Former Pak PM Yusuf Raza Gilani tests positive for COVID-19

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract COVID-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country. Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case. On […]

19 coronovirus patients recover in Doda

DODA: As a major relief to the people of Doda district, the designated COVID-19 hospitals including Government Medical College Doda and other designated Isolation Centres have discharged 19 more patients of Corona Virus who have recovered from the disease. So far, 21 Covid-19 patients have recovered among the 43 active patients admitted in the hospitals […]

Maharashtra minister tests positive for COVID-19

Mumbai, Jun 12  A Maharashtra cabinet minister, who belongs to the NCP, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources said on Friday. The minister, who hails from the Marathwada region, had attended the cabinet meeting held at the state secretariat here earlier this week, the sources said. He is the third cabinet member in Maharashtra to […]

COVID-19: India is not in community transmission stage, says ICMR

New Delhi, Jun 11  India’s first sero-survey on COVID-19 spread has found that lockdown and containment measures were successful in preventing a rapid rise in infections, but a large proportion of the population still remains susceptible, the government said on Thursday, asserting that the country is not in the community transmission stage The sero-survey has […]

India’s COVID-19 tally nears 2.9 lakh; Almost 1 lakh cases in June so far

New Delhi:The nationwide COVID-19 tally neared 2.9 lakh on Thursday with a record one-day increase of nearly 10,000 cases taking the count of infections detected this month to almost one lakh. The government, however, said the virus infection has not entered the community transmission stage as the lockdown and containment measures prevented a rapid spread. […]

COVID-19: India definitely not in community transmission stage, says govt

NEW DELHI: India is definitely not in the community transmission stage of COVID-19 spread, the government asserted on Thursday, even as cases and deaths continued to mount with the country recording the highest single-day spike of 9,996 new infections and 357 fatalities. India’s first sero-survey on COVID-19 spread has found that lockdown and containment measures […]

Players will have to be mentally strong when international cricket resumes: Mushtaq Ahmed

Karachi: Spin consultant and mentor of the Pakistan team, Mushtaq Ahmed says more than the skills, the players’ mental strength will matter when top-level cricket resumes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in England. Ahmed, who recently joined the national set-up, said the series between England and the West Indies will provide lessons as the game is […]

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