Health

COPENHAGEN: Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people. The mutation “could pose a risk that future (coronavirus) vaccines won’t work the way they should,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a …

ROME: Italian officials agreed on Wednesday to impose a night-time curfew, joining a slew of European nations in ramping up restrictions to reverse a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases.Governments in Europe are struggling to get a hold of a pandemic that has now infected more than 11 million on the continent. Wednesday saw Russia announce nearly 20,000 new infections and …

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has expressed concern over upsurge of Covid-19 cases, especially in Chitral, Hazara and Dir, and has asked the relevant departments to put in place elaborate measures to cope with the second wave of the pandemic already started in the province. Presiding over a meeting of the provincial task force on Covid-19 here on Wednesday, he …

ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 test-positivity rate rose to 7.7pc in Islamabad on Wednesday, while two more educational institutions in the capital were sealed. There were 228 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in the capital based on 2,958 tests carried out in the last 24 hours. Two Covid-19 patients have also died. Lowest number of cases last reported in the capital was …

ISLAMABAD: The health ministry has recommended purchases of potential coronavirus vaccines under last-stage trials and allocation of $100 million funds for its advance booking, citing sources. Pakistan made a decision to purchase the possible vaccines of COVID-19 in advance and permission was sought from the Prime Minister Imran Khan by the health ministry, sources privy to the development told ARY …

KARACHI: Doctors here on Wednesday boycotted outdoor patient departments (OPDs) and operation theatres at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in Karachi over non-payment of salaries. The protesting doctors were of the view the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation did not issue their salaries on Monday despite assurance. The doctors said that they will continue their protest until the release of their salaries. Meanwhile, all …

LAHORE: Provincial health authorities on Wednesday reported six more cases of dengue fever in Punjab in 24 hours. According to a spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, the tally of confirmed dengue fever cases in Punjab has reached 157 this year since January 2020. He further stated that no deaths have been reported in the ongoing year …

Missouri’s highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products. The Missouri Supreme Court let stand a June 23 decision by a state appeals court, which upheld a jury’s July 2018 finding of liability but …

KARACHI: Sindh province has reported more eight coronavirus-related deaths in past 24 hours, said Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah.  “The province has registered 492 fresh coronavirus cases in past twenty-four hours”, said CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah in his daily briefing. Out of 492 cases, 354 cases have been reported in Karachi only, he added. The overall death toll …

KARACHI: A group of unidentified men looted 300 oxygen cylinders and 100 water coolers from COVID store of a government hospital in Karachi. The incident took place on October 22 at Sindh Government Hospital – New Karachi where a group of men carried off hundreds of oxygen cylinders and water coolers from COVID store in front of staff and many …