GENEVA: Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective. “Spraying […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases crossed 40,000 on Sunday after 1,352 new infections were detected, while the death toll in the country has gone up to 873 with nearly 40 more people succumbing to COVID-19, heath authorities said on Sunday. The Ministry of National Health Services said that out of the total 40,151 cases, Sindh has […]
Washington: President Donald Trump has announced that the US will donate a lot of ventilators to India to help it fight the “invisible enemy”, moments after he underlined the close partnership between the two countries and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi his “good friend”. Trump also said the US and India were cooperating to develop […]
UNITED NATIONS: China on Friday issued a statement calling on all U.N. member states to “actively fulfill their financial obligations to the United Nations,” stressing that Washington owes the organization more than $2 billion. “As of May 14, the total unpaid assessments under the U.N. regular budget and peacekeeping budget amount to 1.63 billion and […]
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a number of treatments are under clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19, but none of those were yet approved. “There are hundreds of clinical trials that are underway, and the reason we need to wait for the results of these studies is because they are evaluating […]
WASHINGTON: Whistleblower Dr Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the U.S. lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The nation could face “the darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively, he told a congressional panel. Bright alleges he was ousted from a high-level scientific post […]
UNITED NATIONS: The UN’s children agency has warned that an additional 6,000 children could die daily from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic weakens the health systems and disrupts routine services, the first time that the number of children dying before their fifth birthday could increase worldwide in decades. As […]
Islamabad: The trade activities between Pakistan and Iran at the Taftan border crossing have resumed after remaining suspended for more than two months as Islamabad closed its border due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Thursday. The trade activities resumed on Wednesday after two trade crossing points, the Pakistan gate and zero-point trade gate, […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as infections spike. The kingdom, which has reported the highest number of virus cases in the Gulf region, is scrambling to limit the spread of the deadly disease. […]
BEIJING: Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city’s entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported Tuesday. Officials had been ordered to submit by noon on Tuesday plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the […]