Covid-19

Doctors cannot treat patients if they themselves fall sick.

The federal government is not interested in a lockdown for reasons best known to it.

Crisis has shown the importance of the healthcare system at a time when the world clearly was not doing enough

Covid-19 is simply exposing the already existing weakness of our healthcare system

The next one may simply spell our end.

PDF members will distribute face masks free of cost in the hospitals and in general public

Visitors’ entry into facilities across the lake has been banned while wedding halls have also been closed

K-P govt establishes 20-bed quarantine centre, two ICUs at LRH

Man lies on ground for half-an-hour but no one goes near him

People enjoy gatherings, disregard social distancing; bazaars in many localities open

Focal person says the administration has established 73 quarantine centres

Work on the establishment of an emergency health city on 50 acres with a capacity of 2,000 people has been started

Isolation centre set up at BBH Psychiatric Ward

National Institute of Virology, KU provide assistance for screening, diagnosis

Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah expresses worry over exponential rise in coronavirus cases

Scientists compelled to stop coronavirus research amid lockdown in Sindh

Focal person says Centre trying to protect vulnerable

They moved towards the Sukkur facility’s gates after volunteers were refused entry

Committee to recommend measures to quell the threat of COVID-19

Governor advises citizens to avoid crowded places

Punjab government decides to set up four new laboratories for coronavirus tests

PBC asks all high courts to follow IHC’s example to avoid virus in crowded jails

Elderly and female court staff advised to work from home

Buzdar appeals to people to maintain social distancing, stay at home

Application calls for provision of free-of-cost sanitizers and masks to public

Shah Mehmood Qureshi says alleviating financial burden will help struggling counties cope with COVID-19

42 train services to be suspended in three phases

Pakistan suspends international flights for two weeks

Govt needs to take drastic measures to protect employment of people, safeguard industries

Throughout the day, media outlets quoted wrong figures which took the provincial tally to nearly 400

Messaging service will provide latest news and information on coronavirus including details on symptoms

Provincial govt calls armed forces in aid of civil power from Sunday midnight

PML-N president will land at Islamabad airport, confirms Marriyum Aurangzeb

Restrictions to last for a week for PIA, two weeks for foreign airlines; aviation sector braces for Rs25b in losses

President Rouhani expects coronavirus restrictions to ease within three weeks

Decision taken 'in accordance with the directives of Government of Pakistan'

Anyone violating the curfew can be jailed up to a year, says army

Country reports 89 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing its tally to 411

FM says the cell will continue to operate on a 24/7 basis during this coronavirus pandemic challenge

Bennett predicts that the pandemic may be over in a month or two, or may take a little longer

Says public should follow guidelines laid down by govt officials, health departments to help combat the virus

Qureshi says alleviating this financial burden will help protect the most vulnerable and already struggling

Spokesperson assures emergency is open and the screening service will soon be reopened

Govt decides to detain passengers who avoid taking the coronavirus test after returning to the country

Only skeleton-staff has been asked to come to work

Ummayad Mosque in Damascus closed for the first recorded time in over a thousand years

At least 15 more cases reported in Sindh

Epidemiologists estimate the novel virus can infect half the world population in a month if not contained

Hospitals have been told to ramp down elective surgeries, non-urgent treatment

The actor has called out all those still holding weddings and gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic