Emirates airline has further extended the suspension of its flights from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka until July 28, Khaleej Times reported. In response to a query on Twitter, Emirates airline clarified that passengers who have connected through these countries over the last 14 days, too, will not be accepted to travel from any … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks saw some gains in the outgoing week, despite a continued rise in the Covid cases, and the market is expected to continue the same momentum next week. “We highlight cyclical sectors to be in the limelight due to healthy earnings expected in the upcoming results season. That said, the Covid’s fourth … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh has been badly hit by the Delta variant ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festivities, as another 65 cases have been confirmed in the province in the last two days. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) at the Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), University of Karachi, has processed a total … 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
Special Health Assistant Dr Faisal Sultan has warned that a new and dangerous type of coronavirus, the Delta (Indian) variant, is emerging in the country following the fourth wave. During a press conference in Islamabad, he said that in view of the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country, it is important to follow … Read more
Divisional Commissioner Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah said that 15 delta type cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the Rawalpindi district. According to the report, he called on the health authority to take precautionary measures and urged the citizens to vaccinate themselves as soon as possible to prevent the further spread of the virus. “All … Read more
The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German biotechnology company BioNtech have announced that they are seeking approval from regulators for a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine. According to the reports, the company said in a statement that data from ongoing vaccine trials indicate that the initial type of virus and later beta variants … Read more
The World Health Organization(WHO) recently studied the Delta variant, which was first noticed in India is also the “most transmissible of the variants identified so far”. Some of India’s immediate neighbors such as Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka experienced a gush in contamination rate from May 2021, according to the WHO. The extremely transmissible Delta … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Variants like Delta, which was first found in India, are “currently winning the race against vaccines”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said, pinning the blame squarely on a lack of equitable vaccine production and distribution. “That passing the four millionth recorded death worldwide from Covid-19 was a tragic milestone, which is likely … Read more
The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was discovered in India, is currently the virus’s dominant form in the United Kingdom. This variation accounts for at least 10% of new cases in the United States. According to data from the United Kingdom, the number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections has increased by 31% in the last seven … Read more
Australia reported a slight increase in the COVID-19 cases on Tuesday in its most populous state, New South Wales (NSW). The rise was due to the Delta variant of the virus. To contain flare-ups of the extremely infectious Delta form, officials tightened restrictions and pushed for vaccinations. Since the first case of the Delta variant … Read more
Bangladesh is facing an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases. Thousands of people have been stranded in the capital city of Dhaka on Monday as authorities stopped all the transport after the lockdown was imposed. 119 deaths were reported by the country on Sunday, the highest death toll since the beginning of the pandemic, while the … Read more
Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity rate has dropped to 1.69% today. This is the country’s lowest positivity rate in eight months. On October 18, the country achieved its lowest positivity rate of 1.64%. The daily number of COVID-19 cases detected in Pakistan has also significantly decreased. According to the NCOC, 663 new infections have been detected in … Read more
Indonesia passes two million coronavirus cases since the pandemic broke out. The hospitals have been flooding with new patients. The unwanted milestone was hit when the case rates spiked up by times two. The authorities said this might be because of highly infectious COVID-19 variants. On Monday, Indonesia recorded 14,536 new cases, taking total cases … Read more
Italy has presented an obligatory five-day quarantine for visitors from Britain, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Friday. Growing concerns grow over a highly transmissible coronavirus variant that is spreading in the nation. At the same time, Italy is stimulating verges on travelers from the United States, Canada, Japan, and other European Union state only … Read more
According to studies, the most commonly reported symptoms associated with Covid infection in the UK include a headache, sore throat, and a runny nose. According to the NHS, the following are the classic Covid symptoms that individuals should be aware of: cough fever loss of smell or taste However, according to Prof Spector, these are … Read more
It is very clear that we are now dealing with a virus that spreads twice as easily as before, as compared to the version of Covid-19 that appeared in Wuhan at the end of 2019. The Alpha variant, first identified in the UK, made a huge gap in its ability to transmit. Now Delta, which … Read more
Australia’s second-most populous state, Victoria, has entered its second week of lockdown after the time was extended to June 10. Recently a new variant of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in the state, named Delta COVID-19. It is said to be highly infectious, and it is rising the concern for the spike in cases. … Read more
