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GENEVA: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has become the first African to head the World Health Organization, faces the towering challenge of coordinating a global pandemic response increasingly complicated by US-China tensions. The former Ethiopian minister of health and foreign affairs, Tedros is the first African to head WHO. He finds himself at the heart of global efforts to rein in …

AURORA III; An Illinois woman who claimed to have COVID-19 was arrested Monday after spitting in a nurse’s face at an Aurora hospital. Just after midnight on Monday, police were called to Mercy Hospital, located in the 1300 block of North Highland Avenue, after received a report of the alleged incident. Cynthia Meyers, 33, of Oswego, was arrested after police …

KHAIRPUR: A minor boy was injured after being bitten by a stray dog in Khairpur’s tehsil of Setharja on Monday. According to details, the minor was playing outside his house when a stray dog attacked and bit him severely. He was taken to the Thari Mirwah Hospital, but the healthcare facility denied him vaccination claiming that they did not have the anti-rabies …

ABBOTTBAD: Another doctor has tested positive for the novel coronavirus at Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad, ARY News reported on Monday. According to the deputy medical director of the Ayub medical complex, the infected doctor has been quarantine after the detection of the deadly virus. It may be noted that the number of infected doctors in the Ayub Mecial Complex has …

A California-based biopharmaceutical company has claimed to have discovered an antibody that could protect people from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and eject it out of the human body within four days. Sorrento Therapeutics claims that the STI-1499 antibody can provide “100% inhibition” of the coronavirus. It added that the treatment could be available months prior to the release of a vaccine …

ISLAMABAD: The nationwide tally of coronavirus has soared to 40,151 in Pakistan with 1,352 new cases reported during the past 24 hours, ARY News reported on Sunday. According to the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), 14,584 cases have so far been detected in Punjab, 15,590 in Sindh, 5,847 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2,544 in Balochistan, 572 in Gilgit Baltistan, 947 …

KARACHI: Sindh recorded 787 new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, bringing the provincial tally of Covid-19 positive cases to 16377, according to Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah In a video message on the coronavirus situation in the province, he said 787 people turned out to be positive for the deadly virus when 5,034 tests were conducted during …

Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective. “Spraying or fumigation of outdoor spaces, such …

Russia on Saturday recorded its highest daily death toll yet from the coronavirus while new cases fell to the lowest level in two weeks. Russia is in second place in the world to the United States with 272,043 cases, with 9,200 new cases announced Saturday, the lowest number since May 2. But the number of deaths announced Saturday for the …

CHARSADDA: Three doctors including Medical Superintendent (MS) posted at the Women and Children Hospital, Charsadda on Saturday tested positive for the coronvirus. According to Dr Ahsan, the two infected doctors were posted at the District Headquarters (DHQ) hospital. The doctors were quarantine soon after confirmation of the virus. He said a nurse at the DHQ hospital  also tested positive for …