Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China drops plans to sell Olympic tickets as virus cases rise

China

BEIJING – China on Monday cancelled plans to sell tickets to the public for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as the number of Covid-19 cases in the country reached its highest since March 2020. Organisers said last year there would be no international spectators at the Games partly due to China’s weeks-long quarantine requirements but … Read more

Islamabad DC confirms federal capital’s first Omicron case

Pakistan reports 3,206 new COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths

After Karachi, the first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the federal capital, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office confirmed on Saturday. First case of #OmicronVariant detected in Islamabad. The patient has travel history from Karachi. We are tracing all his contacts now. Everyone plz get vaccinated and follow SOPs — … Read more