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Punjab records 560 virus cases, 23 deaths

The provincial total has risen to 149,782 while the death toll is 4,432.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:41am

Islamabad, GB and AJK collectively report 119 virus cases, 1 death

The capital reported 92 cases and one death.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:39am

KP reports 276 Covid cases, 4 deaths

Balochistan has reported 43 cases, taking the provincial tally to 18,612. The death toll remains 190.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:36am

Pakistan reports more than 1,500 coronavirus recoveries

The total number has risen to 475,228 while the recovery rate is 91.2 per cent.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:32am

Tennis causes tensions with Australians stranded by Covid-19

Australians criticised the government on social media.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:05am

UK virus variant infects scores at Belgian retirement home

A total of 111 people have been confirmed as infected, including 39 staff members.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 09:15am

Wuhan, one year after coronavirus lockdown

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Updated 18 Jan, 2021 12:17pm

England expands vaccination programme to more groups

The vaccination programme has focused until now on people aged 80 and older as well as frontline workers.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:15am

Italy reports 377 coronavirus deaths, 12,545 new cases

Italy's health ministry has reported 377 coronavirus-related deaths within the previous 24 hours, and 12,545...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:07pm

WATCH: Players share quarantine life ahead of Australian Open

Published 17 Jan, 2021 10:25pm

Britain reports 38,598 Covid-19 cases, lowest since Dec 27

On Saturday, Britain reported 41,346 people had tested positive and a further 1,295 deaths.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 09:55pm

UK aims to give first Covid-19 shot to all adults by September

The government will soon begin a trial of round the clock injections as it continues to add more vaccination sites.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 09:22pm

Lebanon signs with Pfizer for 2.1 million vaccine doses

The doses are to arrive in Lebanon starting early February, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 08:44pm

WATCH: Police checks in Bordeaux as France imposes national 6pm curfew

Published 17 Jan, 2021 08:08pm

Bayer aims to help CureVac with Covid-19 vaccine output, says CEO

Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:31pm

Oman to close land borders again to curb coronavirus

The measure will come into effect on Monday and can be extended for longer than the initial one week closure.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 05:51pm

Sindh reports 922 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

Karachi recorded 721 coronavirus cases.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 05:17pm

Vaccine scepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts

Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic was among those who said he did not want to be forced to get inoculated.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:50pm

Brazilian approval of Sputnik V vaccine delayed by missing data

Documents supporting drugmaker Uniao Quimica's application for emergency use of the vaccine have been returned to the company.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:20pm

Tokyo reports 1,592 new coronavirus infections

Japan expanded a state of emergency in the capital area to seven more prefectures on Wednesday.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 03:50pm

UK hopes to be able to consider lockdown easing in March

“What we want to do is get out of this national lockdown as soon as possible,” says foreign secretary.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 03:20pm

S. Arabia seeks approval to start clinical trials of locally developed coronavirus vaccine

The research team is led by Dr Iman Al-Mansour.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 02:50pm

Players in lockdown after positive virus cases in flights for Australian Open

Some players were angry at being classified as close contacts merely for being on flights with people who later tested positive.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 02:20pm

Russia reports 23,586 new coronavirus cases, 481 deaths

4,012 of the new cases were reported in Moscow.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 01:30pm

Pfizer reassures Europe over coronavirus vaccines as pandemic surges

Worries have grown that delays in the delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech shots could hamper a European vaccine rollout.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:20pm

China reports 109 new Covid-19 cases

Most of them were reported in Hebei province surrounding Beijing.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:50am

1,540 more recoveries reported in Pakistan

The total number of recoveries has reached 473,639.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:10am

With 131 new cases, Islamabad's coronavirus tally rises over 40,000

Azad Jammu and Kashmir recorded 23 cases and three deaths.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:05am

Punjab records 734 new cases, up from 535 a day earlier

Punjab also confirmed 22 more deaths.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:00am

KP's Covid-19 case tally crosses 63,000

Balochistan has recorded 32 new virus cases.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 10:55am