"We're pressing China to give full access, and we are asking countries to raise it during their bilateral meetings — (to urge Beijing) to co-operate,” says WHO chief.
Reuters Published 17 Sep, 2023 05:53pm
What did the Covid-19 pandemic do to roll back the once galloping populist juggernaut?
Nadeem F. Paracha Published 03 Sep, 2023 07:01am
Covid infections and hospitalisations have been rising in the US, Europe and Asia.
Reuters Published 19 Aug, 2023 08:34pm
Hospitalisations are up over 40pc from recent lows hit in June but are still more than 90pc below peak levels hit during January 2022 Omicron outbreak.
Reuters Published 14 Aug, 2023 05:19pm
UN agency says nations reported nearly 1.5 million new cases from July 10 to August 6.
AFP Updated 12 Aug, 2023 07:56am
Those with two copies of the HLA variant were over 8 times more likely to be asymptomatic from Covid than other people, the study says.
AFP Updated 20 Jul, 2023 09:22am
EPI director says 70pc of the province's population has been vaccinated.
Ashfaq Yusufzai Published 02 Jul, 2023 07:00am
The 45-second clip shows people dancing and drinking in December 2020.
Reuters Updated 19 Jun, 2023 10:23am
Negative PCR report before boarding or upon arrival at any airport has also been abolished for all passengers.
Mohammad Asghar Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:14am
The data appears to have come from India’s CoWIN vaccination tracking app, which has more than one billion registered users.
Monitoring Desk Updated 13 Jun, 2023 10:09am
WHO chief says the end of the emergency does not mean Covid is over as a global health threat.
Reuters Updated 06 May, 2023 01:12am
Positivity rate in Karachi and Islamabad surpass 5pc and 6pc, respectively.
Ikram Junaidi Published 24 Mar, 2023 08:17am
Report says data "adds to the body of evidence identifying Huanan market as the spillover location of Sars-CoV-2 and the epicentre" of Covid-19 pandemic.
Reuters Updated 22 Mar, 2023 10:57am
There exist few severe cases as a substantial portion of the populace has received successful vaccinations against Covid, dept says.
Imtiaz Ali Published 21 Mar, 2023 04:48pm
109 people contract Covid over 24 hours; positivity remains above 2pc.
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Updated 19 Mar, 2023 06:04pm
Areas in China that required no visas before the pandemic will revert to visa-free entry, the foreign ministry said.
Reuters Published 14 Mar, 2023 02:18pm
Says "we will never stop demanding equitable access to life-saving tools".
Reuters Published 12 Mar, 2023 02:52pm
“WHO has not abandoned any plans to identify the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic,” agency's director-general stresses.
AFP Published 03 Mar, 2023 09:27pm
Accuses China or thwarting efforts by US to learn more about the pandemic's origins; Beijing accuses Washington of harming its own credibility.
Reuters | AFP Published 01 Mar, 2023 03:17pm
Chief Executive John Lee announces 500,000 free air tickets for visitors to experience city's “hustle and bustle”.
AFP Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:55pm
WHO's emergency committee has deemed that the pandemic is “probably at a transition point”.
AFP Published 30 Jan, 2023 10:14pm
Beijing’s figures are believed to only represent a fraction of the true toll.
AFP Published 26 Jan, 2023 11:33am
Airfinity, an independent forecasting firm, predicts daily Covid deaths in China will peak at 36,000 over Lunar New Year holiday.
AFP Published 22 Jan, 2023 01:52pm
China has passed the peak of Covid patients in fever clinics, emergency rooms and with critical conditions, a health official said.
Reuters Published 21 Jan, 2023 05:50pm
Vice Premier Sun Chunlan says the virus is at a “relatively low” level
Reuters Updated 20 Jan, 2023 07:35pm
