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In a late night message, CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah announced that the province will follow the same protocol for… Read More

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In a late night message, CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah announced that the province will follow the same protocol for Taraveeh congregation prayers as it does for other congregation prayers. He said that president Alvi was already consulted on this decision to which he had also agreed. Shah also reminded that the province would observe a complete lockdown on Friday (today) between 12pm and 3pm as per the recent Friday routine.

Doctors in nearly all provinces have called for reimposition and extension of effective lockdown as they report a sharp spike of cases since the lockdown measures were eased. The country has seen a swift upward curve of the pandemic in the past week with local transmission rates reaching 80% according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

The NCOC has also informed that the government has decided to introduce track and trace system under which random testing of people will start in a few days as the nature of infection has seen a local shift. Pakistan tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases has crossed 11,000 and deaths linked to the virus have reached 237 so far.

Here are the latest updates:

 

11.10 am

Hundreds gather in Indonesia’s Aceh to mark start of Ramadan

Huge crowds ignored social distancing by packing close together to attend Friday prayers in Indonesia, as the country surpassed the Philippines for the most coronavirus infections in South-East Asia.

The worshippers were pictured at the Islamic Center mosque in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, the northernmost part of the island of Sumatra.

The Acehnese Muslims – who are native to Aceh- were seen close together as they stood alongside each other before kneeling down to pray. Very few were wearing masks, despite the infection fears.

-Daily Mail

 

11.05 am

US coronavirus deaths top 50,000

US coronavirus deaths hit another grim milestone on Friday topping 50,000, as the number of lives lost in April rises by an average of 2,000 a day, according to the Worldometers website, which tracks the pandemic.

The Johns Hopkins website also showed the death toll inching closer to 50,000. The total number of US cases hit 868,000 with many states yet to report early on Friday.

-AlJazeera

11.00 am

Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment

US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.

He also appeared to propose irradiating patients’ bodies with UV light, an idea dismissed by a doctor at the briefing.

Another of his officials had moments earlier said sunlight and disinfectant were known to kill the infection. Mr Trump’s own public health agencies warn against bleach as a medicine.

-BBC

10.45

Alarmed as COVID patients’ blood thickened, New York doctors try new treatments

As the novel coronavirus spread through New York City in late March, doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital noticed something strange happening to patients’ blood.

Signs of blood thickening and clotting were being detected in different organs by doctors from different specialties. This would turn out to be one of the alarming ways the virus ravages the body, as doctors there and elsewhere were starting to realise.

At Mount Sinai, nephrologists noticed kidney dialysis catheters getting plugged with clots. Pulmonologists monitoring COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilators could see portions of lungs were oddly bloodless. Neurosurgeons confronted a surge in their usual caseload of strokes due to blood clots, the age of victims skewing younger, with at least half testing positive for the virus.

-Reuters

10.30 am

Situation Report: 642 new cases, 13 deaths recorded in 24 hours

National Command and Operation Center has said that Pakistan reported a total of 642 new cases yesterday, down from 742 new cases from a day earlier. Sindh reported highest number of cases with 298 positive coronavirus patients during the report period.

Similarly the country saw 13 new coronavirus related deaths during past 24 hours, down from 15 deaths reported the earlier day.

Number of patients in ICU or on ventilator increased to 111, up from 60 patients reported a day ago. This sudden spike is caused after data was reconciled with Covid-19 control room and District Administration Islamabad.

Read full report here.

9.00 am

MPA Abdul Rasheed tests positive for coronavirus, isolates at home

Member of the Provincial Assembly from Sindh, Syed Abdul Rasheed, on Friday tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement released by his political party, the Jamat-e-Islami.

A spokesperson for the party told the media on Friday morning that Rasheed was tested for the virus at a private hospital in Karachi and after the positive diagnosis, isolated himself at home.

-Geo

8.00 am

Trump assures Pakistan of medical, economic aid

In a telephonic conversation on Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Trump discussed the coronavirus pandemic-related challenges, their implications on the global economy and the ways to mitigate the impact.

The US president appreciated the prime minister’s telephone call and expression of support for the US efforts to combat Covid-19. Having learned about testing of Prime Minister Imran Khan, President Trump offered to send the latest rapid testing machine for Covid-19 to the prime minister. The prime minister thanked President Trump for the gesture.

-Daily Times

6.00 am

Sindh bans congregational Taraveeh prayers