Health officials say the polio virus was present in a New York City suburb’s wastewater a month before a case was detected in July, The case – the first in the US since 2013 – was found in an unnamed patient in Rockland County. Officials say no new cases have …
Read More »Dangerous bacterium found in Mississippi soil
US health officials say they have found a rare but dangerous type of bacterium in soil and water samples in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. The bug, called Burkholderia pseudomallei, can make some people extremely sick if they become infected. Most healthy people who come into contact will not …
Read More »Resurgent Covid-19
AS if the country’s economic problems were not stressful enough, we now have to worry about resurgent Covid-19. According to the National Command and Operation Centre, new cases have risen to the highest in 80 days, with Karachi and Hyderabad now reporting positivity rates of above 10pc — a level which, in …
Read More »Prices of drug to treat Covid-19 reduced
ISLAMABAD: Amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the country, the federal cabinet on Tuesday reduced the price of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug administered to Covid-19 patients. The price of 100mg IV injection has been reduced from Rs2,300 to Rs1,892, said Federal Minister Abdul Qadir Patel. “It will help the …
Read More »Footprints: When cheap ghee loses its utility
HOW much does a packet of ghee cost? Rs650 a kilo if you ask the well-heeled; Rs300, humiliation and a few hours of waiting for those less fortunate. The air inside the Diwan-e-Khas Utility Store on Gizri Boulevard is rank with desperation. Tired citizens, both young and old, have lined …
Read More »COVID-19 situation in Sindh not improving: Asad Umar
Federal Minister of Planning Asad Umair said that the coronavirus situation in Sindh has not improved which is concerning for the government and more consultations are going to be held to review the measures. The federal minister said in his statement that Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases can remain under 400,000 if …
Read More »Medical experts warn British govt to prepare for second virus wave
Medical experts informed the British government regarding the real risk of the second wave of coronavirus after the relaxed their lockdown in England.The experts in an open letter printed in the British Medical Journal said: “While the future shape of the pandemic in the UK is hard to predict the …
Read More »Parts of Lahore to face complete lockdown after midnight
The Health Minister Yasmin Rashid just confirmed that the Punjab government just announced that they will be locking down some areas of Lahore that have an increasing number of coronavirus cases being disclosed from the provincial capital.During a press conference, the minister said that “Many areas of Lahore are going …
Read More »SOPs relaxed for people returning from Afghanistan
Landhi Kotal: As there a change in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Pakistani’s that are coming back to Pakistan from Afghanistan via the Torkham border as the mandatory stay at the quarantine centers in Khyber tribal district have been eased as arrival 413 people arrive last Saturday.Officials said …
Read More »Patients need no rest of antibiotics:
Patients need no rest of antibiotics: UK medical experts say most patients should be advised to rest rather than propose antibiotics. Public Health England or PhE says one of the five prescriptions of antibiotics is unnecessary because many diseases automatically disappear.so that patients should be care this and get rid …
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