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Unvaccinated US school teacher spread Covid to 26 people

Posted on August 28, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Aug 27 (AFP/APP):An unvaccinated teacher at an elementary school in California spread the Delta variant of the coronavirus to at least 26 other people, including 12 students in their classroom, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. […]

Achievements against Covid made possible by tireless efforts of NCOC: Fawad

Posted on August 8, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said that achievements against coronavirus had been made possible due to the tireless efforts and interest of the National Command and Control Center (NCOC) for which its entire team deserved the credit. In […]

PTDC starts Covid-related training program for tour guides, restaurant managements

Posted on June 9, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Aftab-Ur-Rehman Rana Wednesday said that PTDC has begun a special virus-related training programs for local tour operators, hotel and restaurant managements for promoting responsible tourism activities after long gap of Covid lockdown. This initiative will help […]

Pakistan to send COVID, medical emergency assistance to Palestine: Fawad

Posted on May 18, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday said Pakistan would send coronavirus (COVID-19) and medical emergency relief assistance to Palestine on humanitarian grounds to mitigate sufferings of innocent people there. The decision to this effect was taken in the Federal Cabinet meeting, […]

President feels people can manage to overcome Covid by sticking to SOPs

Posted on May 12, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday said that from statistics, it appeared that people in Pakistan could manage to overcome Covid pandemic by following standard operating procedures (SOPs) to contain its further spread. In series of tweets, the president said that these SOPs included waring […]

Workers need greater protections amidst COVID fight, ILO report

Posted on April 28, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, : The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the workplace dangers faced by key workers who need far greater protection to do their jobs safely, the International Labour Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said in a new report. The report, released to mark World […]

Over 100,000 vaccinated against COVID in single day

Posted on April 28, 2021 by News Desk

Chairman National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Asad Umar Wednesday said the total number of anti COVID vaccination in a single day had crossed the 100,000 mark. “Daily vaccinations crossed 1 lakh in a day for the first time yesterday (April 27),” he said adding […]

AstraZeneca Vaccine ‘less effective’ against Indian strain of COVID: UK

Posted on April 20, 2021 by News Desk

The United Kingdom on Monday put India on its ‘Red List’, banning all incoming travellers from the country and allowing only those who carry a British or an Irish passport. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the decision was taken due to a new […]

Bill Gates gives thoughts on when world will ‘be back to normal’ from COVID

Posted on March 25, 2021 by News Desk

Last month, Bill Gates said a third shot of the vaccine might be needed to battle COVID-19 in the future, as there are concerns that current vaccines are less effective against the new virus variants, such as those from South Africa and Brazil. American philanthropist and billionaire […]

China exports spike to highest in decades after COVID

Posted on March 8, 2021 by News Desk

Beijing – China’s export growth jumped to the highest in over two decades, official data showed on Sunday, with imports also surging in a sharp bounce back from the coronavirus outbreak that had brought activity to a near halt. Electronics and textile exports such as masks contributed […]

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