The news: Pakistan’s Ministry of Health has launched a Covid-19 helpline on WhatsApp. The helpline offers updates regarding the coronavirus outbreak as well as information about prevention and symptoms of the virus. It also offers a list of labs for testing in …Continue reading
New govt services apps launched in Islamabad, Sindh
The news: The Federal government launched an Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) City app on Wednesday, to provide online access to government services. The app was developed through a collaboration between the National Information Technology Board and Islamabad Administration. Sindh Provincial Government has …Continue reading
Coronavirus in Pakistan: Confirmed cases cross 1,200 as govt announces lockdowns, relief package
The numbers: Pakistan’s total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections reached 1,238 as of Friday afternoon, with nine patients dying. 421 coronavirus patients are located in Sindh, 419 in Punjab, 147 in KP, 131 in Balochistan, 93 in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad …Continue reading
GIKI duo developing AI detection software for COVID-19 diagnosis
As Pakistan’s doctors, nurses and health staff are spearheading the battle with coronavirus, its students are committed to aid the process. A student duo at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) used their skills in artificial intelligence to create a detection software that …Continue reading
Punjab govt is finally preparing to battle COVID-19. Has it reacted too late?
Pakistan’s total number of COVID-19 cases has reached 903 by Tuesday afternoon. Punjab accounts for 265 of them. On Monday, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar announced ‘partial lockdown’ in the province till April 6 to control the spread of novel coronavirus. A …Continue reading
Why the coronavirus outbreak is terrible news for climate change
This story is part of our ongoing coverage of the coronavirus/Covid-19 outbreak. You can also sign up to our dedicated newsletter. It appears increasingly likely that the global coronavirus outbreak will cut greenhouse-gas emissions this year, as deepening public health concerns ground planes and squeeze international trade.
Pakistani engineer’s team at Microsoft launches COVID-19 tracking dashboard
The news: Microsoft launched a Bing coronavirus dashboard on Monday, which tracks the number of COVID-19 cases across the world. The team developing the tracker included a Pakistan-origin software development engineer who took to social media to announce the launch. The dashboard …Continue reading
Coronavirus in Pakistan: Everything you need to know
As of Thursday afternoon, the total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 304, with two deaths and three recoveries thus far. The National Command and Control Center reported the first death due to coronavirus in Pakistan on Tuesday. The coronavirus cases …Continue reading
NUST develops COVID-19 testing kits
The news: Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Attaur Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) have developed a testing kit for the novel coronavirus, as it spreads across Pakistan. Associate Professor Dr. Aneela Javed and Assistant Professor Dr. …Continue reading
Singapore is the model for how to handle the coronavirus
I began writing this at Raffles Hotel, a gleaming white pinnacle of Singapore’s British colonial past. Immaculately renovated over the past two and a half years, it is truly one of the world’s most luxurious hotels. In many ways, it epitomizes what …Continue reading
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