Covid-19

Airline says it has negotiated deal with stakeholders for consensual recapitalisation

Private schools adamant to reopen

Death toll reaches 2,245

Expert lauds Pakistan's smart lockdown strategy, says his country looking to replicate

Vertical transmission of coronavirus from maternal blood to embryo possible, study suggests

With limited testing capacity, Afghanistan has officially declared just 36,000 cases and more than 1,200 deaths

Cases have surged in recent weeks

Disney+ streaming service, which had 60.5 million paying customers as of Monday, was a bright spot in the quarter

UN warns decisions governments take over education will have lasting impacts on countries

Australia’s central bank expects the nation’s jobless rate to spike to 10% later this year

Scientific Council calls for caution and vigilance

Number of cases surpasses 18.54 million worldwide

Minister says consultations with provinces under way to allow weddings halls, restaurants to operate

Will reopen institutes at all cost

Both cities register few new daily cases

No deaths reported since July 22

Taimur Saleem Jhagra says other sectors to be reopened in phases

Commerce aide praises exporters, govt departments for coordinated efforts

Democrats, Republicans battle to finalise new package to help economy recover

Sees commodity exporters, tourism-dependent countries reporting current account deficits

Cash transfers under pro-poor initiative to begin in September

'School owners, teachers dying by suicide but the govt doesn't care'

Patients will also receive standard care for Covid-19, including the antiviral remdesivir

An analysis found that the share of infected people aged 15-24 years rose to 15% from 4.5%

Recommendations forwarded to NCOC

The virus most likely came from bats and probably had another, intermediary animal 'host'

French authorities have already started to tighten public hygiene rules, ordering people to wear masks

New infections grew by 60% compared to last week

Britain faces a second wave if it reopens schools without a more effective test-and-trace system in place

Death toll nears 40,000, WHO official warns India in for long battle against Covid-19

Brazil and Mexico are the worst-hit countries, followed by Peru, Colombia and Chile

Many internal state borders have been closed

Customers at Funky Pizza can browse the menu, order and pay via the “Funky Pay” app on their phones

WHO director-general says stopping Covid-19 outbreaks depends on applying basics of public health

Students will not be allowed to go to the playgrounds during recess

The premier will examine the latest situation of the coronavirus in the province

Opening up of educational institutions throughout the province still remains prerogative

In the provincial capital, at least 43,283 individuals have recovered

Industry says it is suffering losses of millions of rupees every day

Anticipates 27% decline in inflows due to global lockdowns, loss of jobs, drop in income

Devastation in their job markets illustrates contrasting economic response to pandemic

Plans to raise quality standards of imports, impose quantity restrictions

Gold prices retreat from record high after profit-taking, dollar’s strengthening

243 more people had regained health from the disease

1,200-bed field isolation centre was set up in April to reduce burden on health system

Frustrated citizens complain of receiving rotten meat, delayed deliveries - or even nothing at all

Our entire manpower and machinery has been focused on coronavirus prevention

It is important to see whether economic cooperation triumphs or if politics and geopolitics gain upper hand

Our problems in health, and even in infectious diseases, are not just limited to the coronavirus

AstraZeneca says it plans to start human trials of its dual-antibody combination within weeks