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WASHINGTON: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) lacks the power to enforce its judgments, but it can seek a UN Security Council vote on its ruling, potentially paving the way for economic sanctions or military action against Israel, legal experts and scholars argue. Last week, the ICJ issued a resolute order against Israel, emphasising adherence to humanitarian standards. The ruling …

US health experts said Friday that cases of monkeypox that are being detected at the moment do not necessarily display the usual symptoms, making the disease more difficult to diagnose. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stressed that identifying cases was crucial to curbing the spread of the disease. “We have seen presentations of monkeypox that are mild …

KARACHI: People living with poor diabetes control are more prone to various types of infectious diseases, including Covid-19 as well as lethal infections like mucormycosis, or ‘black fungus’, as the health condition reduces a person’s ability to fight bacteria, viruses and fungus, experts associated with pandemic control measures, care and treatment in Pakistan warned on Monday. They said in Pakistan …

KARACHI: The urgency of the safety measures taken for the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted routine immunisation of children in Sindh and it must be countered with a mass information campaign regarding vaccination safety and need, experts said at a webinar, debunking myths surrounding vaccination. The event was organised by Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) with the Extended Programme on Immunisation, …

NEW DELHI: As President Donald Trump offered to mediate the India-China border standoff on Wednesday, not before poking Beijing in the eye on Hong Kong and Taiwan, defence experts in New Delhi expressed their fear that the jostling was serious and could turn into an unintended full-blown military action. Former Indian envoy to China and Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, …

KARACHI: Letting a significant number of coronavirus patients opt for ‘home isolation’ instead of admitting them to designated isolation facilities is a major factor contributing to the growing number of local transmission cases, especially in Karachi, it emerged on Wednesday. Of the 1,668 coronavirus cases reported in the province so far, 1,097 are in Karachi. Most of the local transmission …

A team of researchers in Pakistan, led by Dow University of Health Sciences Vice Chancellor Professor Mohammad Saeed Quraishy, think that the genetic make up of the novel coronavirus may alter in a locally transmitted case. The finding is not final as researchers are still studying the genome sequence of the virus and the research, being conducted in coordination with …