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No case of new Corona variant reported in Pakistan: Health Ministry

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that so far, no case of the… Read More

Sindh asks masses to wear masks after detection of Covid’s new variant in Karachi

KARACHI: Member Sindh Corona Taskforce Dr Faisal Mahmood on Wednesday urged masses to wear facemasks… Read More

Vaccination ‘even more urgent’ with new Covid variant, Umar stresses

ISLAMABAD: Federal planning minister Asad Umar announced Saturday the NCOC decision to place the ban… Read More

AstraZeneca examining impact of new COVID variant on vaccine, antibody cocktail

AstraZeneca said on Friday it was examining the impact of a new coronavirus variant that… Read More

WTO postpones major meeting after new variant outbreak

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new… Read More

WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named ‘Mu’

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant… Read More

Top English medic hopeful new variant of concern will not escape vaccines

English Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said the B.1.617.2 variant was a concern and health… Read More

Attorney General Khalid Javed tested positive for Covid-19

Federal health ministry has recently confirmed the presence of a new coronavirus variant in Pakistan… Read More

Pakistan closely monitoring cases of new COVID-19 variant: health ministry

It stated that the health authorities were using a modern surveillance system to hold close… Read More

Previous coronavirus infection may offer less protection from new variant

Studies also found that the new variant binds more strongly and readily to human cells. Read More

Lockdown in England to be widened as cases rise, Hancock says

Lockdown measures in England will be extended to counter the rapidly growing number of cases… Read More

Sweden confirms first case of variant coronavirus in visitor from UK

Health Agency official Sara Byfors told a news conference the traveller had been isolating and… Read More

Mutated coronavirus variant from South Africa found in UK, health minister says

'A new and potentially even more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19… Read More

Pakistan makes exceptions in travel restrictions placed on UK flights

CAA imposed travel restrictions on UK to Pakistan flights due to a newly detected COVID… Read More