ISLAMABAD: Health officials reported that Canada has identified its inaugural instance of a coronavirus infection involving the extensively mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron. The affected individual, located in British Columbia, …
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A 59-year-old man who had been infected with COVID-19 for 411 days has been cured by British researchers. To figure out how to treat the virus variant, the team examined …
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Spike in Covid fatalities in England on the hottest day stuns experts
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailAbout 258 people died in England due to Covid on July 19, when the mercury hit 40.2C (104.4F), the hottest day.
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Over the past 24 hours, there have been 236 confirmed cases of coronavirus with no fatalities
ISLAMABAD – Even though the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Pakistan has increased to 1,543,741, the country has reported no deaths related to the virus in …
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NCOC issues new guidelines ahead of Eid holidays amid rising Covid infections
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) today issued new guidelines for people ahead of Eid ul Azha holidays and urged them to follow the issued SOPs as coronavirus …
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Pakistan reports more than 800 new Covid cases with increase in positivity ratio to 4.47%
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailAccording to NIH, the positivity rate surged to 4.47pc from 3.93pc on Friday. NIH’s data further showed that 18,305 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, …
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Covid positivity ratio increases to 3.19% in Pakistan
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailAbout 13,644 Covid tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 435 new cases detected.
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Covid cases gradually surging in Pakistan
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailThe positivity rate in Sindh climbed to 6.1%, with a 15.85% positivity in Karachi alone. Despite a major drop in the city’s positivity rate since Thursday — when it stood …
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North Korea Acknowledges First Covid-19 Death
by Hamza Irshadby Hamza IrshadThe nuclear-armed government just disclosed its first Covid instances on Thursday, declaring a “maximum emergency epidemic prevention system” after ill patients in Pyongyang tested positive for Omicron.
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Pakistan abolishes PCR test requirement for vaccinated inbound air travellers
Pakistan’s coronavirus graph recorded a sharp dip Wednesday after the national positivity rate dropped to 2.95%.