Australia’s Melbourne extends sixth virus lockdown

Melbourne, Aug 29 (AFP/APP):A lockdown of Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne will be extended, authorities announced Sunday as they struggle to quash a stubborn coronavirus Delta variant outbreak. Almost seven million people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state were scheduled to exit a four-week lockdown on […]

New Covid-19 curfew in Guinea-Bissau

Bissau, Aug 27 (AFP/APP):Guinea-Bissau’s government said Friday it would reinstate a curfew and other coronavirus infection control restrictions for two weeks to bring an outbreak of the more transmissible Delta variant under control. Ministers agreed a ban on going out between 8:00 pm and 5:00 […]

Corona claims 25 lives in KP

PESHAWAR, Aug 26 (APP):Coronavirus claimed 25 more lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday while 519 new cases have been reported in the province during last 24 hours. According to Health Department the tally of total cases reported so far is 159483. The number of recoveries […]

Health Secretary for speeding up dengue surveillance

LAHORE, Aug 24 (APP):Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare department Sarah Aslam has directed the department to speed up dengue prevention activities across Punjab. In a statement on Tuesday, she appealed to the public to take special care of cleanliness and citizens should be more responsible […]

Five billion Covid shots: a state of play worldwide

Paris, Aug 24 (AFP/APP):More than five billion anti-Covid jabs have been given globally, but wide disparities between rich and poor countries in access to vaccines persist. While the most advanced countries are already giving booster shots, vaccination drives are not getting off the ground in […]

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