Health

ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday declared wearing of masks mandatory at crowded places, markets and in public transport, as 3,067 more people tested positive for the deadly virus that claimed another 77 lives during the past 24 hours. The government also decided to double the number of overseas Pakistanis being brought back daily. The announcements were made by Special Assistants …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan confirmed 88 more deaths from novel coronavirus during last 24 hours as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 1,483, ARY News reported on Sunday. According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,039 new coronavirus cases surfaced during the past twenty-four hours, taking the nationwide tally to 69,496. Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the …

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Friday that the highest spike in COVID-19 cases was recorded in Pakistan during the last 24 hours. Dr Zafar Mirza, while talking to ARY News programme ‘Sawal Yeh Hai’, said that the number of coronavirus cases will increase in coming days as it was estimated. He said …

WASHINGTON: Coronavirus worldwide cases have crossed 6-million mark taking positive patients toll to 6,026,375 with 3,66,418 deaths while 2,656,144 have recovered, according to Worldometer figures. United States, Spain, Russia, UK, Germany, Brazil, Italy, France are among the worst-hit countries having maximum cases of coronavirus and the numbers are increasing every day. The United States continues to remain the worst-hit country …

LARKANA: Stray dogs bitten nine people including two children in Larkana reported on Saturday. The affected persons were shifted to emergency ward of the Chandka Hospital. The number of dog bite cases in Larkana has surged to 69 in last 10 days. Earlier, on Jan 30, a female news anchor was injured after being bitten by a dog in Karachi’s defence …

One in 10 diabetics with coronavirus dies within seven days of hospital admission, according to a study of more than 1,300 patients published on Friday in the journal Diabetologia. Two-thirds of the patients were men, and the average age across both sexes was 70, the study found. “The presence of diabetic complications and increased age increase the risk of death,” the researchers …

PARIS: Doctors can no longer treat COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a controversial and potentially harmful drug nonetheless being promoted by US President Donald Trump, the French government said Wednesday. The move came after two French advisory bodies and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week that the drug, a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, had been shown to …

ABBOTTABAD: The Provincial Doctors Association of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday have demanded to close the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital after 26 employees of the hospital tested positive for the coronavirus. As per details, 26 employees of the DHQ hospital were tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, who were quarantined. Addressing a press conference, the Provincial Doctors Associations demanded immediate closure …

Canadian drug discovery technology company AbCellera, which analyzes and identifies antibodies for pharmaceutical companies working on a coronavirus treatment and other medicines, said on Wednesday it had raised $105 million in funds. AbCellera has been working with pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Co which is developing a coronavirus drug based on antibodies from patients that have recovered from the disease. …

The WHO suspended trials of the drug that Donald Trump has promoted as a coronavirus defence, fuelling concerns about the US president’s handling of the pandemic that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans. Trump has led the push for hydroxychloroquine as a potential shield or treatment for the virus, which has infected nearly 5.5 million people and killed 345,000 around the world, saying …