The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday said that no cases of monkeypox cases have yet been detected in Pakistan as it clarified that ‘news’ to the contrary circulating on social media was “incorrect”. The clarification from the institute comes a day after it issued an alert, calling upon national and provincial health authorities مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan has detected its first case of the Omicron sub-variant, the National Institute of Health, Islamabad reported on Monday, as the public gets back to routine life after Eidul Fitr celebrations without COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in two years. A statement issued by the NIH on Twitter said it detected a case of مزید پڑھیں

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said. “The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” the department said in a statement. Spokesman Ned Price said Blinken would no longer deliver a مزید پڑھیں

At least 228 probable cases of hepatitis of unknown origin in children have now been reported to the World Health Organisation from 20 countries, the UN health agency said Tuesday. “As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries, with over 50 additional cases under investigation,” WHO spokesman مزید پڑھیں

The Chinese capital Beijing shut dozens of metro stations and bus routes on Wednesday in its campaign to stop the spread of COVID-19 and avoid the fate of Shanghai where millions of residents have been under strict lockdown for more than a month. New evidence has emerged that China’s uncompromising battle against the coronavirus, believed مزید پڑھیں

Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the Chinese capital’s 22 million residents turned up for more mass COVID-19 testing aimed at averting a Shanghai-like lockdown. Most people in the commercial hub were one month into stressful home isolation, struggling to meet basic needs. But there مزید پڑھیں

US President Joe Biden’s administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge’s ruling ending a mask mandate on aeroplanes if public health officials deem it necessary to stem the spread of COVID-19. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to whom the administration was deferring, said that it would continue to study whether the mandates مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,526,829. The nationwide tally of fatalities stands at 30,362 on Wednesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 101 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across مزید پڑھیں

Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala, the country head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Pakistan, on Saturday handed over two ambulances, 10 motorcycle ambulances and other medical equipment to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) health department. Appreciating the cooperation of the UN agency, Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi expressed the hope that the مزید پڑھیں