Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a new round of tight restrictions in a bid to stem a surge in coronavirus infections; extending curfews to weeknights and imposing a full lockdown during the weekend. After only reporting symptomatic cases for four months, Turkey last week resumed reporting all positive COVID-19 cases that saw logged […]
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that she is not afraid of being arrested. As she has imprisoned twice before without committing any crime. She was speaking to journalists before leaving Lahore for Multan to attend the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rally. Despite the PTI-led government’s efforts to stop public gatherings because of the […]
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 […]
These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like: Staring at your face on Zoom for hours instead of occasionally glimpsing it in the mirror. Living out the days in loungewear. Wearing minimal makeup because no one sees much of you. Considering an investment in home exercise equipment because gyms are […]
One more member of the Pakistan cricket team has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday, taking the tally of infections within the touring party to seven. Six of the 53 members of the group had tested positive for the novel coronavirus upon their arrival in New Zealand, […]
The positivity rate of coronavirus tests in Peshawar has exceeded 19 percent and is the highest in the country; the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Friday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital has a positivity rate of 19.65pc, the forum was told in a meeting today. Peshawar is followed by Karachi, where the […]
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) […]
A meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) is informed today that new cases due to Covid-19 in Pakistan have doubled in the last two weeks while the positivity ratio had increased to 7.46 percent in the last 24 hours. According to the government’s database for tracking the spread of coronavirus in the […]
