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US singer and actress Ashanti has tested positive for novel coronavirus, she confirmed on social media on Sunday. Ashanti, 40 turned to Instagram and shared a statement that she had tested positive for Covid-19 but ‘ok and not in any pain’. The statement reads: “Hey y’all I can’t believe I’m saying this but tested positive for Covid-19. I’m ok and …

KARACHI: Three senior doctors of the city, including a former director general of health, lost their lives during the past two days due to complications caused by Covid-19, raising alarm among healthcare providers. So far, 46 doctors have died of the coronavirus in Sindh. Of them, 26 doctors were based in Karachi. Sources said Dr Waseemuddin was a paediatrician, Prof …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its funds allocated for purchasing Covid-19 vaccine to $250 million and signed non-disclosure agreements with various multinational companies. Under the agreement, the recipient country will not make details of the vaccine public. Earlier, the government had set aside $150m for the vaccine. Talking, Parliamentary Secretary on National Health Services (NHS) Dr Nausheen Hamid said allocation for …

10 succumb to virus in Islamabad Commissioner says cases increased in last 12 days in Pindi district ISLAMABAD: The federal capital recorded the highest death toll after 10 patients lost their battle with Covid-19 on Saturday. Talking Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat said this was the highest toll reported since the outbreak of the virus in Islamabad. He said the capital had …

vac ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank launched on Friday a $9 billion vaccine initiative — the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) — offering rapid and equitable support to its developing members as they procure and deliver effective and safe vaccines for coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The APVAX provides a comprehensive framework and resource envelope for supporting developing Asia’s vaccine access, …

MUMBAI: Around a million doctors in India went on a day-long strike on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic to protest against a new federal government rule that allows practitioners of the traditional science of Ayurveda to perform minor surgeries. Thousands of non-critical medical operations and routine consultations across the country were set to be disrupted as the Indian Medical Association …

The United States green-lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late on Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunisations would take place “in less than 24 hours”. It …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 50 deaths and 3,047 new cases due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 50 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,653. 4,791 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,538 patients are in critical condition, however, no patient has …

ISLAMABAD: The positivity rate of COVID-19 has risen to 304 per cent in two months while the current week’s rate recorded at 8.2 per cent in Pakistan. The statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) stated that the country witnessed a major surge in COVID-19 positivity rate in two months which was recorded up to 304 per cent. …

A female patient revealed before her physician that her entire family tested positive for COVID-19 after she had a large Thanksgiving dinner party attended by 22 people. An emergency medicine physician and faculty member at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Dr Rebecca Karb, made the revelation in her Twitter message. She said tweeted that one …