Gloves are off now in the fight against the novel coronavirus, with the number of people affected increasing every day. It is, then, imperative that we as a nation do everything we can to contain the spread of the virus amongst us. In this regard,
By Helen Mountford: The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, infecting more than 120,000 and killing more than 4,200 people as of March 12, 2020. The loss of human life is heart-breaking and set to continue ticking upwards. The virus has also
Yet another building collapsed in Karachi. This time it was a multi-storey building in the residential area of Golimar, and the incident involved two other adjoining buildings. According to reports, construction work was in progress on the top floor of the ill-fated building which was
By Engr A A Chandani: We came to know through media reports that a slight minority of highly panicked affluent class thronged super stores and markets in Karachi to lift bulk quantities of ghee, cooking oil and other grocery items, while cash starved buyers kept
By Sidra Raza: Consumption of immune boosting foods—also known as super foods/functional foods – is extremely necessary for a strong immune system as well as for protection against seasonal illnesses like flu and other health problems such as arthritis, allergies, cancer, abnormal cell growth, multiple
By Our Correspondent: KARACHI: The charitable Koohi Goth Women Hospital in Malir celebrated over 1000 successful treatment of newborns belonging to poor families of the area at its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since its inception eight months ago. Speaking at a ceremony, Head of
By Mukhtar Alam: Referring to the frequency of the age of patients, the Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a video message on April 12, remarked that the people of every age were being contracted to the coronavirus “Therefore we all have to
By Mukhtar Alam: Sindh’s health authorities did not find any new coronavirus case to report from the interior of Sindh on April 12 as all the 93 confirmed new infections were detected in Karachi, taking the provincial tally of coronavirus infected people to 1,411, with
By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh Health department has constituted a core group from the “Private Hospitals Core Committee” to utilize the medical expertise available with the private sector in the management of COVID-19 at government hospitals, it emerged on April 12. A source in the
By Mukhtar Alam: Four men and two women lost their lives at different hospitals of the province, taking an all-day high tally of corona related deaths to six, according to the Sindh health department data updated on April 11. A 65-years old woman died at