Karachi: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations and Cooperation (NHSRC) recently released fresh guidelines for dentists and dental patients’ management during COVID-19 Pandemic. The detailed official document included recommendations that got instantly viral among dental community on social media platforms. According to the new guidelines, dental care settings invariably carry the risk of…
KARACHI: A 35-year-old coronavirus positive mother has given birth to a baby at the Dow University Hospital, Ojha campus. A DUHS spokesperson said that the woman was diagnosed with the viral disease after developing symptoms a week ago. She recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Both mother and child are doing well. The…
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari has become the latest government functionary to be afflicted with the novel coronavirus. Mazari is believed to have come into contact with several ministers and MPAs before he turned out to be coronavirus positive. In a video statement, the deputy speaker confirmed the news saying he…
KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has registered five more deaths in the Sindh province due to the coronavirus, out of which four were recorded in Karachi and one in Larkana. Media Coordinator to the Health Minister, Meeran Yousuf, said that a total of 176 deaths had been registered across the province out of which 154…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan recently announced lifting of the countrywide lockdown in phases by reopening all construction-related industries and shopping centers for five days a week from Fajr [early morning] till 5pm and outpatient departments (OPDs) in hospitals. The decision came on a day when Pakistan reported nearly 1,300 cases of Covid-19 and 48…
ISLAMABAD: While around 1,000 cases and over 20 deaths have been reported daily in the country during the last five days, in global ranking Pakistan has been ranked 24th in terms of most number of cases and has become 29th country in which over 500 deaths have been reported due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)….
KARACHI: As many as 462 frontline healthcare workers have been tested positive for the coronavirus across Pakistan since the outbreak of the viral infection in Pakistan. An official of the National Health Ministry noted that up to 462 healthcare workers had been infected by the coronavirus, out of which 231 are doctors, 68 are nurses,…
ISLMABAD: According to an official statement, Prime Minister Imran Khan recently said that the intensity of the coronavirus in Pakistan was not as severe as it was in other parts of the world. He stated this while presiding over a meeting on impact of Covid-19 on the country`s social fabric and economy. The meeting was…
KARACHl: Health experts in Sindh expressed fear that the COVID-19 situation could lead to the outbreak of extensively drug resistant (XDR) typhoid, diphtheria and measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases among children. The reason attributed was that majority of children were not vaccinated for almost last two months The experts were talking in a Press briefing…
Karachi: It is imperative that dental fraternity should work together and help each other to counter this pandemic disease. It is the sole responsibility of each and every dental practitioner to be careful in their practice and inculcate effective ways to minimize infection. Referring to the current situation of dental community amidst COVID-19, Prof Dr…