Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Coronavirus live updates: “younger people are not spared”

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WHO warns that younger people must stop socializing and communicating with old people, as youngsters are not immune to the deadly Covid-19. The World Health Organization’s Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has threatened young people that their choices can be “the difference between life and death for someone else”.  Note that over 11,000 people have lost … Read more

Two Coronavirus cases reported at WHO Headquarters

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The World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman said that 2 cases of novel coronavirus had surfaced at the organization’s headquarters. The WHO based in the Geneva, is coordinating the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected more than 180,000 people worldwide and killed more than 7,000 across 145 countries. “We do have two staff … Read more

World Health Organisation warns against global over-reaction to coronavirus

World Health Organization

World Health Organisation has warned against a global over-reaction to the new coronavirus epidemic following panic-buying, event cancellations and concerns about cruise ship travel, as China’s official death toll neared 1,900. More than 72,000 people have now been infected in China and hundreds more abroad, although the World Health Organisation stressed the disease has infected … Read more

China to open new hospital as coronavirus death toll passes 360

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BEIJING: China’s death toll from a new coronavirus jumped above 360 on Monday to surpass the number of fatalities of its SARS crisis two decades ago, with dozens of people dying in the epicentre’s quarantined ground-zero. According to the sources of AFP, The 57 confirmed new deaths was the single-biggest increase since the virus was … Read more

WHO declares global Coronavirus emergency

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The UN health agency, World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international emergency over the deadly coronavirus from China. “Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems. This is not a vote of no confidence in China,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told. China reported its biggest … Read more

Corona Virus – 2019-nCoV originates from snakes

Corona Virus

Corona virus is a rapid growing virus and research said it originated from snakes, now it is easy for researchers to find cure of the fatal disease. World Health organization defines that Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans … Read more

Govt. to launch history’s biggest hepatitis control programme: Dr Zafar Mirza

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Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza said the PTI Government has started the biggest programme in the history of the country to control hepatitis. According to the details, he said this during his visit to World Health Organization’s office in Islamabad on Monday. The Special Assistant said that the government … Read more

International Polio Day being observed today

World Polio Day observed on October 24

International Polio Day is being observed all across the globe including Pakistan here on October 24, Thursday. The purpose of this day’s celebration is to raise awareness about polio and make efforts to eradicate polio virus from all parts of the world. In 1988, the World Health Organization and Rotary International launched the Global Polio … Read more