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Covid-19 is getting out of hands in China again

24Dec

By Aqsa AzamNo Comments

Global

Covid-19 is getting out of hands in China again

In the last 20 days, Covid-19 has reached a new level in China. Hospitals are full as they are getting 250 million cases per month. "Every person I know is getting fever", citizens are crying. Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week. The Bloomberg news agency has reported. Citing minutes from an internal meeting of the country’s National Health Commission held on Wednesday. In all, the report which was published on Friday said about 18 percent of the country’s population of 248 million people are likely to have contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December. That stood in dramatic contrast to the official number of 3,049 new infections reported that day. Hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid concerns about a f...

PM calls for restoring National Command and Operation Center

23May

By Muhammad Dastageer ShamsNo Comments

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PM calls for restoring National Command and Operation Center

ISLAMABAD: In a statement released Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered his government to restore the functioning of Pakistan's pandemic response committee. After it was shut down earlier this year following the detection of an omicron sub-variant among incoming travelers. Earlier this year, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) established in March 2020. Around that time, the first coronavirus case reported in Pakistan. Before policy input to the government was provided for the prevention of COVID-19 from spreading within the country. The agency collected, processed, and analyzed data from all provinces. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), Pakistan had detected its first case of Omicron sub-variant the day before. For the first time in two yea...

First case of Omicron Sub-variant is detected in Pakistan

10May

By Aqsa AzamNo Comments

Health

First case of Omicron Sub-variant is detected in Pakistan

Fighting a pandemic for 3 years, now it's getting new variants every day. A patient in Pakistan is currently diagnosed with an Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1. Pakistan has detected its first case of the Omicron sub-variant, the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, reported on Monday. As the public gets back to routine life after Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations without COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in two years. Whereas The variant has been detected in at least 13 other countries. The US has reported the highest levels so far, with scientists warning that it spreads faster than stealth Omicron. https://twitter.com/NIH_Pakistan/status/1523583127951912960?s=20&t=4gWXYXfKkhWBDK20iza6eA Pakistan reported 64 new COVID-19 cases overnight, official data issued by NIH s...

14Dec

By Aqsa AzamNo Comments

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Hackers deletes all the vaccination data in Brazil

Mysterious hackers targeted the covid 19 vaccination data in Brazil on Friday. This ransomware attack puts a lot of question marks on national security sites. Sao Paulo, Brazil: A mysterious group named Lapsus$ Group attacked government healthcare site on Friday. Their main target was to access all the covid 19 vaccination data details. On Friday when authorities tried to access the data, a black screen appears saying "The internal data of the systems copied and deleted. 50 Tb of data is in our hands. Contact us if you want the data back". Hackers infiltrate into the government health care site to get ransom. The news and message removed instantly but site was down till noon. A lot of citizen faces difficulty to get their vaccination certification cards. https://twitter.com/Hashe...

Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases increase as Delta Variant spreads

30Jul

By Abdullah10 Comments

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Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases increase as Delta Variant spreads

Pakistan has reported over 4000 COVID-19 cases for the two consecutive days ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - In the later part July 2021, Pakistan has experienced a sudden rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. This rise in cases occur because COVID’s new Delta variant is picking up pace. The current positivity rate has increased to 7.5 percent. More than 4000 cases have been reported in the last 2 days and the country for the first time since June 9 has recorded 76 deaths in 24 hours. The number of active cases, as of now, is around 60,000 whereas 1000 have recovered in the last 24 hours, with more than 4000 in one day, the situation sure is bad. The government has requested citizens to start following all COVID precautions and SOP's and have started to implement strict lockdowns all around th...