Author: Shirzad Kashani

Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said on Thursday that owing to a surge in Covid-19 cases in China due to a new sub-variant, they had requested the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) to test all passengers coming from China at airports across the country and to quarantine those who tested positive for the viral infection. “The new sub-variant of Covid-19 has spread in China and responsible for the surge in the cases. This variant has not yet reported in Pakistan, so we need to take precautionary measures to deal with it. We have written a letter to the…

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Highlighting the recent optimization of China’s pandemic response measures, Pakistani public health specialist Bilal Ahmad said China kept adopting a scientific approach against COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak while employing strong economic fundamentals and measures to stimulate demand. ISLAMABAD, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — China has played a key role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing medical supplies and health assistance to other countries, a Pakistani public health specialist told Xinhua in an interview. “In terms of contributions to the global fight against the epidemic, China has provided significant assistance to other countries through donations…

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KARACHI / QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) continued to strengthen its ranks in Balochistan after a number of senior politicians joined the party. The experts are seeing these moves as signs of the fast-changing landscape of the country’s largest province during the election year. According to a statement issued by the Bilawal House, Karachi, former provincial ministers Nawabzada Gazin Marri and Tahir Mahmood, coordinator of the Balochistan chief minister Nawabzada Jamal Raisani and Mir Fareed Raisani joined the PPP. Other leaders who joined the party included Mir Abdullah Raheja and Mir Allah Bakhsh Rind. Former senator and federal minister Sardar…

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