While countries are dealing with mass breakouts of Coronavirus, there are many people with health anxiety going into crisis with their mental health. It is difficult to get away from the conversations on the news that talk about how many more new cases there are daily, or social media posts that share videos of people […]
The government hopes to procure the Covid-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Dr. Faisal Sultan told the media on Tuesday. Dr. Sultan was responding to a question during a press conference alongside Information Minister Shibli Faraz after a federal cabinet meeting. He further said that the federal […]
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood wants students to realize that the closure of schools doesn’t mean it is a holiday. He said the decision to close schools was done with a heavy heart. “I request all students to use this time. Not as a holiday, but to revise their courses. Do homework,” he tweeted Tuesday […]
Doctors are studying the impact of Covid-19 on unborn babies in Singapore, where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease. The ongoing study among the city-state’s public hospitals adds to international efforts to better understand whether the infection or antibodies can […]
Pakistan has reported 45 deaths in the last 24 hours. By novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 392,356. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 7,942 on Saturday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC); 3,045 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the […]
Does anyone know anything about a curious medical syndrome called tachysensia? Searching the web gets one only as far as a similar curiosity called “The Alice in Wonderland” syndrome, often called “Fast Feeling syndrome.” Perhaps some of my readers know something about the clinical findings of these conditions. They have been around for over 50 […]
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. The news comes just a day before the engagement of Bilawal’s sister, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, to a Dubai-based businessman and several days before the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) next rally in Multan scheduled for November 30. I have tested positive […]
Pakistan has reported 48 deaths in the last 24 hours. By novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 379,883. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 7,744 on Tuesday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,954 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the […]
The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on Tuesday announced that a portal to download the roll number slips for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) was now operational. “The portal for downloading roll number slips is now available,” the PMC said on Twitter. The portal for downloading roll number slips is now available. All […]
Most coronavirus infections spread by people who have no symptoms. Masks are the only available protection against this. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in newly updated guidance. The warning follows the second wave of Covid-19 infection. It is spreading at an unprecedented speed. So far, the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
