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DRAP approves COVID-19 rapid testing kit: sources
ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has given the approval to the COVID-19 rapid testing kit, citing sources.
The chief executive officer (CEO) of DRAP, Dr Asim Rauf, confirmed that a foreign pharmaceutical…
Covid-19 cases soaring at Punjab’s hospitals: sources
LAHORE: The number of the coronavirus cases on rise in Punjab hospitals as this month six times more serious patients have been admitted at hospitals in comparison to the previous month, sources said.
The death rate of COVID-19 patients…
Childhood vaccine may help prevent severe COVID-19
People whose immune systems responded strongly to a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine may be less likely to become severely ill if they are infected with the new coronavirus, new data suggests.
The MMR II vaccine, manufactured by…
Cigarette smoke increases cell vulnerability to COVID-19
Exposure to cigarette smoke makes airway cells more vulnerable to infection with the new coronavirus, UCLA researchers found.
They obtained airway-lining cells from five individuals without COVID-19 and exposed some of the cells to…
DUHS conducts clinical trials of breakthrough corona therapy
KARACHI: Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) medical experts conducting clinical trials of a drug to treat patients suffering from the novel coronavirus.
A research team of the DUHS had announced in second week of the April that…
Sindh reports 17 deaths by Covid-19, 1199 new cases in 24 hours
KARACHI: Sindh on Saturday reported 1199 new cases of coronavirus and 17 deaths by the Covid-19 pandemic in the province in the last 24 hours, according to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.
CM Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a statement on…
Punjab reports 564 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths in 24 hours
LAHORE: Punjab health officials on Saturday reported 564 new cases of novel coronavirus in the province during the past 24 hours.
According to a spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, 15 more people lost their…
COVID-19 infections have levelled off in England: ONS
LONDON: The number of COVID-19 infections in England appears to have levelled off in recent weeks, Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The ONS said daily COVID infections in England rose by an estimated 38,900 in the most…
Karachi reports nearly 1000 COVID-19 cases as Sindh virus toll…
KARACHI: On yet another day of a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Sindh, as many as 1,276 cases of the infection were reported in the province with nearly 1,000 of them from the provincial capital, quoting figures provided by Chief Minister…
COVID-19 cases reported at NICVD Sukkur
SUKKUR: A doctor and surgical staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Sukkur.
Hospital sources confirmed that a heart surgeon and surgical staff had tested…