First Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to Africa under Covax go to Rwanda The batch of 102,960 doses will soon arrive in Kigali. Published 03 Mar, 2021 04:10pm WHATSAPP
World Bank readies Covid-19 vaccine funds for around 30 African countries The financing will be on grants or highly concessional terms for most African countries. Published 03 Mar, 2021 02:40pm WHATSAPP
Kenya hails first Covid-19 vaccines as 'bazookas' against virus It has received just over a million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Published 03 Mar, 2021 01:55pm WHATSAPP
Ukraine Covid-19 hospitalisations rise to record amid second wave The country has reported 1,364,705 coronavirus cases and 26,397 deaths so far. Published 03 Mar, 2021 01:00pm WHATSAPP
Germany seeks to extend AstraZeneca jabs to over 65s soon Data from Britain shows that the jab works “very well” in older people. Published 03 Mar, 2021 12:30pm WHATSAPP
More than 6,000 people recover from Covid in Pakistan, total rises to 554,255 1,561 virus patients are in critical condition. Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:25am WHATSAPP
213 additional infections reported collectively in Islamabad, AJK Neither federal territory has reported any new fatalities. Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:20am WHATSAPP
Punjab sees spike in Covid-19 fatalities with 50 more deaths It has also reported 712 new cases. Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:15am WHATSAPP
KP, Balochistan collectively record nearly 200 coronavirus cases KP has also confirmed six additional fatalities. Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:10am WHATSAPP
Brazil registers record 1,641 Covid-19 deaths It has the world's second-highest Covid-19 death toll after the United States. Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:00am WHATSAPP
WATCH: Ukrainian president receives coronavirus vaccine shot The country only began vaccinating its people last week. Published 03 Mar, 2021 09:00am WHATSAPP
Virus variant races through Italy, especially among children In recent weeks, Italy’s incidence of new cases among young people has eclipsed incidence among the older population. Published 03 Mar, 2021 08:01am WHATSAPP
Biden sees faster US vaccine timeline as pharma giants join forces “This is the type of collaboration between companies we saw in World War II,” he says. Published 03 Mar, 2021 07:21am WHATSAPP
Sri Lanka chooses remote island for burials of Covid-19 victims from minority Muslim and Christian communities Published 02 Mar, 2021 10:45pm WHATSAPP
Italy reports 343 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, 17,083 new cases Patients in hospital with Covid-19 stood at 19,570 on Tuesday, up from 19,112 a day earlier. Published 02 Mar, 2021 10:15pm WHATSAPP
Contagious Brazil Covid-19 variant evades immunity, scientists warn Scientists said the variant has a “unique constellation of mutations” and had become the dominant variant circulating there. Published 02 Mar, 2021 09:40pm WHATSAPP
Covax vaccine programme to deliver 237m doses to 142 nations by end-May Covax is the World Health Organisation-backed programme to provide vaccines for poor and middle-income countries. Published 02 Mar, 2021 08:08pm WHATSAPP
Sindh reports 267 new cases, 19 more deaths The death toll now stands at 4,372 in the province. Published 02 Mar, 2021 06:45pm WHATSAPP
Pakistan extends flight restrictions on UK, South Africa The measures were imposed in January after other countries also applied restrictions on travel from Britain and South Africa. Updated 02 Mar, 2021 06:23pm WHATSAPP
Turkey's reopening relieves restaurants but worries doctors Cafe and restaurant owners have long urged for a reopening of in-house dining after sector revenues dropped 65 per cent. Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:15pm WHATSAPP
Indonesia identifies two cases of British Covid-19 variant Dante Harbuwono, the deputy health minister, said the discovery of the variant, known as B117, represented a new challenge. Published 02 Mar, 2021 04:38pm WHATSAPP
S. Korea says up to medical personnel to extract extra doses of Covid vaccine from vial The KDCA had allowed workers to use the remaining doses if they can squeeze more out of each vial with low dead space syringes. Published 02 Mar, 2021 02:50pm WHATSAPP
Iraq receives first Covid vaccines, gift from China Spokesman says first delivery in the early hours meant inoculations could begin. Published 02 Mar, 2021 02:10pm WHATSAPP
Stricter measures, contact tracing helped reduce Madinah's cases by 86pc: spokesman Published 02 Mar, 2021 01:20pm WHATSAPP
China aims to vaccinate 40pc of population by end-July: senior adviser The 40pc by the end of July would include people who have received either one dose or two doses. Published 02 Mar, 2021 12:39pm WHATSAPP
WATCH: Slovakia receives 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia Published 02 Mar, 2021 12:00pm WHATSAPP
1,035 more people recover from coronavirus in Pakistan The number of virus patients in critical condition stands at 1,529. Published 02 Mar, 2021 11:20am WHATSAPP
Islamabad records more than 100 new cases for third straight day Azad Jammu and Kashmir has recorded 37 cases and five fatalities. Published 02 Mar, 2021 11:15am WHATSAPP
