Health

MONTREAL: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued new guidelines on Friday to facilitate continued testing amid the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic. Noting that the spread of COVID-19 had evolved into “an even greater health and societal emergency” since its March 6 communique, WADA urged Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) to act in accordance with restrictions placed by local health authorities “to …

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, the concept of social distancing has gained limelight as experts deem it to be a highly effective preventive measure. However, for those who think the drastic measure may not last for long: brace yourselves, as the world seems to be in for the long haul as far as social distancing is concerned. According to a …

GILGIT: A team of the chemistry department of the University of Baltistan has developed a local organic ‘hand sanitiser’ to prevent coronavirus infections in remote areas of the region. On the request of the Skardu district administration, the varsity has started bulk production of alcohol-based bleach-free hand sanitiser for free distribution to the health workers and general public. Vice-Chancellor Dr …

ISLAMABAD: Doctors’ representatives from four public service hospitals in the federal capital on Thursday announced that they cannot continue working without personal protective equipment (PPE) and would shut the outpatient departments (OPDs) from March 24. Doctors from Pims, Polyclinic, National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) and Federal General Hospital spoke at a press conference held at Pakistan Institute of Medical …

KARACHI: Authorities in Sindh on Wednesday started preparing ‘mass quarantine facilities’ in Karachi, Nooribabad industrial area, Nawabshah, and Larkana on the pattern of Sukkur Quarantine Center to keep at least 10,000 people in isolation. The move comes after the total number of COVID-19 cases in Sindh to 208. The development comes after the total number of positive coronavirus cases in …

• Number of confirmed cases now over 245 • PM visits quarantine centre near D.G. Khan • Buzdar sets up Rs5bn fund • FM pins hopes on China’s anti-virus expertise ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: The inevitable finally happened on Wednesday when Pakistan joined the rapidly growing list of countries with coronavirus fatalities after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded the country’s first two deaths …

People suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms should avoid self-medicating with ibuprofen, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, after French authorities warned anti-inflammatory drugs could worsen the effects of the virus. The warnings over the weekend by French Health Minister Olivier Veran followed a recent study in The Lancet weekly medical journal that hypothesised that an enzyme that is boosted when taking …

KARACHI: The government of Sindh on Monday announced the closure of out-patient departments (OPDs)at all major public health facilities across the province for the next 15 days after coronavirus cases in the country crossed 237. The move was made to prevent patients as well as healthcare workers from coronavirus infection. A Sindh government spokesperson said the OPDs at National Institute …

RAWALPINDI: A total of 145,073 children were vaccinated on the second day of the polio immunisation drive in the district and a new list of refusals has been prepared, a meeting chaired by the deputy commissioner was informed on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Headquarters Dr Satish and senior district health authority and police officials. Rawalpindi …

KARACHI: Experts at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) said Monday that Sindh government’s efforts to curb coronavirus (COVID-19) were praiseworthy. “COVID-19 cases are gradually on the rise in the country and eventually it would spread and infect more people in Pakistan but all the efforts are being made to slow down its spread among people and communities,” Dr Faisal …