Virus

This is the fourth human case of bird flu reported in the US since avian flu was confirmed in cows in March

Move comes a day after a Quetta doctor succumbed to the disease

Punjab Department of Health issued a health advisory for a possible Nipah virus infection in Pakistan

Environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti have tested positive for wild poliovirus

Field squad destroys larvae at 1,561 places

Updates are infecting thousands of PCs with viruses

35 cases detected in eastern China since 2018, virus believed to transmitted from animals to humans

The 22-year-old Indian man died on Saturday, adding the government had isolated 21 people

If cases increase and people delay vaccinations, there would be no option left but to re-impose the restrictions

While the world has long moved on, polio continues to paralyse lives in parts of Pakistan

Education minister says only three teachers died while on polling duty, dismisses teachers' union 1,600 figure

Actor recalls how some well-wishers who visited her to pay their respects were also infected but didn't stay home.

Over 113,000 people inoculated against virus so far

Another 14 test positive in 24 hours

Govt serological survey shows actual infections could range as high as 300 million

WHO says it considered it highly unlikely the virus escaped from a lab

Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 mutates in order to maximise its survival chances

District administration continues smart lockdown in different streets of Islamabad to reduce transmission of infection

Tens of millions under lockdown amid worries that undetected infections could spread quickly during holiday

As many as 18,486 persons in Sindh are currently infected by the virus

Authorities have given emergency-use approval for two vaccines - Oxford-AstraZeneca and the homegrown "Covaxin"

With the country further restricting international arrivals over fears of new virus strains

Karachi leading with highest positivity ratio of 15.97 per cent, followed by Peshawar and Mirpur

With 11 more fatalities, provincial death toll hits 3,755

MWMC MD says it has been providing masks to all the sanitary staff

Nine more people succumbed to the virus, lifting the death toll to 3,708

Private schools’ federation lauded govt’s decision to resume educational activities

Mexico studies the case of a 32-year-old doctor hospitalised after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

The individuals had recently returned from the UK; variant confirmed via whole-genome sequencing

Sindh sees 961 fresh Covid cases, 753 more patients recover

People still recoiling from economic losses caused by coronavirus

Pakistan announces a 1.2 million dose purchase deal with Sinopharm

Pakistan's Covid-19 positivity ratio stands at 5.92 per cent

Health experts highlight increase of Pakistan's Covid-19 positivity ratio

Says people never followed SOPS and the govt failed to implement them

Karachi and Hyderabad follow Abbottabad with positivity ratios at 14.81% and 14.47% respectively

Another 1,035 infections reported in the province

New variant may be 70% more transmissible than original

Tracing efforts come in light of Centre's directives to keep in check the new coronavirus strain identified in Britain

The PPP leader was elected as a member of the National Assembly from Chachro in Tharparkar in the 2018 elections

Plans to ease curbs over Christmas across the nation either dramatically scaled back or scrapped altogether

Oxygen cylinders sold for Rs850 are now being sold for Rs1,800

Four officials died, over 500 tested positive for virus during the year

Another 40 people succumb to Covid-19

Molecular epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft says 'we can never stop the virus mutating'

Relatives hold protest, demand action by provincial govt

The Senator passed away at a hospital in Islamabad where she was admitted since last month after contracting the virus

Imposes lockdown on over 16 million people amid a new virus strain up to 70% more transmissible than the original

A timeline of Covid-19 events in Pakistan

Health experts say fall in cases suggests Indians may have developed virus antibodies through natural infection