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Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases as 7,586 fresh cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday. more
COVID-19: Argentina reports first florona case

Buenos Aires/UNI/Xinhua: The first case of florona, a double infection with both Covid-19 and influenza complications , was reported in Argentina's Santa Fe province, local health min ...

Sri Lankan health authorities warn against Omicron

Colombo/UNI/Xinhua: Sri Lanka's health authorities on Friday said with a rise in the number of Omicron infected patients, the new variant was soon becoming dominant that would overtak ...

US offers North Korea 60 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: Washington has offered to provide North Korea with 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine through the United Nations tools, which Pyongyang has greeted with enthusiasm al ...

Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs

New York: For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases dropped significantly and deaths dipped, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on T ...

China blames mail from Canada to be the source of Omicron's arrival in Beijing: Reports

Beijing: Chinese authorities believe that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 might have entered Beijing via contaminated mail from Canada.

COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over

New York: Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) hope that the worst of this la ...

Pakistan registers over 4000 COVID-19 cases for second straight day

Pakistan, a nation that has witnessed several waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, registered 4,000 COVID-19 cases for the second straight day, media reports said on Sunday.

COVID-19: Chinese mainland reports 104 locally transmitted cases

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 104 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday.

WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical diseaseand one for non-severe cases.