FDA has voted to alter Covid-19 vaccinations to target Omicron variant. New booster campaign is intended at preventing an anticipated increase in infections this fall. The decision sets the way for Moderna and Pfizer to transition to a new generation of vaccinations. Experts claim they will provide superior protection against most extensively circulating Covid strains. FDA: … Read more
A study warns of upcoming infectious diseases if climate gets hotter Environmental change will bring about a huge number of new infections spread among creature species by 2070. And that is probably going to expand the gamble of arising irresistible illnesses bouncing from creatures to people, as indicated by another review. This is particularly valid … Read more
Shanghai mentioned 39 Covid deaths Sunday, its highest each day toll despite weeks of lockdowns, whilst China’s capital Beijing warned of a “grim” state of affairs with rising infections. The international’s second-biggest economic system has been suffering to stamp out its worst outbreak in years with a playbook of harsh lockdowns and mass testing because it sticks … Read more
ISLAMABAD – A downward trend in Pakistan’s daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths has been witnessed after the country reported zero death for the second day Wednesday, according to statistics released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Thursday. Statistics 24 Mar 22Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 30,054Positive Cases: 210Positivity %: 0.69%Deaths … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia registered 95 new COVID-19 local cases over the past 24 hours, raising the national tally to 468,418, the country’s health ministry said Thursday. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 2,105, with no new deaths reported by Thursday for the seventh consecutive day. Currently, Mongolia has a total of 3,154 … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 28,298 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 3,900,433, according to the health ministry. There are 698 new imported cases in the country, and 27,600 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 105 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported a record high of 400,741 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 7,629,275, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 362,329 in the previous day, topping 400,000 for the first time, according to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 26,534 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 3,872,135, according to the health ministry. There are 691 new imported cases and 25,843 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 95 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 33,994. The … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia registered 97 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, below the benchmark of 100 for three days in a row since Dec. 27, 2021 when 83 daily cases were reported, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday. The country’s COVID-19 tally has now risen to 468,159, while its COVID-19 death toll … Read more
TUNIS – Tunisian Health Minister Ali Mrabet warned on Monday that his country may witness a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May. The progress of fighting the virus does not justify laxity on the preventive measures, the minister told Mosaique FM, a private radio station. He also stressed the importance of vaccination, adding … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported a record high of 383,665 daily COVID-19 cases as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 6,206,277, the health authorities said Saturday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 282,983 in the previous day, surpassing the previous high of 342,433 tallied on … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Friday reported 571 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday. The NCOC said that the country’s overall tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 1,518,083, including 1,469,930 recoveries. Statistics 12 Mar 22: Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 36,885Positive Cases: 571Positivity … Read more
HONG KONG: The United States warned citizens against travelling to Hong Kong on Wednesday, citing the risk of children being separated from parents as the Chinese city imposes controversial Covid isolation policies. The State Department upgraded Hong Kong to its highest “Do Not Travel” warning “due to COVID-19 related restrictions, including the risk of parents … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has recorded 2,597 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday. With the new infections, the overall number of COVID-19 infections has risen to 1,488,598 in the country, said the NCOC, a department leading the country’s campaign against the pandemic. A total … Read more
TOKYO – The head of the Japanese government’s coronavirus advisory panel Thursday announced the extension of quasi-emergency restrictions in place. In 13 prefectures that are set to expire on Sunday Shigeru Omi, the Japanese government’s top COVID-19 adviser, told press that there was “no point” in only relying on COVID quasi-emergency measures to combat Japan’s … Read more
PARIS: France began lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing Wednesday in a bid to ease citizens’ daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections. Audience capacity limits for concert halls, sporting matches and other events were also removed, and although homeworking will no longer be mandated it is … Read more
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Health Ministry on Sunday reported 21,996 new COVID-19 daily cases, taking the country’s total infections to 6,344,179. The pandemic also claimed 44 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll since the outbreak of disease in the country in February 2020 to to 132,424, said the ministry. … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks dropped 1.62 per cent during the week ended January 21, 2022, amid rising Covid infections and uncertainty over the upcoming monetary policy. “Going forward, we expect the market direction to take a cue from the upcoming monetary policy announcement coupled with the IMF board meeting,” an analyst at Pearl Securities said. … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan added 5,472 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The overall tally of the infections climbed to 1,338,993 across the country, said the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. A total of 29,037 people died of COVID-19 in … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia recorded 3,088 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, exceeding the 3,000 mark for the first time since Sept. 23, 2021, bringing the national tally to 415,765, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. The latest confirmed cases were all locally transmitted, and more than half of them were detected in … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland recorded 55 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections over the past day, a considerable drop compared with 127 newly reported a day earlier. Tuesday saw 33 new local infections in Henan, 14 in Tianjin, seven in Guangdong, and one in Beijing, according to the latest data from the National Health Commission. Read … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Pakistan recorded 5,034 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first time after a period of nearly five and a half months that daily infections exceeded 5,000, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday. The country recorded 5,661 infections on Aug. 4 last year. Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity ratio … Read more
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Mongolia has recorded 2,347 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 imported ones over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 406,118, the country’s health ministry said Saturday. More than half of the latest confirmed cases were detected in the national capital Ulan Bator, the hardest-hit area by COVID-19 … Read more
BEIJING: Two hospitals in China’s locked-down city of Xi’an, including one that refused to treat an eight-month pregnant woman who later miscarried, have been closed while they “rectify” mistakes, authorities said Thursday. The historic city, one of several in China experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, has been subject to strict home confinement for three weeks in line … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Malaysia reported another 3,198 COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 2,795,233, according to the health ministry. Another 303 new cases are imported, with 2,895 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Fifteen more deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll … Read more
WELLINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — New Zealand reported 28 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country’s current community outbreak to 11,236. Among the new infections, nine were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, three in nearby Waikato, five in Bay of Plenty, … Read more
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — South Korea reported 4,167 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 679,030. The daily caseload was slightly down from 4,385 in the previous day amid the tightened anti-virus measures. The recent resurgence was attributable to small cluster … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Monday reported 1,467 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday. The NCOC, a department leading the nation’s campaign against the pandemic, said that the country’s overall tally has surged to 1,307,174 cases while 1,259,253 of them have recovered. … Read more
