Health

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has decided in principle to resort to enforcement of a lockdown across the state as cases of Covid-19 are on the rise again. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Sunday. During the meeting, officials expressed serious concern over increasing number of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported six more coronavirus-related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll from the deadly disease to 6,513. As many as 33,725 samples were tested during this period, out of which 632 turned out to be positive, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The number of Covid-19 cases across the country has reached 314,616 …

QUETTA: Five more cases of the coronavirus have been detected at educational institutions in Balochistan, health officials said on Saturday. According to the health department, the number of Covid-19 cases thus far diagnosed at educational institutions has soared to 550. It said the provincial tally of infections has reached 15,323 after new cases surfaced during the last 24 hours. Earlier …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported eight more coronavirus-related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll from the disease to 6,507. As many as 35,071 samples were tested during this period, out of which 553 turned out to be positive, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The number of Covid-19 cases across the country has reached 313,984 …

India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, and its epidemic shows no sign of abating. Total deaths rose to 100,842, the health ministry said, while the tally of infections climbed to 6.47 million after a daily increase …

RAWALPINDI: Five more staffers of educational institutions were found infected with Covid-19 in the last two days, taking the tally to 12. The random sampling for the virus was launched in educational intuitions of the Rawalpindi district on September 15. In the first phase from September 15 to September 23, seven patients were detected while in the second phase from …

MADRID: The coronavirus situation in Europe continued to deteriorate Thursday, with French authorities warning that Paris could be put on maximum alert and Spain extending drastic restrictions across its capital Madrid. By 2000 GMT Thursday the pandemic had killed at least 1,019,267 people around the world and infected over 34 million, according to an AFP tally based on official sources. …

ISLAMABAD: Good news for the doctors working in the government hospitals of Islamabad as the federal government on Friday announced to raise their non-practicing allowance.  The Finance ministry after approval of Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued a circular in this regard. The doctors working in the government hospitals of the federal capital will also get a special healthcare allowance. …

Six marriage halls and 103 restaurants have been sealed in Karachi for failing to comply with health guidelines and Covid-19 prevalence, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Friday. In a statement, the body said all provinces — as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad Capital Territory — have been instructed to ensure the implementation …

ISLAMABAD: Up to 260 per cent increase in prices of medicines has compelled a major segment of patients to reduce drug dosage or discontinue treatment, while leading pharmaceutical manufactures believe the move will ensure availability of medicines in the market. However, pharmacists and some manufacturers of medicines allege that the pharmaceutical industry played its cards well by linking the drug prices with …