COVID-19 vaccine may never be found, warns UK PM
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a COVID-19 survivor, has warned that a mass vaccine for the highly contagious disease may be over a year away and may in fact never be found. In his foreword to the government’s new 50-page guidance on a step by step easing of the lockdown measures in place to […]
Pak reduces quarantine period for inbound air passengers
Islamabad: Pakistan has reduced the quarantine period before testing for inbound air passengers from 48 hours to the earliest possible in an effort to bring back more citizens stranded abroad amidst the coronavirus-induced travel restrictions. Following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s directive to bring stranded citizens back home, the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), in […]
Covid-19: Death toll surges past 80,000 in US
Washington: President Donald Trump has said the US has increased the COVID-19 testing capacity and the number of tests being conducted in the country will cross the 10 million-mark this week even as the coronavirus deaths surged past 80,000 in the world’s worst-affected nation. The coronavirus, which originated in China, has so far infected more […]
COVID-19: Jaishankar to take part in SCO FMs video conference
Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar would take part in an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the eight member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Wednesday to discuss cooperation to fight against the deadly coronavirus. Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, told a media briefing here on Tuesday that the video conference would discuss […]
Plasma therapy patient in Pakistan recovers
Islamabad: For the time in Pakistan, a coronavirus patient has recovered following a successful convalescent plasma therapy at a hospital in Karachi, a senior health expert said on Sunday. Convalescent plasma therapy uses antibodies from the blood of a recovered coronavirus patient to treat those critically affected by the virus. A 53-year-old COVID-19 patient admitted […]
Taliban attack on army checkpoint kills 6
Kabul: The Taliban attacked an Afghan army checkpoint in eastern Laghman province, killing six soldiers and wounding five, the government said Monday. The insurgents claimed responsibility for the assault, which took place on Sunday night, just days after US special envoy in new talks with the Taliban in Qatar reemphasized the need for a reduction […]
Resumption of train services
Only asymptomatic people with confirmed tickets eligible to travel: MHA
New Delhi: Ahead of the resumption of select passenger train services, the Home Ministry Monday made it clear that only asymptomatic people with confirmed tickets will be allowed to travel in 15 trains to be operational from Tuesday, nearly 50 days since all passenger services halted due to the coronavirus lockdown. Listing the Standard Operating […]
States to ensure unhindered movement of doctors, paramedics: MHA
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to ensure uninterrupted movement of doctors and other healthcare workers during the ongoing lockdown, saying curbs on them can lead to severe constraints in rendering COVID and non-COVID medical services. There have been reports of health care services being affected in some places including in the national capital […]
Coronavirus cases in Singapore surges to 23,336 with 20 deaths: Health Ministry
Singapore: Singapore on Sunday reported 876 new cases of coronavirus, mostly among the foreign workers residing in the dormitories, taking the total infections to 23,336 with 20 deaths so far, the health ministry said. Vast majority of the new cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories while only three of the infected […]
COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000
Rome: The number of people in Italy who’ve died with COVID-19 infections has topped 30,000. The Health Ministry registered 243 deaths on Friday, bringing the total of those who died in the country to 30,201. Italy was the first country in Europe with a major outbreak of the coronavirus. Authorities say many more likely died […]