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ISLAMABAD: The number of Covid-19 active cases in Pakistan has crossed the 1,200 mark, quoting health sources.  According to figures released by the sources within NIH said Pakistan’s active Covid-19 cases currently stand at 1,243, while over 1.5 million people have recovered from the deadly virus. The recovery ratio from Covid-19 in Pakistan is 98pc, the sources said adding as …

ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 positivity ratio in Karachi has reached an alarming level of 28.30 percent, the highest in the country, quoting sources within the health ministry. According to details shared by the sources, the positivity ratio in Karachi jumped to 28.30 pc in last 24 hours, while the positivity ratio remained 100 per cent in Hyderabad and Swabi. During the …

ISLAMABAD: The French Development Agency (AFD) has joined global polio eradication partners with its commitment to filling the funding gap of Pakistan government in its efforts to eradicate polio. According to a statement issued by the health ministry on Sunday, a delegation of the AFD and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation met the special health secretary and visited the National …

ISLAMABAD: While Covid-19 positivity ratio continued to stay above two per cent in Pakistan, at least 103 new Covid-19 cases were reported in past 24 hours, quoting the National Institute of Health (NIH). According to the stats, the new infections were detected after 4,685 coronavirus diagnostic tests were performed across the country, which placed Pakistan’s positivity ratio at 2.20%. Moreover, …

ISLAMABAD: As the rising number of Covid-19 cases has prompted the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to recommend mask-wearing in crowded places, the Punjab health minister has blamed the uptick on political activities, especially in Lahore, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and other cultural activities. Talking to Dawn, Dr Javed Akram also insisted that pandemic fatigue — an expected …

LAHORE: The Punjab health department on Friday made facemasks mandatory at public places due to a possible increase in Covid-19 cases.  According to a notification issued by the provincial health department, people have been directed to wear facemasks at public places in Punjab including Lahore amid a possible spike in Covid-19 cases. The Punjab health department has also made facemasks …

Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said. The illness was detected in “a total of seven people (with) symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding in various body parts and kidney failure”, the health ministry said in a statement released late Thursday. The government has …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2023 after a three-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district became the latest victim of the crippling disease, the health ministry confirmed on Friday. The case has been reported at a time when delegations of the French Agency for Development (FAD) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are in the …

Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said. The illness was detected in “a total of seven people (with) symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding in various body parts and kidney failure”, the health ministry said in a statement released late Thursday. The government has …

ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan struggling to eradicate the crippling disease, the first polio case of the year 2023 was confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bannu district on Friday quoting health officials. According to a spokesman for National Ministry for Health, the poliovirus was found in a child from Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). “In the outgoing year 2022, as many …