'New dynamic' needed to overcome negative impacts of COVID-19 worldwide
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:34 am
New York: The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and societies”, a top official told the UN’s key international forum on sustainable development which began on Tuesday, warning that “a new dynamic” is needed to overcome the negative shocks.
Pakistan: Lack of PPEs force doctors to tender resignation in Punjab amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 07, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Islamabad: The frontline health workers seem to be receiving blows in Pakistan where 50 doctors tendered their resignations due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPEs), an essential for them combating COVID-19.
Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit 'fragilities' caused by global health pandemic
Jul 07, 2020, at 06:08 pm
New York: As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world’s health systems, economies and local communities, the UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted how the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities to “new and emerging forms of terrorism”, such as cyberattacks, bioterrorism and the misuse of digital technology.
Support measures helped prevent poverty increase in Russia amid COVID-19 - World Bank
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The government's support measures helped Russia avoid a sudden increase in poverty amid the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank's Country Director for Russia Renaud Seligmann told Sputnik.
Pakistani officials negotiating to receive $2Bln debt relief from G20 Countries – Reports
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Pakistani officials have reached tentative agreements with the majority of its G20 creditors as the country looks to receive just over $2 billion in debt relief, the country’s The News portal reports, citing a Finance Division official.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan's special assistant on health tests positive for COVID-19
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Special Assistant to Pakistani Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza confirmed on Monday that he had quarantined himself at home after being tested positive for COVID-19.
Russian COVID-19 cases rise by 6,736 to 681,251
Jul 05, 2020, at 02:54 pm
Moscow/Xinhua: Russia recorded 6,736 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 681,251, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement Sunday.
Kyrgyzstan reports 506 new COVID-19 cases
Jul 03, 2020, at 04:43 pm
Bishkek/Xinhua: Kyrgyzstan reported 506 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total number to 6,767.
COVID-19 fast becoming protection crisis, Guterres warns Security Council
Jul 03, 2020, at 10:31 am
The COVID-19 pandemic is “profoundly affecting” peace and security across the globe, the Secretary-General told the Security Council on Thursday, pressing the 15-member body to use its collective influence to protect the millions of people either trapped in, or fleeing conflict, and already facing acute vulnerabilities.
Impacts of COVID-19 disproportionately affect poor and vulnerable: UN chief
Jul 01, 2020, at 05:33 pm
Addressing poverty eradication on Tuesday in front of the General Assembly, UN chief António Guterres warned that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling “disproportionately on the most vulnerable: people living in poverty, the working poor, women and children, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups”.
US approved 4 COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials: FDA Head
Jul 01, 2020, at 09:58 am
Washington/Sputnik: The United States has approved four coronavirus vaccine candidates for clinical trials, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) head Stephen Hahn told reporters.
COVID-19:Â China provides medical equipment to BangladeshÂ
Jun 30, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Dhaka/UNI: China has provided medical equipment as assistance to Bangladesh for preventing corona pandemic.
Food is best vaccine against chaos, insists UN World Food Programme head
Jun 30, 2020, at 09:19 am
New York/IBNS: Tens of millions more people are likely to go hungry this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday, as it announced plans for a massive boost to its global aid operation so it can reach them.
COVID-19 and economic revival: Pakistanis not permitted to enter EU as borders set to reopen
Jun 30, 2020, at 01:19 am
Brussels: Pakistan economic revival plans received a jolt as the country has not been included in the draft list of 54 countries that will benefit from the reopening of the European Union external borders, media reports said.
British media reports claim massive import of COVID-19 cases in UK are from Pakistan
Jun 30, 2020, at 01:13 am
London: Certains section of the British media have claimed that half of Britain's most-recent imported coronavirus cases are believed to have come from Pakistan.
Bangladesh Defence Secretary dies of Covid-19
Jun 29, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Defence Secretary, Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury has died of COVID-19 on Monday morning.
European Union, US agree to launch dialogue on China, CCP threat: Pompeo
Jun 29, 2020, at 10:01 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States and the European Union have agreed to launch a dialogue on China to address the threat of the Chinese Communist Party.
California closing bars as coronavirus infection spreads: Governor Newsom
Jun 29, 2020, at 08:51 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Bars in the US state of California are being closed amid a rise in the number of coronavirus cases, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh records 3,809 new cases
Jun 28, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 3,809 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs, raising the nation's total tally to 1,37,787 on Sunday.
Syrians ‘face unprecedented hunger amid impending COVID crisis’
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:45 pm
New York/IBNS: Syrian communities devastated by years of civil war now face an “unprecedented” hunger crisis, just as urgent action is needed to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Pakistan to re-open Kartarpur corridor on Jun 29
Jun 27, 2020, at 01:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan on Saturday announced the reopening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on Jun 29.
COVID-19’s far reaching impact on global drug abuse
Jun 26, 2020, at 10:04 am
New York/IBNS: More than 35 million people around the world now suffer from drug addiction, according to the latest annual report on the scourge, from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released on Thursday, which also analyzes the far-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global drug markets.
Coronavirus casts ‘huge shadow’ over Afghan life as multi-dimensional crisis continues
Jun 26, 2020, at 09:59 am
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health emergency, but a multi-dimensional crisis for Afghanistan, dealing its people a painful blow just as Kabul and the Taliban prepare for peace talks in Qatar, the top UN official in the country says.
Yemen: millions of children facing deadly hunger, amidst aid shortages and COVID-19
Jun 26, 2020, at 09:52 am
New York/IBNS: Millions of children in the heart of the world’s worst humanitarian disaster could be pushed to the brink of starvation, due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Alberta becomes first Canadian province to invest in serology testing of Covid-19
Jun 25, 2020, at 11:14 pm
Alberta/IBNS: Alberta has announced an investment of $10 million for targeted serology testing to help to track the spread of Covid-19 across the province, media reports said.
170 signatories endorse UN ceasefire appeal during COVID crisis
Jun 25, 2020, at 09:55 am
New York/IBNS: UN Member States, Observers and others, sent a strong political message this week, with the announcement that 170 signatories have now endorsed the UN’s call to silence the guns, and stand united against the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Islamabad to get its first Hindu temple, foundation stone laid
Jun 24, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Dubai/IBNS: The Hindu community in Pakistan's Islamabad will worship in their temple soon as a simple ceremony was held to start construction of the first Hindu temple in the capital’s H-9 area on Tuesday.
Kyrgyzstan reports 207 new COVID-19 cases
Jun 24, 2020, at 04:33 pm
Bishkek/Xinhua: Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday reported 207 new COVID-19 cases, taking the nationwide tally to 3,726.
Widows must not be left out of efforts to build back better after COVID-19
Jun 24, 2020, at 10:13 am
New York/IBNS: When countries begin building back from the COVID-19 pandemic they must also work towards dismantling laws that discriminate against women, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for International Widow’s Day on Tuesday.
COVID-19 upends ‘entire generation’ of 600 million South Asian children
Jun 24, 2020, at 10:08 am
New York/IBNS: Without urgent action, COVID-19 will continue to unravel decades of progress across South Asia, destroying the “hopes and futures of an entire generation”, warns a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.