Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now. South Korea will extend its prevention and sanitation guidelines against the coronavirus until daily new infections drop to single digits, the health minister said on Friday, failing which he warned of a return to tough social distancing measures. The announcement came as such cases مزید پڑھیں

A new study published on Wednesday has suggested that population-wide facemask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels and could prevent further waves of the pandemic spread. The research, led by scientists at the Britain’s Cambridge and Greenwich Universities, suggests lockdowns alone will not stop the resurgence of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, but مزید پڑھیں

A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make medical personnel safer during the coronavirus pandemic. If the experimental “RespiSave” ventilator can be shown to work safely on humans, doctors can observe patients’ vitals مزید پڑھیں

The National Disaster Management (NDMA) on Wednesday decided to treat coronavirus patients through blood plasma therapy, said Head of the National Institute of Blood Diseases (NIBD) Dr Tahir Shamsi. Dr Shami said two lives can be saved via plasma of one recovered patient of coronavirus, adding that number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organization said Monday that the coronavirus pandemic situation i worsening around the globe, warning against complacency. “Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it is worsening,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference in Geneva. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to press on مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organisation on Friday issued a new advisory regarding the face masks amid coronavirus pandemic, which has been a hot topic ever since the pandemic first emerged in China in December. “In light of evolving evidence, WHO advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is increasing rapidly but the disease has not exploded in the region. “In South Asia, not just in India, but in Bangladesh and… Pakistan and other countries of South Asia with large dense populations, the disease has مزید پڑھیں

The Gavi accines alliance said on Thursday it had raised $567 million towards an initial goal of $2 billion from international donors for an Advanced Market Commitment to buy future COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries. The deal would help secure enough COVID-19 vaccine doses – when the shots have been developed – for poor countries مزید پڑھیں

A new study published on Thursday suggests that taking hydroxychloroquine shortly after being exposed to coronavirus does not help prevent infection. The medicine has been touted by US President Donald Trump, who has said he used it as a prophylaxis against the novel coronavirus. But an experiment involving 821 people across the United States and مزید پڑھیں

Scientists found 27 key proteins in the blood of people infected with coronavirus which they say could act as predictive biomarkers for how ill a patient could become with the disease, a research published in the journal Cell Systems on Tuesday revealed. Scientists at Britain’s Francis Crick Institute and Germany’s Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin found the مزید پڑھیں