Covid-19

With no signs of abating despite a strict weeks-long lockdown in the world’s second most populous country

With more than 3.76 million people infected globally and 262,458 dead

Government is expected to announce some easing of the virus restrictions on Friday

Authorities still gathering evidence to support their theory that the particles are from “dead” virus cells

Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country increased by 947 to 164,807 on Wednesday

Legal minds call for adopting Justice Isa’s proposal for using video link to adjudicate

Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan fear infection would spread if educational institutions opened on June 1

In the last 24 hours, 46 patients succumbed to the virus, raising the country's death toll to 587

22% more people have given positive feedback on the PTI govt’s efforts to curb virus

Owing to dispute over freight charges between health department and PIA, cargo of donated items is stuck in Beijing

Gichki said the results of the joint platform would be positive and the government policy

K-P health dept directed to provide latest PCR machines

Nine deaths, 221 new cases reported in last 24hrs

K-P govt will try to persuade opposition to not identify quorum

Not more than five per cent are operating online, claims trade association chief

Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra says coronavirus patients can choose home isolation

Indian soldiers hunt down young boys and kill them in fake encounters, says AJK president

Researchers clarify that trial was ongoing, only included people who have never tested positive for Covid-19

Legal minds call for adopting Justice Isa’s proposal for using video link to adjudicate

British PM expected to make a speech on Sunday easing lockdown restrictions

Hindu nationalists use coronavirus to foment hatred against Muslims by accusing them of spreading the disease

Seven trains to leave Rawalpindi for Karachi, Lahore on May 10

Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan fear infection would spread if educational institutions opened on June 1

The Islamic republic has struggled to contain the Middle East's deadliest Covid-19 outbreak

Suggests restarting inter-provincial transport, moving on to second phase of resuming construction sector activities

Uber Technologies says it will cut 3,700 full-time jobs as Covid-19 pandemic decimates ride-hailing businesses

antibody offers the potential to prevent and/or treat Covid-19, says author of the research study

Interior minister says rich people desire for extension in lockdown

We can't say whether SARS-CoV-2 is becoming more or less lethal and contagious, say London university scientists

Move is aimed at gauging extent of local transmission to curb it more effectively

India has seen string of attacks on Muslims coupled with rising Islamophobia

Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus listed a series of steps needed before countries lift measures

Asymptomatic Covid-19 patients continue to disregard positive lab reports, flout precautions

The disease has killed more than 260 nurses, says International Council of Nurses in a statement

Matter should be handed to scientists and medical professionals, and not politicians, says foreign ministry spox

While hunters, bird catchers remain indoors, migratory birds on their way back to Siberia are making hay in Pakistan

Initially tested positive for coronavirus on May 2, a second test found him to be negative

Provinces oppose Sheikh Rasheed's suggestion to resume train services

On May 7, two PIA special flights will depart from Lahore to Dubai and bring back stranded Pakistanis

Attendees would be able to stream the event for free on its developer app or website

In recent weeks, there has been a series of arrests in Italy of farm owners and gangmasters

The arrivals were shifted to a quarantine facility and were tested by authorities

Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet the 16 heads of the German states with the restart of the Bundesliga

EPL chiefs have targeted a June return to action as they bid to finish the season over the summer

The country has recorded 7,899 cases of the virus

CAN$252 million for agri-food industry as meat plants struck by virus

Children are accessing the internet at a younger age, spending longer online and are at greater risk of cyberbullying

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner returned with his family to Turin by private jet late on Monday

Number of Covid-19 patients in Russia passed 165,000

Recoveries continued to climb, jumping to 85,231 as more patients left intensive care