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Daily Archives: April 14, 2020

Coronavirus Update: Karachi relatively calm

By Mukhtar Alam: After staggering number of high cases during the past few days, Karachi saw a significant decrease in its daily reporting of new COVID-19 cases on April 13 when the authorities confirmed one more related death, taking the death toll to 30 overall

Swift screening planned in interior Sindh

By Mukhtar Alam: Amidst apprehensions that authorities have stopped conducting coronavirus tests among population in the interior districts, the Sindh health department, on April 13, announced a two-prong action plan to check people belonging to tableeghi jamat in various districts of Sindh. The Sindh Health

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‘DUHS researchers make COVID-19 breakthrough’

By Mukhtar Alam: The researchers at Karachi’s Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), on April 13, claimed having achieved a significant breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19. They, according to a DUHS press release, have succeeded in preparing intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with plasma obtained from