Tag: Covid 19

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi tests Covid-19 positive

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease and quarantined himself. Taking to Twitter, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader said that this afternoon, he felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined himself at home. “I have now tested positive for Covid-19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,” he said in a tweet. This afternoon I felt a…

Unwell Curran isolating after bowing out of England warm-up

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“Illness – England’s Sam Curran . ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – England all-rounder Sam Curran went into self-isolation and had a test for the coronavirus after illness forced him out of the team’s lone warm-up match on Thursday ahead of next week’s first Test against the West Indies. Curran was 15 not out at stumps on Wednesday’s opening day of three at the Ageas Bowl, also the venue for the first of a three-Test series. But he experienced sickness and diarrhoea overnight. Following medical protocols established for the bio-secure campaign,…

Smoking linked to higher risk of coronavirus, says WHO

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The World Health Organisation says smoking is linked to a higher risk of severe illness and death from the coronavirus in hospitalised patients, although it was unable to specify exactly how much greater those risks might be. In a scientific brief published this week, the U.N. health agency reviewed 34 published studies on the association between smoking and Covid-19, including the probability of infection, hospitalisation, severity of disease and death. WHO noted that smokers represent up to 18% of hospitalised coronavirus patients and that there appeared to…

Donald Trump campaign reshuffles key staff, hiring ex-NASA official

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ President Donald Trump’s campaign has named Jeff DeWit as its chief operating officer, replacing Michael Glassner, less than five months before the election and as polls show him lagging his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. The reshuffle, according to two people familiar with the matter, came as top donors were becoming more concerned over the management of the campaign and Trump’s falling poll numbers. The re-election operation has struggled to respond to crises, including the coronavirus pandemic, the economic damage it has wrought and the growing demands for…

European Union reopens borders to 14 nations; US, Indian tourists among those barred

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The European Union announced Tuesday that it will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S. Travelers from other big countries like Russia, Brazil and India will also miss out. As Europe’s economies reel from the impact of the coronavirus, southern EU countries like Greece, Italy and Spain are desperate to entice back sun-loving visitors and breathe life into their damaged tourism industries. More than 15…

Pakistan cricket squad in UK test negative for coronavirus

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“Pakistan cricketers Sarfaraz Ahmed (left) and Asad Shafiq. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – All 20 players and 11 management personnel in the Pakistan touring party have tested negative for coronavirus since arriving in Britain, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Tuesday. The ECB added that England’s latest round of tests, for their training group and management conducted on Monday had also yielded a complete set of negative results. England players and staff have now had three COVID-19 tests. The ECB’s announcement followed a statement from Pakistan that six more…

Broad uses sports psychologist to prepare for Tests without fans

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“Broad has spoken to a sports psychologist to prepare for matches behind closed doors. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – England pace bowler Stuart Broad has spoken to a sports psychologist to prepare for Test cricket’s return behind closed doors. England start a three-Test series against the West Indies in Southampton on July 8, but fans will be absent due to the coronavirus. Broad thrives on the tension of Test battles and, while he doesn’t think it will be impossible to shine in the silence of empty stadiums, he opted to…

AstraZeneca, Moderna ahead in Covid-19 vaccine race: World Health Organisation

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine is probably the world’s leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said on Friday. The British drugmaker has already begun large-scale, mid-stage human trials of the vaccine, which was developed by researchers at University of Oxford. This week, AstraZeneca signed its tenth supply and manufacturing deal. “Certainly in terms of how advanced they are, the stage at which they are, they are I think probably the leading candidate,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news…

16 vaccines against Covid-19 enter clinical evaluation stage, 125 candidates in preclinical evaluation: WHO’s draft landscape

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ With nearly 10 million Covid-19 patients across the globe and over 4.8 coronavirus fatalities, the need for a Covid-19 antidote becomes more urgent by the day. The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc.’s experimental vaccine, ChAdOx1-S, has become the first to enter the final stages of clinical trials against the coronavirus disease. But Oxford and AstraZeneca’s collaborative initiative is not the only one in the race to arrive at a potential Covid-19 vaccine. According to the World Health Organisation’s draft landscape of Covid-19 vaccines, there were 10 candidates in…

WHO’s Tedros expects world to hit 10 million coronavirus cases next week

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom said on Wednesday he expected the number of novel coronavirus cases around the world, now at about 9.3 million, to reach 10 million next week. Tedros also told a news briefing he backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban pilgrims from abroad from attending the annual Haj pilgrimage to help limit the spread of the virus. He said WHO was now supporting many countries in dealing with difficulties obtaining oxygen concentrators, devices that boost the flow of oxygen to support the…