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2,963 persons test positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours

Pakistan has reported 60 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 426,142. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,547 on Wednesday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 2,963 […]

Pakistan reports 3,795 new COVID-19 cases in one day

Pakistan has reported 37 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 420,294. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,398 on Monday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,795 […]

COVID-19 is most serious global crisis since second world war, says PM Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday has called this pandemic the most serious global crisis since the second world war. While addressing the two-day virtual session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he proposed a ten-point agenda on how to avoid an economic collapse in […]

ICCI organizes seminar on how to reduce impact of Covid-19

Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the Chief Commissioner Islamabad and Chairman CDA Amir Ali Ahmed at where Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Hamza Shafqat, former ICCI President Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi and others were also present. Speaking on the […]

COVID-19 positivity rate surges to 8.16pc in Pakistan: NCOC

National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Tuesday said that coronavirus positivity rate has surged to 8.16 percent in Pakistan. As per NCOC, Sindh has highest the COVID-19 positivity rate of 14.1 percent with Karachi at 20.12 percent and Hyderabad at 18.43 percent. The positivity […]

Face mask- a protective measure against COVID-19, prevents spreading of contagion to a large extent

As the second wave of COVID-19 surges in Pakistan, NCOC issued SOPs to cope with the lethality of the outbreak and directed masses to use face masks as a must. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also […]

Three more Pakistan players in New Zealand test positive for Covid-19

KARACHI – Three more members of the 54-member Pakistan squad in New Zealand have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of infected cases to nine.m.pk%2F02-Dec-2020%2Fthree-more-pakistan-players-in-new-zealand-test-positive-for-covid-19&locale=en_US&sdk=joey An official source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the New Zealand health authorities confirmed that three people have […]

Lewis Hamilton tests positive for Covid-19

Islamabad-F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus just days after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix. The British driver, 35, has mild symptoms according to his Mercedes team and has been forced to isolate in a hotel in Bahrain for 10 days, ruling […]

Eight members of Pak cricket squad tested positive for COVID-19 in New Zealand

LAHORE, Dec 02 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board said on Wednesday that out of 54, a total of eight Pakistan cricket team members have tested positive following day 1, 3 and 6 tests in New Zealand after the arrival of the team. Following Wednesday morning’s one […]

Holding public meetings amidst spike in COVID-19 deaths tantamount to playing with people’s lives: PM

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that holding public meetings amidst spike in deaths due to COVID-19 in the country was tantamount to playing with the lives of people. “As the number of single-day deaths due to COVID in the […]

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