KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah recently said the coronavirus claimed 31 more lives, lifting the death toll to 1,826 while infecting 1,089 others, raising the tally to 106,622. In a statement issued here from the CM House, he said that overnight 8,929 samples were tested which detected 1,089 cases, constituting a 12 per…
After Brazil was the first emerging market to get a test drive of the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine, it’s Russia that is the first to complete human trials. Elena Smolyarchuk, the chief researcher for the Russian Center for Clinical Research on Medications at Sechenov University, told TASS newswire on Sunday that human trials for the…
KARACHI: The coronavirus case count is increasing at an alarming rate across the world. The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global outbreak that has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO and is considered the biggest public health challenge the world has faced in recent memory. The Pakistan Islamic…
Karachi: Over 5,000 doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have been infected by the deadly coronavirus to date, reveals official data. According to the daily tally of the ministry of national health services, regulation and coordination, in Islamabad, a total of 5,164 healthcare providers have been sickened by the virus across Pakistan, as of June…
LAHORE: The number of new reported coronavirus-positive cases and related deaths has started dropping in Punjab, as 1,523 new cases were reported in the province recently as compared to 2,538 previous days, while Covid-19 claimed 60 lives as compared to 82 earlier. In Lahore too, the number of new cases was 728 as compared to…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan recently witnessed the signing ceremony of $1.5 billion loan agreements with three international financial institutions for combating the Covid-19 crisis. According to the Prime Minister Office, the agreements were signed with the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ABB) and Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB). An agreement is related to…
By Dr Muattar Hanif As the pandemic continues to affect the world, many people have turned to Google to answer their queries about coronavirus. The most burning topic these days have been self-isolation. While reliable sources are working hard to communicate correct information, but at times the messages are not reached to people. This could be attributed…
Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr Zafar Mirza recently said that a team of experts will evaluate the use of Dexamethasone as a treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients after reports that the steroid had provided successful clinical trial results in initial phases of testing. In a series of…
KARACHI: The Sindh Branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), with the support of PRCS National Headquarters Islamabad, distributed 4,000 KN-95 masks in public sector hospitals of the Sindh Province, a statement said. The statement released said that contributing to the government’s efforts to ensure the safety of doctors and frontline paramedics treating the…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has initiated a proposal to invoke special clauses for treatment of Covid-19 patients at the country’s over 110 leading private sector hospitals attached to the recognised medical and dental colleges. The PMDC has called a meeting recently in Islamabad to discuss one-point plan, i.e., provision of free…