11 union councils in Karachi’s East zone sealed to contain virus spread
KARACHI: The city's deputy commissioner Karachi on Saturday ordered the closure of 11 areas of the metropolis where coronavirus patients had been identified as...
Lockdown helped reduce COVID-19 cases: Yasmin Rashid
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid has said that the lockdown has led to a decrease in new cases of the novel coronavirus...
Pakistan regulator allows plasma therapy trials, chloroquine manufacturing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan drug regulator (Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan) approved plasma therapy trials and manufacturing of chloroquine for coronavirus on local level.
The Regulatory Authority...
US institution approves 20-member Pakistani team for coronavirus cure
ABBOTTABAD: The CEO of Abbottabad’s Ayub Medical College Dr. Umer Farooq said that America’s National Library of Medicine (NLM) had included Pakistan in the...
Blood donation campaign for Thalassemia patients
TANK: Pakistan Army, Tank Unit, has started blood donation campaign for the Thalassemia patients purely on humanitarian grounds amid Corona virus outbreak.
Civil Society has...
To control coronavirus outspread, Media needs to launch healthy diet campaign
ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr. Waseem Khawaja has said that in the prevailing situation of Coronavirus outspread, the media needs...
Coronavirus could cause permanent brain damage
NEW YORK: Some coronavirus patients may suffer brain damage as a result of the devastating infection, doctors around the world are warning.
One Florida patient...
Punjab tested 17,069 people for coronavirus: Dr Yasmin Rashid
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said on Friday that 920 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the province.
In her tweets, Dr...
Another plane with medical equipment from China arrives in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Another plane with medical equipment has arrived from China in Pakistan to aid the country to counter coronavirus on Thursday.
According to details, twenty...
Coronavirus patients in Lahore show encouraging results after antimalarial drug use
LAHORE: Different hospitals across Punjab have started administering antimalarial drugs after they showed promising effects on the patients who recovered from coronavirus, according to...
