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France urges caution but says there's no second wave of Covid-19 outbreak

Health minister Olivier Veran acknowledged the "warning signs", but added that these were partly due to ramped-up testing.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 10:50pm

US deaths from Covid-19 top 150,000

Published 29 Jul, 2020 10:21pm

After backlash, Madrid rows back on Covid 'immunity card'

Politicians, rights groups and epidemiologists condemned the project as potentially discriminatory and medically unsound.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 10:17pm

KP reports 121 Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths

Published 29 Jul, 2020 09:20pm

Coronavirus vaccine unlikely to be widely available before mid-2021, says Germany

“We should not expect a miracle," says minister.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 09:05pm

Bosnian minister dies after testing positive for Covid-19

He had been hospitalised for health complications from the virus.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 08:40pm

Europe had 50pc 'excess mortality' at outbreak peak: French data office

More men than women died, the data showed, and mostly people aged 70 and older.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 07:40pm

Russia vows 'promising' virus vaccines in September

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova singled out two vaccines under development in Moscow and in Siberia.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 07:17pm

US reports 10,000 deaths from Covid-19 in last 11 days

Published 29 Jul, 2020 05:47pm

Sindh reports 654 new cases, 17 more deaths

The death toll now stands at 2,189.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 04:55pm

Coronavirus infections in India top 1.5 million, deaths near 35,000

Published 29 Jul, 2020 04:43pm

Vietnam says every city, province now at risk of virus infection

Vietnam is the most populous country in the world to have recorded no deaths from the virus.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 03:40pm

More than 3,000 policemen infected with coronavirus in Sindh

Sindh Police spokesperson says 17 policemen have died from the virus so far.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 03:09pm

France must not drop guard against Covid-19, says health minister

People must understand that we are going to live with this virus for a fairly long time, he says.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 02:15pm

China reports 101 new coronavirus cases, highest since mid-April

China also reported 27 new asymptomatic patients for July 28, down from 34 a day earlier.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 01:16pm

Virology institute launches Russia's second Covid-19 vaccine human trial

Vector is working on six different potential Covid-19 vaccines.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 12:55pm

Britain signs supply deal for 60 million doses of Sanofi/GSK Covid-19 vaccine

Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Sanofi and GSK, which had first teamed up in April,...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 11:54am

US daily virus death toll reaches nearly 1,600, highest rate in 2.5 months: Johns Hopkins

The US has recorded 1,592 new #coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in 2.5 months,...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 11:20am

Punjab reports 173 cases, 8 fatalities

82,512 people have recovered from the virus in the province.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 11:05am

Islamabad, federal territories collectively record less than 100 cases for 4th straight day

Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have collectively recorded less than 100 cases for the fourth...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 11:00am

2,447 more people recover from coronavirus in Pakistan

This has taken the total number of recoveries to 244,883.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 10:55am

Coronavirus and the villages

There are quite a few mixed signals coming from all sorts of places responsible to govern the country.

Published 29 Jul, 2020 10:30am

Pilgrims begin dramatically downsized Haj amid virus

Haj has been limited due to Covid-19

Published 29 Jul, 2020 09:35am

Israeli Supreme Court rules Palestinian detainees have no right to social distancing

Published 28 Jul, 2020 11:10pm

Malta says 65 rescued migrants test positive for Covid-19

It was the single largest cluster of positive cases detected on the Mediterranean island.

Published 28 Jul, 2020 10:50pm

Covid-19 vaccine tacker: How close are we to a vaccine?

Published 28 Jul, 2020 10:20pm

Balochistan reports 30 new cases

The death toll in the province stands at 136.

Published 28 Jul, 2020 09:45pm

Global air traffic won't return to pre-crisis level before 2024: IATA

The outlook depends on how countries manage to control the virus.

Published 28 Jul, 2020 09:40pm

Spain registers 905 new coronavirus cases

The cumulative total stood at 280,610 cases.

Published 28 Jul, 2020 09:11pm

KP reports 214 new cases, 6 more deaths

Published 28 Jul, 2020 08:40pm