Covid-19

Imran Khan calls for creating awareness about severity of pandemic and observance of

President Alvi urges masses to implement SOPs, keep social distancing

Foreign minister chairs consultative session, says pandemic is a global challenge

Urges people to adopt SOPs to effectively implement lockdown relaxation policy

Oxford University professor says the result should change medical practice worldwide

The actor was bashed on Twitter after he had criticised people that consider the show real but the virus fake

Restrictions will be loosened from Monday but some experts are worried it is too soon

George Floyd died after a police officer pinned him to the ground with a knee to the neck for nearly nine minutes

South Asian nations experience record number of coronavirus cases in recent weeks

According to CM Murad, 554 patients have recovered and sent to their homes

Planning minister asks people to adopt precautionary measures and not to imperil lives of others

Masks alone will not protect people from coronavirus says WHO chief, urging additional protective measures as well

Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, most-affected nations

New cases dipped to 2,886 on Friday bringing Iran’s total cases to more than 167,000

Brazil reports 1,026 new Covid-19 fatalities, Mexico sees 625 deaths over past 24 hours

Ministry said total deaths had increased to 994, while confirmed cases had reached 21,340

Reported death toll rose by 33 to 8,646

Officials say 197 people died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official nationwide death toll to 5,725

No new deaths reported, the death toll remained 4,634

With one active case, country set to lift restrictions Monday

Infections rise in UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, while Yemen reports additional deaths

Centre owes the province approximately Rs90b

16,487 patients were under treatment and 370 were in critical condition

UC-21 chairman admits people are not realising gravity of situation despite 50 new cases

Teams of traders, Ulema, local elders will patrol markets

Officials says that policemen will be deployed at all major shopping malls, grain markets and vegetable markets

Timings for businesses, factories, malls extended to 6pm for 5-days-a-week

Virus has claimed at least 1,974 lives while about 32,581 patients have recovered

Summary on fines is with cabinet for approval

Imran seeks Tiger Force’s help in spreading Covid-19 awareness to curb cases

NAB’s problem since its launch has been its very weak prosecution wing

Says development partners should help Pakistan to devise swift response

REIT member for extending special lending rate to low-cost housing

Bank signs deals with Pakistan for strengthening public health response

Sindh govt procures only 4m tons of wheat by end of April

Science Minister suggests holding sessions in open areas

Brazil’s Health Ministry reported that confirmed cases in the country had climbed past 600,000

Dr Naeem Chaudhry was the first doctor to have lost his life due to Covid-19

Prime Minister says no going back to another lockdown in the country

Limited flight connections and health concerns make international travel for tourism ‘very challenging’

The Japanese government has earmarked 146 billion yen ($1.34 billion) for vaccine production and distribution

As many as 7,482 requests of divorce and Khula were lodged in the kingdom

Pakistan has seen an exponential growth in Covid-19 cases in the 100 days since the first case was confirmed

The actor has urged his followers to take the disease seriously

NCOC's new app is available on Google drive and COVID.gov.pk's Dashboard

Jakarta has been the epicentre of the outbreak, with 7,766 cases and 523 deaths

With shopping malls set to open on June 8, India sees the biggest single-day surge in COVID-19 deaths and new cases

Amrullah Saleh requested Afghans to take coronavirus pandemic seriously

As over 80,000 cases identified, with 1,770 confirmed deaths

The device being developed can be worn on a lanyard or kept in a handbag