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Covid-19 impact could hit Japanese automakers' output in October

Published 09 Sep, 2021 11:16am

Islamabad, GB and AJK collectively report 410 virus cases

Gilgit-Baltistan reported no new deaths.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 10:28am

KP reports 584 virus cases, Balochistan records 24 infections

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reports 20 deaths, Balochistan reports none.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 10:25am

Punjab reports 1,798 cases, 17 deaths

The provincial tally has risen to 408,758 and the death toll has increased to 12,135.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 10:23am

Pakistan reports 4,136 Covid-19 recoveries

The total number of recoveries has risen to 1,076,112.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 10:21am

Australia's Sydney to set out roadmap for easing Covid-19 curbs even as cases rise

Plans to relax restrictions so that fully vaccinated residents are freed from stay-home orders by the end of October.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 09:16am

Child Covid-19 hospitalisations reach a new high in US as schools reopen

A record-high 2,396 children hospitalised with Covid-19 in the country as of Tuesday, according to health department data.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 08:03am

Japan seeks to extend Covid emergency curbs in Tokyo, other areas

Government will seek to extend the restrictions until September 30, says minister.

Published 09 Sep, 2021 06:57am

WATCH: Cuba's hospitality sector hopeful over border reopening

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Published 08 Sep, 2021 11:55pm

WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year

“I will not stay silent when companies and countries think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers,” he says.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 11:15pm

Sindh reports 43 coronavirus deaths, 1,210 new cases

This has taken the total number of fatalities to 7,073.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 10:35pm

Vietnam to mix Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines

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Published 08 Sep, 2021 09:55pm

NCOC stops all federating units from administering Sinopharm and Moderna as first dose

The decision was taken based on "limited stock viz-a-viz future procurement", it says.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 09:15pm

Covax eyes vaccines for just 20pc of people in poor nations in 2021

Covax acknowledged that it now expects to access just 1.425 billion vaccine doses this year.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 08:35pm

Novavax begins early-stage trial for combined influenza, Covid-19 vaccine

The trial, to be conducted in Australia, will enrol 640 healthy adults between the ages of 50 and 70 years.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 07:35pm

Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end

The spread of the Delta variant has upended many companies' plans to bring back their employees.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 07:20pm

Ukraine could tighten lockdown restrictions as Covid-19 situation worsens

It could impose a nationwide “yellow” code, which restricts mass events.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 06:50pm

India restricts religious festivals over new Covid surge fears

“The third wave is not coming, it is already here,” says Mumbai mayor.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 06:20pm

No milk or water: Brexit, pandemic trigger shortages at UK grocery stores

The coronavirus crisis has severely disrupted the global supply chain in UK.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 05:50pm

UK's Exscientia, Gates Foundation partner to develop variant-resistant Covid-19 drugs

Company says it is developing small molecule drugs that target proteins within cells unlike existing drugs for Covid-19.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 05:20pm

Singapore reports 347 new local cases

The number of reported cases is the highest since early August 2020.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 04:35pm

Bulgaria, EU’s least vaccinated nation, faces deadly surge

Only 20 per cent of adults in Bulgaria, which has a population of seven million, have so far been fully vaccinated.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 03:50pm

US surpasses 650,000 Covid deaths: report

At least 650,532 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, averaging more than 1,100 deaths per day: data

Published 08 Sep, 2021 03:18pm

Mu variant of Covid-19 has spread to 42 countries: experts

The strain was first discovered in Colombia at the start of 2021 and has since been detected in 42 countries and 49 states in US.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 02:02pm

Antibodies are less effective against Delta variant: study

New research finds that Delta variant is more efficient at replicating and better at breaking into cells from respiratory tract.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 01:15pm

Door-to-door vaccination not possible, says India's supreme court

Published 08 Sep, 2021 01:15pm

Covid cases continue to rise in Mumbai: officials

Authorities have revealed a 28pc rise in Covid-19 infections across the city.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 12:27pm

US surpasses 40m recorded Covid cases since start of pandemic

Published 08 Sep, 2021 11:21am

Islamabad, GB and AJK collectively report 389 virus cases

Islamabad and Azad Jammu and Kashmir report no new deaths.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 10:26am

KP reports 468 virus cases, Balochistan records 45 infections

Balochistan reports no new deaths.

Published 08 Sep, 2021 10:24am