French Open winner Swiatek to quarantine after contact with Covid-19 Iga Swiatek met with the polish president, who has tested positive. Published 24 Oct, 2020 03:44pm WHATSAPP
Merkel reinforces appeal to reduce contacts as German infections rise Daily infections in the country are on the rise and surpassed 10,000 for the first time this week. Published 24 Oct, 2020 03:15pm WHATSAPP
Asia becomes second region to exceed 10 million coronavirus cases It accounts for about one-fourth of the global caseload of 42.1m of the virus and 14pc of the global death toll. Published 24 Oct, 2020 02:00pm WHATSAPP
Poland's president tests positive for coronavirus: aide The president is fine, says Blazej Spychalski, secretary of state in the president's office. Published 24 Oct, 2020 01:30pm WHATSAPP
SEE: This map shows the week in each European country when daily Covid-19 infections peaked https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1319911411489779712 Published 24 Oct, 2020 01:05pm WHATSAPP
Pakistan's coronavirus recoveries top 310,000 586 virus patients are in critical condition. Published 24 Oct, 2020 12:39pm WHATSAPP
Punjab reports 214 new Covid infections, up from 146 a day earlier The province has also reported five deaths from the virus. Published 24 Oct, 2020 12:30pm WHATSAPP
Islamabad reports more than 100 cases for fifth straight day Gilgit Baltistan has recorded 21 new cases while Azad Jammu and Kashmir has confirmed 60. Published 24 Oct, 2020 12:21pm WHATSAPP
Australia's Covid-19 hotspot sees more school cases before easing curbs Melbourne is emerging from a second wave. Published 24 Oct, 2020 11:15am WHATSAPP
US sets single-day record for Covid-19 cases during new surge The spike in the death toll comes after researchers forecasted that the US death toll could reach 500,000 by February. Published 24 Oct, 2020 09:28am WHATSAPP
US records over 70,000 cases in 24 hours — the most since July Published 23 Oct, 2020 11:00pm WHATSAPP
Too many countries in 'exponential' virus surge: WHO “The next few months are going to be very tough and some countries are on a dangerous track,” said the WHO chief. Published 23 Oct, 2020 10:30pm WHATSAPP
WHO says it will have advice on Remdesivir in 3-4 weeks On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus infection. Published 23 Oct, 2020 10:00pm WHATSAPP
Reopening schools causes coronavirus R rate to surge, study finds Published 23 Oct, 2020 09:30pm WHATSAPP
As millionth case looms, Covid-19 tears through France faster than in spring France reported 41,622 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a new daily record, and will break through the 1 million tally on Friday. Published 23 Oct, 2020 09:00pm WHATSAPP
Positive pre-clinical data for CureVac's Covid-19 vaccine The Tuebingen-based company said the potential vaccine produced neutralising antibodies and activated T-cells in mice. Published 23 Oct, 2020 08:30pm WHATSAPP
Austrian Airlines begins offering rapid pre-boarding Covid-19 tests The antibody tests, which provide results within 15 minutes, will be offered to passengers on a voluntary basis. Published 23 Oct, 2020 07:53pm WHATSAPP
'Real number' of virus cases in Spain is over three million, says prime minister Published 23 Oct, 2020 06:00pm WHATSAPP
Czech health minister breaks virus rules, asked to resign PM Andrej Babis said he will meet with the country's president later in the day to discuss a possible replacement of the minister. Published 23 Oct, 2020 05:30pm WHATSAPP
Sindh reports 305 cases, 3 new deaths from Covid-19 A total of 10,261 tests were carried out during the last 24 hours in Sindh, Shah said. Published 23 Oct, 2020 04:47pm WHATSAPP
VIDEO: Camels back on tracks in Qatar as racing activities resume Published 23 Oct, 2020 04:32pm WHATSAPP
India's coronavirus cases tally nears 7.8 million India's coronavirus infections have reached a total of 7.76 million, with 54,366 new cases being reported in the ... Published 23 Oct, 2020 03:15pm WHATSAPP
Positivity rate has risen for fifth consecutive day, NCOC says The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has said that the positivity ratio had risen for the fifth... Published 23 Oct, 2020 02:25pm WHATSAPP
Covid-19 surges across US as some hospitals stretched Along with spikes in cases and deaths, the number of COVID-19 patients in US hospitals climbed to a two-month high. Published 23 Oct, 2020 01:34pm WHATSAPP
Islamabad, GB and AJK collectively report 209 virus cases, 5 deaths The capital reported 140 cases and four deaths. Published 23 Oct, 2020 12:22pm WHATSAPP
Punjab reports 146 Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths The provincial total has risen to 102,253 while the death toll is 2,329. Published 23 Oct, 2020 12:19pm WHATSAPP
Pakistan reports 510 coronavirus recoveries The total number has risen to 309,646. Published 23 Oct, 2020 12:17pm WHATSAPP
Europe daily coronavirus cases double in 10 days, reports 200,000 daily cases for the first time Europe reported 100,000 daily cases for the first time on October 12. Published 23 Oct, 2020 12:07pm WHATSAPP
Fine imposed on Turkish Airlines for violating SOPs This is the second case of SOPs violation by an international airline while transporting passengers to Pakistan. Published 23 Oct, 2020 11:04am WHATSAPP