Oxfam warned, “Poverty and hunger can cause more deaths than for coronavirus as it has killed more than 549,000 people worldwide.”Oxfam, an international confederation of 20 non-governmental organizations that work to eliminate hunger and poverty said in a press release that COVID-19 related huger can kill 12,000 people per.According to …
Read More »Pakistan posts biggest single-day recoveries taking recovery rate to 55%
Recovery Rate of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has reached 55.5% after 11,471 cases were recorded all around the country over the past 24 hours. According to the government’s COVID-19 portal, the recoveries were the highest in a single day in the country. The total number of recovered cases is 125,094 …
Read More »Prime Minister Imran Khan defends govt’s Coronavirus response
Prime Minister Imran Khan advocated his government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic saying that there has been no confusion or contradiction in official policies since the start of this pandemic. Talking in the parliament during the budget session the Prime Minister said that he has repeated since day one the …
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 »Europe slowly eases lockdown restrictions, Norway stays stubbornly shut
OSLO: Bettina Wintermark said “I believe I’ll never see her alive again” worrying that her adopted country Norway’s pandemic travel ban means she won’t be able to make one last visit to her dying mother in France. The Scandinavian country which brought coronavirus under control the fastest has ignored plans …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to allow around 1,000 pilgrims to perform Hajj
Riyadh: Around 1,000 pilgrims will be allowed to perform Hajj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic causing Saudi Arabia to scale back the ritual.According to the announcement done by Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten “The pilgrims will be around 1000 or less or maybe a little more.He also said, “The …
Read More »Lack of global leadership greatest threat in tackling coronavirus
The World Health Organisation’s Director-General told on an online conference that “the novel coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating and its effects will last for decades.”He told the virtual health forum organized by Dubai authorities that the greatest threat facing the world is not only the virus but the lack of …
Read More »Effective implementation of smart lockdown fails on the very first day
The first day of lockdown in Karachi which was on Thursday at 7 pm failed as the authorities were not able to effectively close down the areas marked as hotspots for the novel coronavirus, as markets and streets remain crowded with people until late night.Areas like Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, North Karachi, …
Read More »New Zealand & China reports new cases after a win against the virus
There are over two dozen new coronavirus cases in China and New Zealand got a new coronavirus case after months which show there are still endless challenges present to contain the deadly pandemic, even as some EU nations have started reopening their borders to fellow Europeans. More than eight million …
Read More »Major cities of Pakistan undergo COVID-19 “smart lockdown”
Different areas in major cities of Pakistan have started going into smart lockdown on Tuesday after the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) issued a list of 20 cities that are diagnosed as coronavirus hotspots across the country. Part of Islamabad and Peshawar have been sealed while major areas of …
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