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Liaquat Shahwani appeals to public to follow SOPs on Eidul Azha to avoid surge in cases

Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani has appealed to people to follow standard operating procedures...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 02:24pm

LIVE: Balochistan govt spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani addresses the media

Published 16 Jul, 2020 02:17pm

Sindh govt extends province-wide lockdown till August 15

The Sindh government has extended a province-wide lockdown enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus until...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 01:45pm

South Korea needs more public hospitals to fight infectious diseases, says official

South Korea needs to train for potential infectious disease outbreaks worse than Covid-19 and detailed treatment...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 01:23pm

Beijing reports no new cases for 10th straight day

China has reported one new confirmed Covid-19 case for July 15, down from six a day earlier, the country’s ...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 01:00pm

VIDEO: American Airlines sending 25,000 furlough notices

US demand is sagging.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 12:46pm

India virus cases surge nearly 32,700, beach state shut anew

The new confirmed cases took the national total to 968,876.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 12:30pm

Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

The CDC director has said that he's fine with the change.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 12:16pm

Decline in cases due to nearly 60pc reduction in positivity, not reduced testing: Asad Umar

Published 16 Jul, 2020 12:00pm

Novartis to provide 'no profit' Covid-19 drugs to low-income countries

The Basel-based drugmaker plans to maintain the zero-profit programme until the pandemic ends or a vaccine or cure is found.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 11:45am

Spain to honour its 28,400 coronavirus victims

During the memorial, an orchestra will play Spain's national anthem along with Brahms' “Sacred Song”.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 11:30am

WATCH: Pipers and guides back in business as tourism on Edinburgh's Royal Mile reopens

Published 16 Jul, 2020 11:16am

Punjab reports 494 cases, 8 deaths

Punjab has reported 494 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the provincial total to 88,539, according...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 10:50am

AJK overtakes GB's Covid-19 tally with record 83 new cases

Azad Jammu and Kashmir has overtaken Gilgit Baltistan's Covid-19 tally after it reported a record 83 new cases in ...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 10:45am

5,927 more people recover from Covid-19; total tops 178,000

The government's database on coronavirus shows that 5,927 more people recovered from Covid-19 in Pakistan, taking ...

Published 16 Jul, 2020 10:36am

Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for a second time

"I am still positive for coronavirus,” he says.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 10:00am

Global economy 'not out of the woods', warns IMF chief

Fiscal costs of actions aimed at containing pandemic and mitigating its economic fallout were driving up already high debt levels.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 09:30am

90pc of promised beds provided to hospitals: Asad

Umar had promised in June that the government would provide 2,000 beds to hospitals by the end of July.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 09:00am

US posts another daily record with 67,632 new cases

For the past 10 days, the number of new cases being reported has been between 55,000 and 65,000.

Published 16 Jul, 2020 08:30am

Bangladesh arrests hospital owner over fake virus results

Published 15 Jul, 2020 11:04pm

ANALYSIS: Why most large US school districts aren't ready to reopen

Published 15 Jul, 2020 10:48pm

As pandemic worsens, Miami Beach visitors party, residents mostly comply

Florida is fast becoming the epicentre of a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in the US.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 10:27pm

Sweden's health agency says open schools did not spur pandemic spread among children

The report showed that severe cases were very rare among both Swedish and Finnish children aged 1 to 19, with no deaths reported.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 10:00pm

Pompeo expects 'completely whitewashed' WHO China investigation

The Geneva-based WHO said it was sending a team to China in early July to investigate how the outbreak started.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 09:45pm

VISUAL: The race for a coronavirus vaccine

Published 15 Jul, 2020 09:30pm

There should be 'no mask, no entry' policy at cattle markets: Asad Umar

There should be stalls at the entrance of the markets to provide masks to visitors, Umar said.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 09:15pm

US Covid-19 epidemic projected to worsen

The figures were published by the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Reich lab on behalf of the CDC.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 09:00pm

Covid-19 kills 4 Kenyan health workers; infections at maternity hospital rise

At least 41 of the staff at Pumwani maternity hospital in the capital Nairobi have been infected.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 08:35pm

Walmart to require US customers to wear face masks

The world's biggest retailer said the mandate would take effect July 20.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 08:17pm

KP reports 216 cases, 6 more deaths from Covid-19

The overall death toll now stands at 1,120.

Published 15 Jul, 2020 07:50pm