Paris: The French government on Wednesday banned treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a controversial and potentially harmful drug that US President Donald Trump has said he is taking preventively. The move came after two French advisory bodies and the World Health Organization warned this week that the drug — a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis […]
Islamabad:Pakistan registered 1,446 new coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 59,151, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll reached 1,225 with 28 more patients succumbing to the disease, it said. Sindh reported the maximum number of 23,507 cases, followed by 21,118 […]
Sao Paulo: Brazil daily coronavirus deaths were higher than fatalities in the United States for the first time over the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Health Ministry. Brazil registered 807 deaths over the last 24 hours, whereas 620 died in the United States. Brazil has the second-worst outbreak in the world, with 374,898 […]
Srinagar: A 90-year-old man from Kulgam district became another victim of novel coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the overall death toll due to the disease to 24 in Jammu and Kashmir. A resident of Khaloora Kulgam, he was referred to SKIMS Soura from GMC Anantnag yesterday and breathed his last around 5:45 am today, officials said. […]
Beijing: China has reported 36 new coronavirus cases, including 29 asymptomatic infections, mostly in the contagion’s first epicentre Wuhan where 6.5 million people have been tested so far, health officials said on Monday. The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said that seven new imported cases were reported, including five in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and […]
Canberra:A US biotechnology company announced on Tuesday the start of human trials in Australia of a vaccine for the coronarvirus with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year. Novavax has begun the first phase of the trial in which 131 volunteers in the cities of Melbourne and Brisbane will test the safety of the […]
SRINAGAR: The government in an effort to ensure effective COVID-19 mitigation measures, has deployed Deputy Secretary, Power Development Department, Malik Waseem Ahmad, Deputy Secretary, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Suhail-ul-Islam, Deputy Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sartaj Hussain Madni and Under Secretary, Home Department, Abdul Rashid Raina with Deputy Commissioner Srinagar for assisting in […]
Beijing, May 25 China has reported 51 new coronavirus cases including 40 asymptomatic infections, majority of them in the contagion’s first epicentre Wuhan, where over six million tests have been conducted in the last 10 days, health officials said on Monday. The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said that 11 new imported cases were reported […]
New Delhi, May 24 The Dean of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here has tested positive for coronavirus infection. Dr Rajeev Sood, who is looking after the management of COVID-19 manpower at the hospital, tested positive for the infection on Saturday. He is now under home […]
Covid tally crosses 1500 as 80 test positive in J&K Srinagar: Kashmir witnessed one more Covid-19 related death as a 55-year-old woman from Anantnag district died at SKIMS Soura, officials said on Saturday. With the fresh death, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Jammu and Kashmir has 21. Of them, 19 are from Kashmir […]