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LIVE: Pakistan’s COVID-19 tally soars past 2,900
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD / QUETTA / PESHAWAR / LAHORE / GILGIT / MUZAFFARABAD: The novel coronavirus emerged within the central China metropolis of Wuhan in direction of the top of final 12 months and ...Ten-minute mobile video patform Quibi to launch on Monday
Quibi, the multi-billion-dollar streaming platform launching Monday, is betting it may rework leisure with brief, Hollywood-quality clips to look at “on the go” – whilst a lot of the world is trapped at residence. Business legends ...5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is dangerous fake nonsense, says UK
LONDON: A conspiracy principle that hyperlinks 5G cell telecommunications masts to the unfold of the novel coronavirus is harmful faux information and fully false, Britain stated on Saturday after masts in a number of elements of the nation have been torched. When requested by a reporter in regards to ...Lal Masjid cleric booked for defying Friday congregation ban
ISLAMABAD: The Lal Masjid (Purple Mosque) within the federal capital as soon as once more echoed with anti-state slogans as its administration flouted the ban on congregational prayers on Friday ...Trump says he may take drug to treat coronavirus, questions states’ ventilator needs
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his help for a drug that’s nonetheless being examined to deal with the coronavirus, saying he may take the drugs himself and inspiring others with physician approval to do the identical. At his day ...UK coronavirus death rate to stay high top medic says, as toll passes 4,300
LONDON: Excessive fatalities from the coronavirus will proceed in the UK for at the least one other week or two even when individuals adjust to stringent isolation measures, well being authorities stated on Saturday because the nation’s loss of life toll jumped to 4,313. ...PM Imran urges Pakistanis to be steadfast in their faith amid COVID-19 crisis
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI / PESHAWAR / QUETTA / LAHORE: The novel coronavirus emerged within the central China metropolis of Wuhan in direction of the tip of final 12 months and proliferated to nearly the entire world inside a few months. ...US attorney general orders release of more federal inmates due to coronavirus
WASHINGTON: US Lawyer Basic William Barr declared on Friday that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is dealing with emergency circumstances because of the fast-spreading coronavirus, paving the best way for the company to start releasing extra inmates out ...RIC develops stopgap measure to bridge ventilator shortage
RAWALPINDI: When the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic first began to unfold in Pakistan, one query on the minds of medical authorities, practitioners and catastrophe managers was whether or not the two,200 (successfully 1,500) ventilators within the nation might ...New 4,000-bed coronavirus field hospital opens in London
LONDON: Prince Charles opened a brand new 4,000-bed short-term hospital in a convention centre in east London on Friday, the primary of a number of being in-built Britain to take care of the coronavirus outbreak. The brand new state-run Nationwide Well ...Study suggests cats can get coronavirus but pet owners need not panic
Cats are inclined to the rapidly-spreading coronavirus and seem to have the ability to transmit the virus to different cats, in accordance with a research performed in China. The research, carried out at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China, discovered that ...Google searches for ‘good news’ at record high
Google searches for excellent news have seen an unprecedented excessive within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Based on Google Trends ‘searches for excellent news have reached ranges which might be greater than double that of ...COVID-19 lockdown: Two PIA flights leave for Toronto with 600 on board
ISLAMABAD: Two particular flights of the Pakistan Worldwide Airways (PIA) from Lahore and Karachi airports left for Toronto on Thursday carrying over 600 Canadian nationals. The authorities allowed the ...Google releases location data to show if coronavirus lockdowns working in 131 countries
OAKLAND: Alphabet’s Google on Thursday revealed stories for 131 international locations displaying whether or not visits to outlets, parks, and workplaces dropped in March when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein within ...US Navy relieves commander of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier
WASHINGTON: The US Navy on Thursday relieved the commander of the plane provider Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the general public asking the Navy ...Federal, provincial govts decide to quarantine tableeghi jamaat members
PESHAWAR: The federal and the provincial authorities on Friday determined to quarantine all tableeghi jamaat members, within the mosques the place they preach, as a precautionary measure to restrict the unfold of the novel coronavirus. A complete coverage has been ...Govt moves to take over second LNG terminal’s assets
ISLAMABAD: Because the Pakistan GasPort Consortium Restricted (PGPC) has moved the London Courtroom of Worldwide Arbitration difficult the termination of Operations and Companies Settlement (OSA) by the federal government, the Petroleum Division on Thursday submitted a plan earlier ...How to ensure access to education during the COVID-19 lockdown and beyond
As tutorial establishments shut throughout the nation, Pakistan’s already weak academic infrastructure has been thrust into yet one more problem. With pre-COVID-19 statistics indicating round 22 million out of faculty kids, numerous ghost colleges, and an abyssal literacy price, the closure of faculties and postponement ...Israeli health minister, wife contract COVID-19
JERUSALEM: Israeli Well being Minister Yaakov Litzman and his spouse have examined optimistic for the novel coronavirus, his workplace mentioned late Wednesday. In an announcement, the Well being Ministry mentioned the 71-year-old official and his spouse are feeling effectively as they obtain medical care and can stay in isolation. ...Rapid reaction teams formed in Quetta
QUETTA: Speedy Response Groups (RRTs) have been shaped within the provincial capital on Wednesday via mixed efforts of Quetta district administration, Folks’s Major Healthcare Initiative (PPHI), Medical Emergency Response Centre (MERC) and Quetta district well being officer with a purpose to deal ...
