Coronavirus - Recoveries In Pakistan Surpass 2,000, Cases Surge Past 9,000 - Android
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Alongside a constant spike in Covid-19 cases, the number of people recovering from the disease is also going up with over 2,000 recoveries recorded in the country so far.
With that said, the number of cases is Pakistan has already crossed 9,000 with Punjab alone recording a jump of 474 cases – its second-biggest single-day tally – in the past 24 hours. Virus deaths in the country have also climbed to 192 in Pakistan.
The global coronavirus total has now crossed 2.4 million with fatalities passing 170,000. While the US remains the global hub of the pandemic, Italy sees its first fall of active coronavirus cases.
Although France became the world’s 4th country to record over 20,000 deaths from coronavirus infections, the number of people in intensive care fell for the 12th consecutive day.
Here are the latest updates:
The govt in Balochistan has pushed the lockdown restrictions to May 5 according to a notification shared by the provincial govt.
“Restrictions imposed earlier will continue till May 5. The inter-city and inter-district transport will continue to remain suspended and a ban in public gatherings of more than 10 people will continue in the province,” the notification said.
President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus.
On Twitter, he cited “the attack from the invisible enemy”, as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details.
In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2020
It was not clear what programs might be affected and whether the president would be able to carry out the order.
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has promised to ‘rationalize’ its fares, following complaints by passengers they are being overcharged for special flights.
Air Marshal Arshad Malik, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the PIA, held out the assurance that he would look into the assertion of overcharging based on high operating costs associated with these flights.
The national flag carrier has recently been facing complaints of high fares and Ghulam Sarwar Khan, the minister for aviation, took up the case with the CEO in a meeting in Islamabad on Monday.
-Dawn
The World Health Organization has recognized a worrisome trend of infections among healthcare workers in the Philippines and is working closely with the country’s health ministry on ways of addressing it.
Abdi Mahamud, the COVID-19 incident manager for the Western Pacific region, said that as many as 13% of cases in the Philippines were health workers although there was no exact data to explain that.
He told a briefing that it could be linked to the availability of personal protective equipment and levels of exposure to the coronavirus among infected individuals in the Philippines, which has 6,459 cases and 428 deaths.
-Reuters
Germany and other parts of Europe took tentative steps to ease lockdown measures on Monday but officials warned the battle against the coronavirus pandemic was far from over.
Some shops reopened in Germany and parents dropped their children off at nurseries in Norway as tight restrictions in place for weeks were lifted in parts of the continent.
After being hit hard by the virus that first emerged in China late last year, Europe has seen encouraging signs in recent days, with death rates dropping in Italy, Spain, France and Britain.
-AFP
Punjab recorded as high as 474 new virus cases in its second-biggest daily jump. The provincial tally now stands at 4,195.
The province also recorded 3 new deaths with its toll climbing to 45.
Punjab's #COVID19 stats as on 20th April:
Tests conducted so far: 60,649
Total positive cases: 4,195
Quarantined:
Tableeghi Jama’ats: 1,857
Zaireen: 743
Jail Prisoners: 97
Non-quarantined cases in Districts: 1,498
Deaths: 45
Recovered: 724
Critical: 14#PunjabCoronavirusUpdate— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) April 20, 2020
For our coronavirus coverage from April 20,click here.
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