Pakistan ranks low on list of countries with most Covid-19 tests Pakistan has carried out 39,136 tests per million population. Published 24 Feb, 2021 10:10am WHATSAPP
China's bid to stop Wuhan Covid-19 spread cut deaths elsewhere from other causes: study Researchers analysed official death registry data from Jan 1 to March 31 last year. Published 24 Feb, 2021 09:15am WHATSAPP
Colombia approves emergency use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine Colombia has secured vaccine agreements with a raft of pharmaceutical companies and Covax. Published 24 Feb, 2021 08:12am WHATSAPP
WATCH: Senegal begins Covid-19 vaccination campaign with Chinese doses Published 24 Feb, 2021 07:10am WHATSAPP
SEE: The pandemic is receding in the worst hotspots View this post on Instagram A post shared by Churail Sarwat (@sarwatg) Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:54pm WHATSAPP
Spain extends ban on arrivals from UK, Brazil, South Africa It is the fifth time the ban on British arrivals has been extended. Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:15pm WHATSAPP
SEE: First batch of vaccines for Covax rolls out of India's Serum Institute Published 23 Feb, 2021 09:45pm WHATSAPP
Nearly 18 million Britons have received first Covid-19 vaccine dose The data also showed a further 8,489 cases and 548 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test. Published 23 Feb, 2021 09:15pm WHATSAPP
New Zealand coronavirus cluster grows with three new cases Officials have also called on people who had visited specific locations to self-isolate. Published 23 Feb, 2021 07:20pm WHATSAPP
India says virus variants not behind spurt in cases “We are constantly watching the behaviour of mutations in our country.” Published 23 Feb, 2021 07:15pm WHATSAPP
Saudi Arabia reports 335 cases, 4 more deaths in last 24 hours The kingdom also reported 333 recoveries during the same period. Published 23 Feb, 2021 06:28pm WHATSAPP
Sindh reports 296 new coronavirus cases, 9 fatalities The province's caseload has risen to 256,741 while the death toll has reached 4,302. Published 23 Feb, 2021 05:50pm WHATSAPP
Egypt gets Sinopharm vaccines donated by China It was the third vaccine shipment received by Egypt. Published 23 Feb, 2021 05:20pm WHATSAPP
Serbian scientists set first Europe's coronavirus death a month before govt reported first casualty Covid-19 caused the death of a man in Serbia last February, 10 days before the first fatality from the disease in... Published 23 Feb, 2021 04:50pm WHATSAPP
UK's Johnson says optimistic of June 21 lockdown end, review into vaccine certificates “I'm hopeful but obviously, nothing can be guaranteed ... I'm very optimistic that we'll be able to get there,” he says. Published 23 Feb, 2021 04:19pm WHATSAPP
Germany defends Covid border curbs Country trying to prevent on its border with France restrictions akin to those in place on the Czech and Austrian frontiers. Published 23 Feb, 2021 03:40pm WHATSAPP
Trials of retooled vaccines for variants could take months Drugmakers should test any Covid-19 vaccines that have been retooled to combat new variants of the coronavirus in... Published 23 Feb, 2021 03:10pm WHATSAPP
Afghanistan begins Covid vaccine campaign Doctors, security personnel, and journalists were among the first volunteers to receive doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine. Published 23 Feb, 2021 02:10pm WHATSAPP
WHO agrees compensation fund for serious Covax vaccine side effects The World Health Organisation has agreed a no-fault compensation plan for claims of serious side effects in people ... Published 23 Feb, 2021 01:26pm WHATSAPP
Austria bets on millions of tests to contain Covid-19 The small nation with a population of just under nine million tested three million people last week alone. Published 23 Feb, 2021 11:45am WHATSAPP
Islamabad, AJK report 188 new cases, 4 deaths Islamabad and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have collectively reported 188 new cases and four casualties over the past 24... Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:46am WHATSAPP
KP, Balochistan report 108 cases collectively Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have collectively reported 108 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to... Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:43am WHATSAPP
Punjab reports 529 new cases, 29 deaths Punjab has reported 529 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, government data says. About 29 people have ... Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:40am WHATSAPP
Pakistan reports 752 recoveries over the past 24 hours About 752 more people have recovered from the novel coronavirus across the country, according to official figures.... Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:35am WHATSAPP
Vietnam details priorities for first phase of Covid-19 vaccinations The Southeast Asian country with a population of 98 million said it will receive 60 million vaccine doses this year. Published 23 Feb, 2021 10:05am WHATSAPP
Biden leads Americans in moment of silence to mourn 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths "As we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in America, we remember each person and the life they lived," he says. Published 23 Feb, 2021 09:00am WHATSAPP
Australian MP who promoted pandemic conspiracies quits ruling party Craig Kelly repeatedly used social media and the floor of parliament to question the safety of coronavirus vaccines. Published 23 Feb, 2021 08:14am WHATSAPP
Pfizer to ship 13 million Covid-19 vaccine doses per week to US by mid-March, says executive Pfizer has shipped around 40 million doses to locations across the United States so far . Published 23 Feb, 2021 07:10am WHATSAPP
