Saudi Arabia has said it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to attend the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. The Saudi Press Agency reported the country’s Hajj ministry as saying that this year’s pilgrimage would be “open for nationals and residents of the kingdom, limited to 60,000 pilgrims”. The pilgrimage, scheduled for the end […]
China has passed a new law to counter foreign sanctions, as it looks to build its defences against rising US and EU pressure over trade and human rights. Beijing has accused the United States of “suppressing” Chinese firms and issued veiled threats of retaliation after President Joe Biden last week expanded a blacklist of companies […]
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin declared on Thursday that the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) conditions to increase electricity prices and slap Rs150 billion taxes on the salaried class are a “red line” for Pakistan, saying the talks with the global lender may prolong. “The IMF has asked to increase personal income tax and power tariffs but […]
US President Joe Biden will tell PM Boris Johnson in G7 summit not to let the row over post-Brexit trading in Northern Ireland affect the peace process. The two leaders are having their first face-to-face talks in Cornwall on the eve of the G7 summit. Mr Biden will stress the need to “stand behind” the […]
President Biden embarked on his first trip overseas since taking office Wednesday, a journey in which he will meet with G-7 and NATO allies to discuss ways to address the coronavirus pandemic and an increasingly aggressive China and Russia. Biden departed Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Wednesday morning is set to arrive in the United […]
The National Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for use of the Pfizer vaccine in the country that is among the last vaccines allowed by DRAP for use to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the guidelines, the vaccine would be kept in minus 60 to 80 degrees centigrade and any contact with light should […]
The Chinese government announced Tuesday that a man in Jiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai, had become the first person known to have been infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu. In a statement, China’s National Health Commission emphasized that there was no evidence that the strain had the ability to spread among humans, adding […]
On Monday 31st May 2021, Asad Umar said that after the NCOC meeting, it has been decided to start covid vaccination of people aged 18 plus from 3rd June 2021. Asad Umar said that Federal Government is vaccinating people 18 plus, free of cost. On 29th May, around 0.3 million people were vaccinated, while 10.1 […]
Vietnam’s Health Ministry announced Saturday that it had detected a highly transmissible new variant of the coronavirus that has helped fuel a recent wave of infections in the vietnam. Genetic sequencing indicated that the new variant was a mix of the coronavirus strains first detected in the United Kingdom and India, said Health Minister Nguyen […]
Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. Cases remain high and medical systems in Osaka, the hardest-hit area in western Japan, are still overburdened, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga […]
