KARACHI: The rupee may remain stable next week as the government is contemplating strict imposition of SOPs to contain coronavirus spread. These SOPs may convert into lockdown in areas with a high number of Covid-19 cases. The Sindh government had already started imposing smart lockdowns in many localities. The business community feared that the imposition … Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has explained its circular concerning the requirement of attested Covid-19 vaccination certificates for Pakistani visitors. In a statement, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Islamabad said that Pakistani passengers flying into the UAE will not be obliged to get the certificate verified by the UAE embassy in Pakistan. … Read more
The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday an outpouring of coronavirus cases in several Middle Eastern countries could have calamitous consequences, intensified by the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccine availability. After a reduction in cases and deaths in the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean region for eight weeks, the agency said there has been … Read more
The United States is revising the need for a third COVID-19 booster shot among inhabitants who have already been inoculated but needs to see more data to know if added shots could raise people’s danger of serious side effects, a US health official said on Tuesday. The U.S. government has not made a resolution on … Read more
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry while shedding light on the COVID-19 condition in the country, said 20 million people have been inoculated so far and over half a million people were immunized yesterday. The minister said over half a million were the most inoculations that the country had recorded since the beginning of the vaccination … Read more
The Pakistan Army will be called for executing required coronavirus standard operations procedures (SOPs), the National Command and Operations Centers – NCOC declared on Tuesday. The Pakistan Army was last mobilized in April to impose coronavirus protection procedures in numerous parts of the country after Prime Minister Imran Khan required its help in restricting the … Read more
National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Tuesday informed to upsurge international flight operation up by 50 percent in the country. CAA’s air transport department through a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) has permitted the foreign airlines to increase the number of flights by 50 percent from July 15. “In … Read more
The national tally on Tuesday of total active COVID-19 cases has reached 3063 percent with 1,590 more people tested positive for the deadly virus during the last 24 hours, stated NCOC. The deadly virus has claimed 21 lives during the past 24 hours, 18 of whom were under cure in hospital and three out of … Read more
The World Health Organization – WHO chief scientist directed people against mixing and matching COVID-19 inoculations from dissimilar producers, calling it a “dangerous trend” meanwhile there was diminutive data accessible about the health influence. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as to mix … Read more
Saudi Arabia has allowed Pakistanis vaccinated with Chinese vaccine against the coronavirus (COVID-19) to enter the Kingdom. However, authorities said, they will have to get a supporter shot of the Covid-19 vaccine commanded by Saudi Arabia upon arrival in the Kingdom. Besides two doses of the Chinese vaccine, Pakistani nationals will be obligated to get … Read more
The Sindh government is likely to close primary schools as COVID-19 cases continue to upsurge across the province. According to the details, a high-level meeting on COVID-19 presided by Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah recommended closing all the primary schools. Whereas, the meeting also projected shutting of businesses two days a week and a … Read more
Major General Amir Ikram revealed that Pakistan has earned $10 million from conducting three-phase trials of the Chinese vaccine CanSino. The head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was addressing a function in the city where he revealed that many countries want to hold their Phase 3 trials in Pakistan. “These experiments can bring … Read more
The government of Punjab reintroduced its strategies against Covid-19, deciding to set up special counters at places frequently visited by people, like wedding halls, cinemas and hotels to check Covid-19 vaccination certificates of visitors. In a statement issued by Sarah Aslam, Punjab Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department Secretary, she stated that “Those violating the standard … Read more
The COVID-19 positivity ratio in Pakistan has an overwhelming jumped to 3.65 percent over the past 24 hours. National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, the deadly virus has claimed 25 more lives, lifting the nationwide fatalities to 22,520, The country’s caseload mounted to 969,476 after 1,737 more people verified positive for the deadly virus during this … Read more
Due to the increasing fear of the fourth Covid wave across the province, the Sindh health ministry has made it obligatory to provide vaccine certificates for every individual in order to attend any public space including going for OPD and operations. People with no inoculation certificates will not be allowed in OPD service or medical … Read more
Sindh has reported above 1000 new Covid-19 cases. Previously province’s tally was 343,303 on Thursday, while it was 342,228 the day before. Karachi has the maximum positivity ratio in the country. Its positivity rate is increasing by 10% almost every day. Whereas, the rate in the rest of the province is below 3%. Qasim Soomro, … Read more
The government is continuously trying to inoculate against Coronavirus, the govt has also campaigned to vaccinate as many people as possible against the novel coronavirus, but only 3.5% of the population in the country has been vaccinated so far. According to the report, only 3.5% of the 100 million people qualified for the anti-coronavirus inoculation … Read more
A special plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) PK-6853 has flown from Beijing with two million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine from the Beijing Capital International Airport to Islamabad on Tuesday. According to official sources, another two million Chinese COVID vaccines will be sent to Pakistan from China in the next few days. Whereas, … Read more
After the decrease in coronavirus infections, the Sindh government has prolonged the closing time for businesses to 10 pm, allowed indoor dining, and announced the cinemas to reopen for fully vaccinated citizens. A notification was also issued by Sindh Home Department. Here are the following restrictions eased by the provincial government: Businesses are allowed to … Read more
The health ministry has decided to offer COVID-19 risk allowance only to front-line health workers in federal hospitals and institutions. The health ministry stated in a letter to federal administered hospitals and institutions and asked the management to provide statistics of health workers for the delivery of COVID-19 risk allowance to them. The coronavirus risk … Read more
Crowds at Euro 2020 football stadiums and in pubs and bars in host cities are driving the current rise in coronavirus infections in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. A 10-week decline in new coronavirus infections across the region has come to an end and a new wave of infections is unavoidable, … Read more
After a calamitous second wave of COVID-19 in India since April which raised the overall death toll to almost 400,000, thousands who contracted the virus also underwent an infrequent fungal disease called mucormycosis, or “Black Fungus”. The South Asian country which has more than 30.4 million established COVID-19 infections, second only to the United States … Read more
Sindh has reported 600 new COVID-19 cases, the virus also claimed 24 lives, bringing the death toll to 5,464. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a daily statement on the coronavirus situation, said more than 600 new cases appeared when 14,520 tests were conducted during the period. He added that 24 more patients … Read more
Turkey on Tuesday reviewed its policy for travelers coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan, making a 10-day quarantine period obligatory but with the option of ending it in seven days if a negative coronavirus test is received on the seventh day. According to the latest circular by the Ministry of Interior, dated June 28: “All passengers … Read more
Thousands of people deserted in Bangladesh’s capital, as establishments paused almost all public conveyance ahead of a far-reaching lockdown obligatory to battle a deadly renaissance of COVID-19 infections. The country reported 119 deaths, its highest-ever daily death toll from the pandemic, while new infections reached around 5,000 for the past few days. Officials blame India … Read more
Coronavirus has claimed 3 more lives in the past 24 hours in Sindh, bringing the province’s overall death toll from the virus to 5,410. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 511 more cases of coronavirus have been reported during the same period in the province. The chief minister said that of the … Read more
Pakistan will be receiving Moderna’s mRNA-1273 Covid-19 vaccine dosages in the coming months through COVAX, the World Health Organization’s global shared vaccine Programme. Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination official said that talks were ongoing with COVAX to obtain the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. The official told that there has so far been no … Read more
Citizens who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will not be able to enter shopping malls, banks and government offices in Quetta as the district administration has made vaccination obligatory for entry to all public places. The administration has asked all the malls, banks, and offices in the provincial capital to deny entry to un-vaccinated … Read more
