Health

Pakistan PM still hesitant about imposing complete lock down even as confirmed COVID 19 cases cross 1000

Islamabad: At a time when several countries, including neighboring India, have announced lock down to combat COVID 19, Pakistan PM Imran Khan seems to be still hesitant towards taking the move even as the number of Coronavirus infected cases in the nation crossed 1000 on Wednesday. more

Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need

New York : Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic, has created potentially dangerous shortages for those who need th ...

$675 million appeal to stop coronavirus in its tracks, as deaths rise

New York : The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Wednesday for $675 million to boost international measures to counter the new coronavirus epidemic, as deaths from t ...

Coronavirus spread now a global emergency declares World Health Organization

New York : The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee declared on Thursday, call ...

Hundred more traditional Chinese medicine workers dispatched to Wuhan

Beijing/Xinhua: A 100-strong team of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) workers have been dispatched to Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, the hardest-hit city by a pneumonia outb ...

China's Hubei reports 371 new cases of novel coronavirus

Wuhan/Xinhua: Central China's Hubei Province reported 371 new confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and 24 new deaths on Sunday, the provincial heal ...