COVID-19: Chaos in distribution centre in Pakistan leaves woman dead
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:44 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Highlighting the poor condition of implementation of mechanism to combat COVID-19 in Pakistan, a septuagenarian woman waiting for cash handouts died outside a school in Multan region, media reports said.
COVID-19: Minority communities in Pakistan alleges discrimination by Imran Khan govt
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:41 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Showing the troubles faced by minority communities in Pakistan at a time when the nation is dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, many people belonging to the Christian community have been removed from their jobs, leaving them to an uncertain future ahead.
Pakistan: Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 100 amid defiance by mosques
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:07 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid reports of improper implementation of policies by PM Imran Khan-led government, mistreatment of doctors and defiance of many clerics running mosques, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Pakistan touched 100 on Tuesday.
COVID-19: Israel registers 282 new cases over past 24 hours
Apr 14, 2020, at 03:22 pm
Moscow/UNI: Israel has registered 282 more Coronavirus cases over the past day, bringing the total number of those infected to 11,868, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:46 pm
New York/IBNS: The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of social distancing, testing, contact tracing and isolation, will be crucial to further curb the spread of the new coronavirus already devastating much of the globe.
During this coronavirus pandemic, ‘fake news’ is putting lives at risk: UNESCO
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:45 pm
New York/IBNS: Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators are now referring to the new avalanche of misinformation that’s accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘disinfodemic’.
Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:44 pm
New York/IBNS: Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of contracting COVID-19, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, calling for their urgent release.
Imran govt. slow in reacting to tackle Coronavirus pandemic: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Apr 14, 2020, at 12:59 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, a key politician in the country, on Tuesday attacked Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government and said it was very slow in tackling the threat of coronavirus.
Secretary of State Pompeo says US will hold those ‘responsible’ for COVID-19 accountable
Apr 14, 2020, at 09:46 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The US will hold those ‘responsible’ accountable for the global COVID-19 pandemic that has already caused the deaths of more than 119,000 people worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview with the German newspaper Bild.
Xi Jinping govt faces diplomatic crisis after reports of mistreatment of Africans in China surfaces
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:08 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China is facing a major diplomatic crisis in Africa as several nations have now voiced their concerns amid reports that African nationals are facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in the East Asian country.
COVID-19: Supreme Court directs Imran Khan govt to remove PM's Advisor on Health Dr Zafar Mirza
Apr 13, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: In a major blow for PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, the country's Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, media reports in Pakistan said.
Experts believe Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK are turning into COVID-19 epicentres, blame Imran Khan govt
Apr 13, 2020, at 08:03 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Experts are claiming that Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are fast emerging into COVID-19 hotbeds of the country and even the PM Imran Khan-led government is slowly turning blind eye to the suffering of the people in the region.
Spanish leader slams China for misinformation regarding COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020, at 07:30 pm
Beijing/IBNS: A senior Spanish member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the Conservatives Group, Herman Tertsch, has hammered China for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19 outbreak which has claimed lives across the globe in recent times.
Hindu national forcefully converted to Islam in Karachi
Apr 13, 2020, at 07:16 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: When the world is busy fighting COVID-19 outbreak, radical Islamists in Pakistan continued to convert by force, the latest being a Hindu national in Karachi city.
387 new COVID-19 cases reported in UAE, 4,123 in total
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:53 am
Dubai/Xinhua/UNI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced 387 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 4,123.
Italy Records Lowest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll in 3 Weeks - Official
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:51 am
Rome/ Sputnik/UNI: Italy has recorded 431 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, which is the smallest overnight increase in the country in three weeks, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the National Civil Protection Department, said on Sunday, adding that the total number of COVID-19 fatalities stood at 19,899.
Apr 12, 2020, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amidst coronavirus epidemic, Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region appears to have been forgotten by the country's government after a prominent lawyer of Astore, one of the ten districts of the belt, exposed how the PM Imran Khan-led regime had forgotten the area and have declined to provide even the basic minimum essentials to its people.
UN chief calls on religious leaders to unite in the fight against COVID-19
Apr 12, 2020, at 09:38 pm
New York/IBNS: Religious leaders of all faiths are being urged by the UN Secretary-General to join forces and work for peace around the world and focus on the common battle to defeat COVID-19.
Pakistan: 12 doctors test positive for COVID-19 in Multan hospital
Apr 12, 2020, at 07:47 pm
Multan/IBNS: Twelve doctors and nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Nishtar Medical Hospital in Pakistan's Multan area, media reports said.
Apr 12, 2020, at 04:26 pm
Gilgit/IBNS: Apart from alleged improper implementation of policies by the government at a time when the country is facing COVID-19 outbreak, reports are now emerging that Pakistani agencies are committing atrocities on the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Former Pakistan Minister Rehman Malik urges UN chief to probe COVID-19 origin
Apr 11, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: In a bid to find the origin of the disease, former interior minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has urged the United Nations to form a high-powered commission to investigate whether Coronavirus, which has now hit almost all nations across the globe, is a man-made or a naturally grown virus, media reports said.
Death toll due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh touches 30
Apr 11, 2020, at 05:24 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Dhaka city has touched 30, media reports said.
COVID-19 positive cases reach 555 in Afghanistan
Apr 11, 2020, at 04:40 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: A total of 34 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours bringing the number of the patients infected with the disease to 555, a spokesman of Public Health Ministry Wahid Majroh said Saturday.
Canada: Indian students in lockdown in Greater Toronto Area find saviour in Liaison College
Apr 11, 2020, at 02:04 pm
Brampton, Ontario/IBNS: The shutdown of the Colleges, Universities in Greater Toronto Area due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to lots of uncertainty among international students. Many students lost their daily jobs due to the lockdown situation, as it is well known that many of them meet their daily requirements with temporary part time jobs.
Pakistan settling retired soldiers, labourers in PoK in bid to change demography: Report
Apr 11, 2020, at 01:50 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: In a bid to change the demography of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), PM Imran Khan-led government is settling large numbers of retired Pakistani soldiers in that region, media reports said.
nCoV continues its fury in US, 2508 die in single day
Apr 11, 2020, at 12:20 pm
Washington/UNI: The storm of pandemic novel coronavirus continues unabated in the United States as the total number of cases crossed the 5,00,000-mark with death toll soaring to 18777.
Italian PM extends national coronavirus lockdown
Apr 11, 2020, at 12:15 pm
Rome, April 11 (Xinhua) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday announced the decision to extend the national coronavirus quarantine until at least May 3.
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Korea rises by 30 to 10,480: KCDC
Apr 11, 2020, at 12:11 pm
Seoul/Sputnik/UNI: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 30 to 10,480 over the past day, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Saturday.
COVID-19 threatening global peace and security, UN chief warns
Apr 11, 2020, at 11:58 am
New York/IBNS: While the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis, its implications are more far-reaching and could threaten global peace and security, the UN Secretary-General told members of the Security Council in a closed video-conference held on Thursday.
Apr 10, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Beijing/IBNS: With China claiming that it is significantly recovering from COVID-19 crisis while other nations, including the UK and the US are struggling to contain the virus, some experts believe Beijing is trying to exploit the situation to its own advantage.