Health

LAHORE: As many as 34 students got coronavirus in various schools in Punjab during the last three days after resuming the education activities. A spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department said that of them 24 children tested positive for Covid-19 in Gujranwala, seven in Nankana Sahib and others in Bhakkar and Lodhran. Two employees of the schools …

ISLAMABAD: As the country recorded more than 750 Covid-19 positive cases after a gap of one month, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday said that 13 educational institutions were closed down during the last 24 hours for flouting health guidelines and standards operating procedures (PSOs). “In last 24 hours, 13 educational institutions have been closed across Pakistan …

DADU: Negligence of Sindh government has ruined the beauty of country’s largest lake of sweetwater, Manchar Lake. Known as a paradise for fishermen, the Manchar Lake, situated in Sindh’s district of Dadu has now been transformed into a ‘lake of toxic water’ and often being called as ‘dead lake’. The water of the lake has turned that much toxic now …

ISLAMABAD: With six frontrunners in the race to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, Pakistan has begun efforts to build a system to provide a vaccine across the country. “Though it is a fact that there is currently no vaccine available internationally, we need to develop a mechanism to ensure that a vaccine can reach every part of the country within …

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus claimed six more lives across the country during the last 24 hours, lifting the overall death toll to 6,399. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 545 more people tested positive for the infection during this period, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 303,634. As many as 291,169 Covid-19 patients have …

NEW DELHI: Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as the EU’s chief warned against “vaccine nationalism” in the frantic global race to battle the disease. Worldwide cases are rapidly approaching 30 million, with more than 936,000 known Covid-19 deaths since the virus emerged in China late last year. The global economy has been devastated and nations …

ISLAMABAD: Another three people have tested positive for Covid-19 out of 5,000 samples taken from public and private educational institutions in the capital so far. Two employees of the city’s largest women’s college were among those diagnosed with the disease, shocking education authorities in the city. Those who tested positive have been told to isolate for two weeks. There have …

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has decided to launch a four-day anti-polio campaign in the country from September 21 to 25 citing sources. According to sources in the federal health ministry, the campaign would be launched in all four provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan. The sources in the health ministry said that there would be two catch-up …

PESHAWAR: Eight teachers of Government Higher Secondary School Rashkai in Peshawar have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to the Elementary and Secondary Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the infected teachers have been sent to their homes on 15 days leave. Meanwhile, the academic activities in the school are underway under strict precautionary measures. Yesterday, an educational institute in …

India’s coronavirus infections surged past 5 million on Wednesday, piling pressure on hospitals grappling with unreliable supplies of oxygen that they need to treat tens of thousands of critical patients. In the big states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, that are also some of the worst affected by the virus, demand for oxygen has more than tripled, doctors and …