SEOUL: China has suspended the issuing of short-term visas to South Koreans in response to Seoul's imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese travellers over Covid concerns, Beijing's embassy said on…
SAN FRANCISCO: Tech Giants that saw good times during the pandemic are dealing with a "hangover" compounded by inflation and the war in Ukraine, analysts have said after earnings released…
ISLAMABAD: While the pandemic affected people from all walks of life, children were the most affected. Several studies have shown that the pandemic has not only robbed kids their playtime…
VATICAN: Pope Francis called for more solidarity with those living in poverty as he celebrated mass in the Vatican in front of a masked congregation of around 2,000 people, while…
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands will tighten its partial Covid lockdown on Friday with the early closure of bars, restaurants and shops, as police prepare for possible new riots against the curbs.…
ISLAMABAD:Body's natural immune response following Covid infection is sustained for up to seven months, but these antibodies are not sufficient against contemporary variants of the virus, finds a study suggesting…
WASHINGTON: If the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decides to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, it will probably ask people with a known history of severe allergic reactions to…
UNITED NATIONS: Countries fighting the coronavirus should not impose nationwide or large-scale school closures, which is the wrong response and compounds the societal cost of the disease, with 320 million…
LOS ANGELES: An overwhelming majority of California's residents went into lockdown Monday, putting 33 million people under stay-at-home orders as the United States battles record Covid deaths and Britain readied…
ISLAMABAD: The National COVID Positivity Ratio on Saturday continued to surge as it was recorded 7.59 percent where 2,441 Coronavirus patients were in critical condition across the country with the…
LONDON: The arrival of a vaccine should see coronavirus deaths in Britain reduce "significantly" by early next year but social mixing over Christmas could cause another spike before that, UK…
WASHINGTON: For the second day in a row, the United States on Friday notched a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, reaching 225,201 new infections, according to a…
TOKYO: The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 2,433 to reach 158,402 as of Friday night, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities. The…
AZAZ, SYRIA: Mohammed Mostafa al-Mohammed started studying medicine in rebel-held northern Syria to help the victims of war, but instead he has graduated into a world battling the novel coronavirus…
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers urged their Senate colleagues Monday to pass an aid plan before the end of the year for the pandemic-battered economy, but without appearing to get closer to…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, while addressing a press briefing, announced that all educational institutions of the country will be closed from November 26 till January 11. The decision…
LONDON: Britain's government has failed to account clearly for all of the $24 billion it has shelled out for supplies and services linked to the coronavirus pandemic, state auditors said…
PARIS: France said Tuesday it was preparing to kick off a nationwide Covid vaccination campaign in January when it hopes virus shots will be approved and available. The government is…
MULTAN: With the goal of passengers' safety and increased ridership, Pakistan railways has decided to outsource 16 trains of whom two have already been running with Public Private Partnership while…
WASHINGTON: After several weeks of rapidly rising coronavirus cases, hospitals around the United States are once again overwhelmed, forcing local authorities to take new measures to cope with the pandemic.…
LONDON: Britain on Saturday banned entry to all non-resident foreigners coming from Denmark after a mutated version of the coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans. The abrupt…
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis expressed his regret on Wednesday at having to again abandon his weekly general audiences with the public owing to coronavirus, as he gave a live-streamed address…
PARIS: France is planning to transfer Covid-19 patients to Germany for treatment within days as some hospitals creak under the pressure from spiking virus cases, a hospitals federation said Tuesday.…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s prudent policy of maintaining balance between lives and livelihood during the pandemic continues to pay dividends with the economists and businessmen believing that the decision…
