More than 1,000 workers have tested positive for coronavirus at a Sri Lanka factory that until August was producing surgical masks for the US, officials said Wednesday, as they scrambled to find the source of the country’s biggest outbreak. The flurry of cases since the first positive test at the garment factory was reported three days ago pushed the island nation’s infections total near […]
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Europe has registered more than six million confirmed cases of novel coronavirus since it first appeared in the region in January, an AFP tally just after 1500 GMT Wednesday showed. Since the virus first surfaced in Europe in January, more than six million cases have been confirmed, according to an AFP count. With the greatest number of illnesses (1,248,619 infections […]
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William Bryan, science and technology advisor to the Department of Homeland Security secretary, told reporters at the White House that government scientists had found ultraviolet rays had a potent impact on the pathogen, offering hope that its spread may ease over the summer. “Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar […]
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These include 40,819 in Punjab, 39,555 in Sindh, 14,006 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 6,788 in Balochistan, 5,785 in Islamabad, 952 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 412 in Azad Kashmir. The death toll from the virus stands at 2,172 with 105 deaths reported over the last twenty-four hours. 24,620 corona tests were also carried out during this period.35,018 patients […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Exposure to the mosquito-transmitted illness dengue may provide some level of immunity against COVID-19, a new study that analysed a coronavirus outbreak in Brazil revealed on Tuesday. The not yet published study led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke University, and shared exclusively with Reuters, compared the geographic distribution of coronavirus cases […]
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LAHORE: As many as 51 students, three teachers and a staffer tested positive for the novel coronavirus in various schools in Punjab on Monday. Talking to journalists, Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Secretary Captain (retd) Muhammad Usman confirmed that 51 students and three teachers were diagnosed with COVID-19, adding that nine class rooms of […]
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Researchers all over the globe are testing a range of drugs they hope can stop the novel coronavirus before it turns fatal. Most of these drugs are existing ones, used to tackle other diseases and viral infections. The only two medicines that are known to work on coronavirus, remdesevir and steroids, are generally not administered […]
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Papaya is blessed with numerous benefits one can enjoy. The tasty fruit naturally cures several health problems for which we go to see doctors. Here are some of the incredible benefits papaya provides us. Improves digestion Papaya is blessed with an enzyme called papain. This enzyme helps in fast digestion by breaking up the protein […]
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So far, 92 lower-income nations are seeking assistance via the COVAX https acility, part of the WHO’s ACT Accelerator to boost the development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to combat the pandemic. Some 80 higher-income nations have expressed interest, but many must still confirm their intention to join by the end of this week. “If […]
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According to sources, a one and half-year-old child hailing from Jacobabad area of the Sindh province was confirmed to be battling with the crippling disease. “She lives in union council Taj Khoso of the Jacobabad,” the sources in health ministry confirmed. They further said that the samples of the child for polio test were collected […]
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