Covid-19

Country’s athletics federation confirms four more cases, bringing the total number to 15

Case detection on the rise amid disregard for SOPs

PIA operated its last flight between Beijing-Islamabad on December 19, 2021

Organisers say seven members including two marathon runners return positive tests

China reported 450 local infections on Saturday, up from 432 a day earlier

PML-N leader had been addressing back to back political rallies throughout this week ahead of Punjab by-elections

Positivity ratio reaches 3.28% after 737 test positive in 24 hours

At least one person succumbs to virus in last 24 hours; 145 patients remain in critical care

Among the total deaths, six reported from Karachi, one from Peshawar

New NCOC guidelines encourages people to opt for collective Qurbani

Citizens continue to ignore coronavirus SOPs, increasing the risk of contracting the lethal virus

Renowned academic negates WHO's claims, says virus not a natural spillover

Health minister orders people to follow SOPs; wear masks and maintain distance

Two succumb to the virus as Karachi reports highest number of positive cases

Italian tennis star was 2021’s runner-up, also a title favourite this year

Health officials discuss ways to strengthen NPIs

309 new Covid cases were detected in last 24 hours

Karachi's positivity ratio currently hovers around 15.85pc

Karachi registers highest positivity rate, followed by Abbottabad and Peshawar

More than 50% of Pakistan's positive cases are from Karachi, 138 people test positive

Sindh achieves 100% vaccination of eligible population

NIH says national positivity rate stands at 1.53 per cent; 57 patients in critical care

The drive would be carried out in 210 Union Councils of the district

Minister vows to resolve issues plaguing health sector including availability of medicines, universal health insurance

The QR code, which is supposed to display one’s health status was used to enforce crowd control in China

Her party Congress tweeted the announcement but gave no other details

UN health agency cautions about the virus becoming established in non-endemic countries

Pilgrims can get a booster dose of the required vaccine after 28 days of their first or second dose, says statement

Group from Indonesia landed in Madina and was set to travel south to Makkah in the coming weeks, state media reports

Global health body says tools to manage outbreak aren't likely to be immediately or widely accessible

Chinese commercial hub of 25 million people aims to essentially end from Wednesday

Experts warn against repeating early missteps of Covid-19 pandemic

Announcement comes amid rapid surge in the number of daily Covid infections in the past few weeks

At least 92 confirmed cases have been reported from 12 states that are not endemic for the virus

NA speaker says Covid had exposed weak health system and dwindling economies

Body decides against regularisation of ad-hoc employees hired by SESSI during coronavirus emergency

The US, the world's worst affected country, has lost more than one million people

Foreign ministry spokesperson defends Beijing's measures on fighting the pandemic

In rare comments, UN agency stresses 'shift' in strategy considering the 'behaviour' of the virus

NIH urges people to get jabs, observe social distancing protocols

WHO chief concerned at increase in reported cases in the Americas and Africa

Zhengzhou to enforce strict COVID curbs in coming week

In addition to the fatal disease, the patient had serious underlying health conditions, including brain atrophy

New coronavirus variants are far less able to thrive in the blood of vaccinated people

Airbnb is changing its Extenuating Circumstances Policy to exclude Covid-19 related cancellations and refunds

Industrial Conglomerates and chipmakers warns that China's Covid-19 lockdown further disrupting supply chains

The development has been attributed to a combination of prior infection and vaccination against the virus

New York Times reported last week that New Delhi had stalled the study's release

New cases are rising in 20 out of more than 240 countries and territories tracked

UN warns over Ukraine shock to developing states' debt