Tag: Outbreak

Doctor succumbs to the virus: Dr. Muzamil Abbas, a trainee at Nishtar Hospital, died on August 5 after a long battle with COVID-19. Dr. Abbas contracted the virus last month and was taken to Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital in ...

15 deaths in past 24 hours: COVID-19 claims 15 more lives across Pakistan over the past 24 hours on August 4. Five people succumbed to the viral disease in Sindh, according to a statement from Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali ...

No ‘silver bullet’ for COVID-19: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom stated that while there is hope for the development of a vaccine, and many experimental trials are indeed in their later stages ...

Jul 30,2020: The sudden 'smart lockdown' imposed by the Government of Punjab in the province till August 5, in order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus during Eidul Azha, has ended up in making traders furious ...

Concern over reduced testing: The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concerns over reduced testing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after recent swab tests revealed a positivity rate of 19%, prompting the call for increasing ...

Jul 30, 2020: حکومت پنجاب نے عید الاضحی کے دوران کورونا وائرس کے پھیلاؤ کو روکنے کے لئے 5 اگست تک صوبے میں'سمارٹ لاک ڈاؤن' نافذ کردیا ہے۔ محکمہ پنجاب پرائمری اینڈ سیکنڈری ہیلتھ کیئر کے جاری کردہ سرکاری نوٹیفکیشن کے مطابق ، تمام ...

Under 1,000 new infections: 936 new cases and 23 deaths were reported countrywide in the last 24 hours, while 19,610 tests were carried out in all four provinces. Rawalpindi reported just one confirmed case while Islamabad, following ...

Hepatitis patients at higher risk of COVID-19: Hepatitis patients are especially vulnerable to the novel coronavirus disease due to base damage to the liver and must practice greater caution during the ongoing pandemic situation. Currently, all ...

Jun 12, 2020: The country’s healthcare system is feeble and ill-equipped, and lags several years behind its counterparts in developed nations. With a global pandemic now in our midst, concerns abound whether Pakistan may suffer an even ...

Jun 5, 2020: In addition to the surge in COVID-19 cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hospitals in the province are now struggling to tend to an increasing number of patients due to an acute shortage of necessary equipment, space, and medicines. As a ...