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Published 26 Feb, 2021 02:09pm
Emergency coronavirus measures will now be removed in Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu and Fukuoka prefectures.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 01:28pm
The president says Pakistan has avoided this attitude so far and it is something to take pride in.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 12:50pm
Published 26 Feb, 2021 12:16pm
Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have collectively reported 211 new cases, according to...
Published 26 Feb, 2021 11:21am
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 238 new cases and seven deaths over the past 24 hours. About 25 cases and one death...
Published 26 Feb, 2021 11:18am
Punjab has reported 748 new cases and 15 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to official figures.
The province...
Published 26 Feb, 2021 11:14am
Pakistan has recorded 2,505 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, according to the official Covid portal.
The total...
Published 26 Feb, 2021 11:11am
Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, reported two new cases in people placed in quarantine.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 10:10am
Surveys show wide interest among South Koreans in being vaccinated.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 09:10am
Nights booked prior to cancellations in North America were close to the levels reached in the same quarter of 2019.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 08:15am
Published 26 Feb, 2021 07:10am
Drugmakers are already taking steps to update their recipes if health authorities decide that’s needed.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 11:37pm
Hungary’s government has extended a partial lockdown until March 15, Orban’s chief of staff said earlier in the day.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 11:00pm
"Thanks to the efforts of public we are now seeing numbers consistently declining," said the British health ministry.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 10:15pm
Deaths have decreased by more than 65pc.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 09:30pm
Dr Faisal says it is crucial to continue to follow precautionary measures and standard operating procedures against Covid-19
Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:48pm
The new approvals raise the number of domestically produced vaccines that can be used in China to four.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:45pm
Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:06pm
Moderna expects cost of sales to be about 20 per cent of product sales in 2021.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 07:33pm
Doctors say shortages of oxygen have led to unnecessary deaths.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 06:30pm
The provincial total of infections has risen to 257,408 while the death toll has reached 4,322.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 06:00pm
“It's a clear priority for WHO, and of the utmost importance. It should be for every health authority.”
Published 25 Feb, 2021 05:15pm
Twenty-two labs are receiving between 5,000 and 10,000 swab samples for Covid-19 analysis, says health dept.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 04:40pm
The research in Israel showed two doses of the Pfizer shot cut symptomatic Covid-19 cases by 94pc across all age groups.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 03:59pm
Published 25 Feb, 2021 03:14pm
AstraZeneca will deliver 180 million Covid-19 vaccines to Europe in the second quarter.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 02:45pm
Two million doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm will be provided for use in a private vaccination scheme.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 02:10pm
France’s vaccination programme in the region is also being sped up and testing will be boosted.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 01:45pm
The first doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine were distributed to clinics in preparation for the initial inoculations.
Published 25 Feb, 2021 12:32pm