manish Kumar receives his shot at Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, one of 3,006 vaccination centres

Christian Democrats elected Armin Laschet as chairman on Saturday aiming to unify their divided party

Our [PDM’s] objective is to end establishment’s role in political affairs, says PPP chief

Angela Merkel has pushed for a significant tightening of curbs to slow the infection rate

Tests will be offered to up to 800,000 people living and working in parts of the city

Karachi leading with highest positivity ratio of 15.97 per cent, followed by Peshawar and Mirpur

Federal minister announces classes from 9-12 and universities will resume as per Jan 4 plan

With 11 more fatalities, provincial death toll hits 3,755

As Western drugmakers struggle to meet demand at home, Beijing has sent millions of doses round the world

Turkish president urges other politicians to endorse the vaccine

Findings by scientists at Public Health England (PHE) confirms reinfections in people who have Covid-19 antibodies

Argentine pontiff previously spoke of importance of jab in fight against Covid-19

States are urged to vaccinate anyone over 65, regardless of whether they have underlying medical conditions

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca receives first shot of CoronaVac live on television after formally approving vaccine

China is also working to provide this vaccine to Pakistan in a couple of weeks

Microscopic organisms living in our intestines may influence the severity of Covid-19

509 new infections reported during past 24 hours

MWMC MD says it has been providing masks to all the sanitary staff

UK’s chief scientific adviser says Brazilian mutation appears to have some of features of other coronavirus variants

The drive aims to inoculate 181.5 million people

Planning Minister Asad Umar urges precaution against third wave

First to get vaccine will be 30 million health workers, followed by about 270 million older than 50

Warns that several countries have seen third wave of the virus

Nine more people succumbed to the virus, lifting the death toll to 3,708

Pakistan expected to launch vaccination drive in second quarter of this year

REMAP-CAP trial analyses more than 900 severely ill trial participants in intensive care

Schools reopened in September after a six-month stop but were gradually suspended after a month due to surge in cases

Europe remains worst-affected area in the world, followed by North and Latin Americas with 22.4m & 16.3m cases

Protesters say the closure of restaurants, hotels, other businesses and schools was taking an economic and mental toll

Belgium is the second-highest in the world for deaths in proportion to its overall population

Health ministry says 19.5% of the population have been vaccinated

Health secretary says we’ve now vaccinated around a third of the over-80s in this country

The 94 years old Queen and her 99 years old husband Phillip were kept in priority category in Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Pfizer says it can produce up to 1.3 billion doses around the world this year

Authorities in Shijiazhuang, home to 11 million people, have launched mass testing drives and banned gatherings

MPA Munira Yamin Satti was undergoing treatment for Covid at CMH Rawalpindi

Scientists say newly developed vaccines should be equally effective against both variants

Pandemic stress may be causing people to lose their hair, according to a new study

British scientists also expressed concern that vaccines may not be able to protect against the new variant

Private schools’ federation lauded govt’s decision to resume educational activities

DHA stresses implementation of SOPs regardless

Scams include emails, robocallers promising entry to supposedly secret lists for early vaccine

Premier cites need to oversee coronavirus pandemic response in Britain

Increased cleaning by people with asthma during the pandemic may be triggering flares of their disease

The total death toll has reached 10,409 in the country