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Who is really on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Islamabad, SEP 11(Online): My scrubs and title empower people to ask me, “What’s it like to be on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic?” These people are well-intended, but they have it wrong. Kyle Briggs is a physician assistant specializing in cardiac critical care. […]

Distribution of 40m Sehat Cards across Punjab to start by year end: PM told

ISLAMABAD, Sep 10 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan was told on Friday that the distribution process of 40 million Sehat Insaf Cards across all 36 districts of Punjab would start in December 31 this year and complete by March next year. The prime minister, who was […]

Office air quality affects workers’ cognitive function, study shows

Washington, Sept 9 (AFP/APP):Feeling sluggish at work? Poor ventilation and pollution might play a part. A new study by scientists at Harvard has found that the air quality inside an office can have a significant impact on employees’ cognitive function, including response times and ability […]

Pub promise for locked-down Sydney residents once vaccine target met

Sydney, Sept 9 (AFP/APP):Locked-down Sydney residents could enjoy a beer at the pub as soon as next month if the double-dose vaccination rate hits 70 percent, under an official “roadmap to freedom” released on Thursday. Officials in the eastern state of New South Wales, which […]

Thailand’s new COVID-19 cases drop to lowest since July

BANGKOK, Sept. 7 (Xinhua/APP):Thailand registered 13,821 new COVID-19 cases, the fewest since July 22, while the number of new fatalities was still high at 241, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration reported on Tuesday. Out of the new infections, over 6,000 cases and more than […]

UK’s PM breaks tax pledge to fund new care for elderly

London, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. The government said the tax hike brings Britain into […]

Bangladesh begins mass vaccination for 2nd COVID dose

DHAKA, Sep 7 (AA//APP):Bangladesh on Tuesday started giving a second dose of corona-virus vaccine for over 5 million people who were vaccinated last month under a special drive. The South Asian delta nation of nearly 165 million people held the week-long special vaccination campaign on […]

New Zealand reports 21 new community cases of COVID-19 Delta variant

WELLINGTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua/APP):New Zealand reported 21 new community cases of Delta variant of COVID-19 on Tuesday, all in the largest city Auckland, which brought the total number of cases in the country’s community outbreak to 841. Auckland has 824 community cases and the capital […]

UK pledges £5.4 bn for pandemic-hit state healthcare

London, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):The UK government on Monday announced £5.4 billion (6.3 billion euros, $7.5 billion) in extra funding for the state-funded healthcare system to treat virus cases and clear a massive backlog in routine operations. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and health minister Sajid Javid […]

Covid-19 claims 27 more lives, 1,784 new cases reported in Punjab

LAHORE, Sep 06 (APP):The coronavirus claimed 27 more lives while 1,784 new cases were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) here on Monday, death toll reached […]

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