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Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar cautioned countrymen that the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting. more
UN data helps balance New Year’s weight loss resolutions

New York: At the heart of many New Year’s resolutions is a fresh gym membership and an intensive exercise regime that promises to deliver quick results. But that is not necessarily ...

US registers record child COVID-19 hospitalizations

Washington/UNI/Xinhua: The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States has hit record high due to the Omicron-fueled surge.

Xi'an lockdown: 'Starving' residents survive on a bowl of porridge

Xi'an, China: Beijing is claiming that they have 'sufficient' food supplies but 'starving' residents in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi'an are portraying a diff ...

China: Shaanxi reports 1,301 COVID cases

Xi'an/UNI/Xinhua: China's Shaanxi province reported 165 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of local cases in the latest resurgence to 1,301. ...

South Africa says Omicron peak may have peaked

Johannesburg: South Africa has now lifted overnight curfews as officials gave hope that the COVID19 peak in the ongoing fourth wave may have passed.

WHO: 2022 can mark the end of COVID's acute stage

New York: The UN health agency chief expressed optimism during a press briefing on Wednesday that 2022 maybe the year the world ends the acute stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

COVID-19 situation remains critical in China's Xi'an despite lockdown

Xi'an, China: Health situation in China's Xi'an city remains critical as daily COVID-19 case count remains high even after six-day lockdown imposed recently.

Scientists identify antibodies that can neutralize omicron: Study

New York: An international team of scientists have identified antibodies that neutralize omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Pakistan may face COVID-19 fifth wave in February: Experts

Islamabad: Health experts have warned that Pakistan may experience fifth wave of the COVID-19 in the mid of February 2022, media reports said.