ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to implement COVID testing for incoming international passengers. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has made this decision as a precautionary step to safeguard people from the potential spread of the new Covid variant. During the NCOC meeting, the current situation in the country regarding the new Covid variant JN-1 … Read more
In the midst of a record heat wave, the Chinese city of Chongqing has implemented widespread Covid testing in its center, forcing millions of its citizens to endure hours-long exposure to the sun. Authorities set the health codes on everyone’s mobile phones to orange to make sure inhabitants in the core districts follow the testing … Read more
SHANGHAI: A top Shanghai official conceded Thursday the Chinese financial hub had been “insufficiently prepared” for its latest Covid outbreak, as criticism mounts over lockdowns that have caught residents off guard. The eastern megacity of 25 million has been split in two as part of a rolling lockdown plan to battle China’s worst outbreak in … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader said Wednesday that mandatory Covid testing was not a priority, after announcing last month that the government intended to screen its more than 7.3 million residents for the virus. Two weeks ago Carrie Lam had said all residents would need to undergo three rounds of compulsory testing — setting off … Read more
HONG KONG: Overflowing hospitals, empty supermarket shelves and grim quarantine camps — Hong Kong is in chaos battling a ballooning Covid outbreak in a business hub once renowned for its efficiency. Many locals are fuming at the government’s failure to prepare after winning rare breathing room with two years of an economically painful but largely … Read more
NEW DELHI, Dec 2, 2021 (AFP) – India announced its first two cases of the highly infectious Omicron Covid variant on Thursday, months after a devastating wave of the virus killed more than 200,000 people around the country. Top health ministry official Luv Agarwal said two men in southern Karnataka state, aged 66 and 46, had tested positive … Read more
The 35-member national cricket contingent has been cleared to fly to South Africa after all members tested negative in the final round of Covid-19 testing on Thursday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced. Pakistani squad of 35 members has been cleared to fly South Africa after all players tested negative for covid-19. Pakistan Cricket Board … Read more
The Brazilian drug trial of the COVID-19 vaccine stopped after a “severely adverse” issue was revealed by the health officials. The incident occurred on 29th October stated by Anvisa, the Brazilian health regulator. The CoronaVac vaccine, formulated by Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese company, is in the final-stage testing globally. The firm has already done trials … Read more
Australia’s national science agency has said it has commenced the first stage of testing potential vaccines for Covid-19, as it joins a global race to halt the coronavirus pandemic. The first phase of testing would take around three months, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Health Director Rob Grenfell told Reuters, adding that any … Read more
