Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has said that all educational institutions, including schools, colleges and tuition centres, will close down from November 26. Earlier today, the country’s education ministers met to review Pakistan’s Covid-19 outbreak and to take a final decision on extended winter vacations for school students. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Special […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet members on Saturday lambasted the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), for moving ahead with tomorrow’s rally in Peshawar despite the threat of Covid-19. “The same PDM members who had wanted a strict lockdown and criticized me earlier [are] now playing reckless politics with people’s safety,” said the […]
Pakistan on Tuesday reported 33 deaths due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the data issued by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC). The country’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 7,193 — with the last 193 deaths being reported in just eight days. The NCOC data shows Pakistan recorded 14,606 […]
;ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan announced to suspend political gatherings and rallies across the country as part of his government’s measures to contain the spread of the second wave of Covid-19. “We have decided to suspend rallies countrywide and we [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf] have suspended our own [rally] and would ask others [parties] to do […]
ISLAMABAD: The country’s nerve center for Covid-19 response on Wednesday suggested multiple measures to stem the rising number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan including limiting large public gathering and enhancing restrictions in high-risk areas. The latest recommendations come days after the government ordered a work-from-home policy for half of the staff in both public and […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday Pakistan could not afford to go for another coronavirus lockdown despite officials monitoring the pandemic warning that the second wave of COVID-19 has already hit the country. Addressing a Cabinet meeting here in the federal capital, PM Imran Khan said the provincial governments needed to ensure the implementation of […]
Spain began its nationwide curfew on Sunday night after the country declared a national emergency state of coronavirus. According to the Prime Minister Pedro, the free movement of people on streets will be restricted from 11pm to 6am CET. It’s likely to remain in place in Spain for about six months. The curfew has few […]
More than 85,000 new cases of the virus were reported across the country on Friday, shattering an earlier single-day record and stirring new fears about the months ahead. A testing site in The Villages, Fla., on July 16, when the United States set a record of 75,687 new coronavirus cases in a single day. That […]
The final presidential debate between the two rivals takes on a more civilized tone than the first meeting with 12 days to Election Day. After last month’s chaotic debate, United States President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, took the stage again on Thursday night. The two rivals sparred on coronavirus strategies, leadership […]
Leveraging their existing expertise in telemedicine solutions. It comprises e-health clinics in low-income communities and a mobile application for the masses. Sehat Kahani has now introduced Tele-ICU technology to its platform. Together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); the Health Services Academy, and the Ministry of Health; Sehat […]