Irving, one of the cities hardest hit by the coronavirus in Dallas County, has the lowest enrollment for face-to-face classes compared to other area school districts, such as Dallas, Plano and Frisco. About 39% of the 32,638 students registered in Irving returned to classrooms, while the other 61% took their lessons online, according to district data. An average of 53.2% …

At the bottom of the ballot for many voters in Dallas County, there are five propositions from the Dallas Independent School District for the issuance of school bonds. At nearly $3.7 billion, the package is the largest bond issuance from a local entity in state history, according to data from the Texas Bond Review Board. Officials want to use the …

SAO PAULO/FRANKFURT: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue. Oxford confirmed the plan to keep testing, saying in a statement that after careful assessment “there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical …

LAHORE: The spokesperson to Primary and Secondary Healthcare department confirmed on Thursday that 171 new cases of coronavirus reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 102,107. Four more deaths were reported while the total count reached 2,323, the spokesperson added. The province has conducted 1,493,502 screening tests so far, whereas, 9,289 patients recovered from the …

ISLAMABAD: The first batch of Pakistani health professionals has reached Kuwait following an agreement signed between Pakistan and Kuwait in July. The first batch comprised of 208 healthcare professionals including 15 doctors, 152 staff nurses and 41 medical technicians, said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development. The health professionals were received at Kuwait airport …

LONDON: Britain on Thursday said it would partner with an Oxford-based firm to provide testing for the T cell response of coronavirus vaccine candidates to try to assess their immune responses. T cell immunity is thought to be essential to protection against infection from the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, and could provide longer term immunity than antibodies. The UK Vaccine Taskforce has …

KARACHI: The novel coronavirus has claimed one more life and infected at least 273 people during the past 24 hours in Sindh. In a statement on the daily COVID-19 situation in the province, CM Murad Ali Shah said that one more patient died from the COVID-19 during past 24 hours. He said that 6,551 samples were tested today, which detected …

SEOUL: South Korea’s LG Display on Thursday reported a profit for July-September, ending a six-quarter run of loss, helped by shipments for Apple’s new iPhone and stay-at-home trends boosting panel demand for TVs and laptops. LG Display expects rising panel shipments and sales in the current quarter as well and suggested it has pushed back plans to phase out all …

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympic officials want the world to know they are working on measures to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at next year’s games, even if they don’t know exactly what they will be. Tokyo organisers showcased a few possible remedies on Wednesday, displaying various screening measures at the city’s Big Sight convention complex, the home of the media center …

KARACHI: Former Test captain Rashid Latif on Wednesday lashed out at the national team management’s selection policy and asked them why some of the leading performers including Zahid Mahmood, Danish Aziz, Aamir Yamin were being ignored for the home series against Zimbabwe. Speaking on a private channel, Rashid who is known to be a fair and outspoken man, said when …