Pakistan ‘ill-prepared’ to combat new Covid variants: Reports
Dec 26, 2022, at 11:44 pm
New Delhi: Health authorities in Pakistan are ill-prepared to stop the arrival of the new variant of the COVID-19, which is wreaking havoc in China, from entering the nation, media reports said.
Pakistan may witness another COVID-19 wave, experts warn
Jun 26, 2022, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad: Experts believe Pakistan may witness yet another COVID-19 wave as daily cases continue to witness a surge for the past couple of days, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan registers 44 fresh COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Feb 12, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan registered 44 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Pakistani leader Rehman Malik shifted to ventilator as COVID-19 complications worsens
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:26 am
Islamabad: Senior Pakistani political leader Rehman Malik has been shifted to an intensive care unit (ICU) and put on a ventilator after his coronavirus symptoms have gotten worse, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate sees nine-fold spike in one month
Jan 14, 2022, at 03:02 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate has increased by nine-fold in just one month as over 3,000 cases were reported on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Sindh govt says 50 percent of cases are Omicron
Jan 04, 2022, at 03:17 pm
Karachi: Pakistan's Sindh government on Monday said the prevalence of micron variant has now touched 50 percent in the province.
Dec 24, 2021, at 11:11 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has failed to transfer full relief promised by Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Economic Stimulus Package during Covid-19, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan registers 1,308 new COVID-19 cases, 54 more deaths
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:45 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan on Monday confirmed 1,308 new COVID-19 cases and 54 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
Pakistan records 4,075 new Coronavirus cases
Aug 24, 2021, at 11:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan has reported 4,075 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
Pakistan Minister says new restrictions to be imposed in major cities amid rising COVID-19 cases
Aug 03, 2021, at 03:36 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Monday said new restrictions will be imposed in several major cities in the country to contain rising COVID-19 cases.
Pakistan records over 4000 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jul 28, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is once against witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases as daily case count crossed 4,000 for the first time in two months Wednesday.
Amid SOP violations, Pakistan witnesses positivity ratio crossing 11 pct
Jul 27, 2021, at 02:54 pm
Islamabad: Violation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) during Eidul Azha has now started to show the dismal outcome as Pakistan is reporting 11.88 percent positivity ratio, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan registers 1mn COVID-19 cases
Jul 25, 2021, at 01:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has now become the 30th nation in the world to cross the grim milestone of 1 million cases.
Pakistan reports 37 fresh COVID-19 deaths
Jul 20, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan reported 37 fresh COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll due to the highly infectious disease to 22848, media reports said on Tuesday.
Jul 12, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Monday blamed Delta variant as the reason behind the current COVID-19 situation in Pakistan.
Pakistan records over 1000 new COVID-19 cases for two consecutive days
Jul 02, 2021, at 09:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan continued to register over 1000 COVID-19 cases for the past two days, marking yet another spike in cases in the country.
Pakistan Minister warns fourth wave may hit country next month
Jun 26, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar warned the nation might face the fourth wave of COVID-19 in July.
COVID-19: Pakistan is facing acute shortage of vaccines, centres closed in Sindh
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:24 am
Islamabad: Pakistan is facing acute vaccine shortage and several cities across the country have either suspended vaccination or slowed down the process, media report said.
Pakistan: NOC only hands over 1000 Pfizer vaccine to Balochistan government
Jun 16, 2021, at 01:01 am
Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Centre has handed over only 1,000 doses of Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine to the Balochistan government at a time when the nation is fighting to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flouting SOPs could lead to another COVID-19 wave in Pakistan, alerts top official
Jun 09, 2021, at 04:05 am
Islamabad: A top Pakistani official has said the country might witness another wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the upcoming days if standard operating procedures (SOPs) are not followed.
Pakistan seeks broad-based partnership with US, seeks help to arrange Covid 19 vaccine
May 25, 2021, at 08:11 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has now sought the US role in arranging coronavirus vaccine for his country after the nation failed to get supply committed under the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX because of excessive global demand.
Pakistan locally produces single-dose Chinese Cansino Covid vaccine
May 24, 2021, at 10:17 pm
In what came as a big move for vaccine manufacturing in Pakistan, the country has successfully produced 124,000 doses of Cansino, a single dose Covid-19 vaccine produced by a Chinese firm, Cansino Biologics. The single-shot vaccine has 65.7 percent efficiency.
May 24, 2021, at 05:14 pm
Islamabad: The coronavirus positivity ratio remains higher than 5 percent in 12 districts of Sindh which is forcing authorities to keep educational institutes in the region closed till June 6.
Pakistan records 4007 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
May 22, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan recorded 4,007 new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
Saudi Kingdom's new vaccine conditions leaves Pakistani travellers in trouble
May 14, 2021, at 07:06 pm
Riyadh: The Saudi kingdom has not added any of the Chinese manufactured vaccines in its list which has left Pakistanis' aspiration to travel to the kingdom in trouble, media reports said.
Pakistan records 48 new COVID-19 deaths as nation observes Eid amid virus spread fear
May 14, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 48 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Friday, even as the country celebrated Eid for another year amid fear of the deadly virus.
Conflict over COVID-19: Pakistan traders to continue commercial activities despite rise in cases
May 09, 2021, at 09:38 pm
Islamabad: A conflict has emerged between Pakistani traders and the government over the issue of COVID-19 as the All Pakistan Traders Association had announced it would continue to carry out all commercial activities starting tomorrow until a day before Eid celebration.
May 09, 2021, at 01:14 pm
It seems that religion has gripped Pakistan and been given more priority by people and authorities even at a time when the country is battling the dangerous wave of COVID-19.
First consignment of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrives in Pakistan
May 09, 2021, at 03:56 am
The first consignment of the Oxford University-developed coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca arrived in Pakistan on Saturday, Daily Pakistan reported.
COVID-19 stings Pakistan: 120 fresh deaths recorded
May 08, 2021, at 07:16 pm
Pakistan has reported 120 fresh deaths related to COVID-19, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus to 18,797, media reports said.