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Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity rate reaches 7.1%
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has said on Sunday that Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity ratio has reached 7.1 per cent.
A meeting of the NCOC was held with Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar in the…
Will COVID-19 vaccines protect us? Does efficacy equal…
The frontrunners in the COVID-19 vaccine race have emerged with different success rates for their shots in clinical trials, but what does that mean for the global fight against the pandemic?
U.S. drugmakers Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna…
Certain blood groups less likely to get COVID-19
A large study adds to evidence that people with type O or Rh−negative blood may be at slightly lower risk from the new coronavirus.
Among 225,556 Canadians who were tested for the virus, the risk for a COVID-19 diagnosis was 12% lower…
Vitamin D fails to help in severe COVID-19 cases
Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to higher risk for severe COVID-19, but high vitamin D levels do not fix the problem.
Increasing vitamin D levels in critically ill patients did not shorten their hospital stay or lower their…
Sindh reports nearly 1,400 COVID-19 cases in a day
KARACHI: As many as 1,389 more people got infected from COVID-19 in the Sindh province during the past 24 hours on Saturday, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
Giving a routine briefing on COVID-19 situation in the province, Murad Ali…
Punjab records 738 fresh COVID-19 infections, 15 deaths
LAHORE: Coronavirus cases are on the rise across Punjab as the province recorded 738 fresh COVID-19 infections and 15 deaths over the last 24 hours,
The provincial tally of infections has climbed to 117,898 with addition of the fresh…
KP reports 9 fatalities due to Covid-19 in past 24 hours: Health…
PESHAWAR: In its daily statistical report on the Covid-19 outbreak, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has noted on Friday 323 new cases to have emerged taking the total provincial tally of infections to 46,604 cases.
The past 24 hours…
Sindh reports 1,423 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths
KARACHI: The novel coronavirus claimed 12 more lives and infected as many as 1,423 people during the past 24 hours in Sindh.
In a statement on the daily COVID-19 situation in the province, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said…
192 health professionals at Islamabad hospital test positive for…
ISLAMABAD: As many as 192 health professionals at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) tested positive for the novel coronavirus during the past two weeks.
According to the details, 124 doctors and 38 nurses at the…
Karachi records over 1000 COVID-19 cases; 13 patients die in…
KARACHI: The COVID-19 cases in Sindh witnessed a spike on Tuesday after 1,382 virus cases were reported during the past 24 hours, indicating a second wave in the province, quoting Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah.
Karachi once…