Tag Archives: COVID-19

WASHINGTON – The White House expects the next COVID-19 aid bill to cost around $1 trillion and wants Congress to pass the legislation in the first week of August, a senior aide to the U.S. vice president Mike Pence said Wednesday. “A big boost has been put into the system …

NEW YORK – The global reluctance to prevent viral outbreaks would continue to claim lives and disrupt the economy, a report warned, recommending a set of actions necessary to control epidemics in the future. The researchers suggested implementing the “One Health” concept of ensuring good human and animal health for …

NEW YORK – Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, has stressed the need to lift unilateral sanctions that are weakening the ability of selected countries to effectively respond to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Takht Ravanchi commented as he addressed a meeting …

NEW YORK – The UN Security Council, in a videoconference meeting on July 1, announced its decision to adopt a resolution expressing its support for the Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire, which it issued in March to help unite efforts to fight COVID-19 in most vulnerable countries. The UN …

RIYADH – Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have been invited to participate in several antiviral clinical trials conducted by the King Abdullah International Center for Medical Research (KAIMRC) to help develop effective treatments for the coronavirus, the center’s executive director told Saudi Gazette. The center will carry …

BEIJING – Pakistan and China officially established a joint preventive control mechanism on COVID-19 to strengthen coordination and exchanges between the two countries, as well as to promote cooperation while maintaining a continuous response in the long fight against the virus, the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson said Wednesday. …

ISLAMABAD – The World Bank (WB) has said that Pakistan is not immune to the economic shock caused by the coronavirus and its exports have been greatly affected, since the country registered $1.39 billion in merchandise exports in May 2020, showing a drop in 34 percent over the same period …

More than half a million people worldwide have lost their lives to the coronavirus, and more than 10 million cases have been confirmed. The grim milestone reached when countries that tried to reopen continued to cut back on their plans while warning that renewed spikes in the virus may still …

KABUL – The Afghan Ministry of Finance announced the allocation of AFN 500 million for the “Emergency Committee to Prevent the Outbreak of Coronavirus,” but TOLOnews on Friday quoted a source that so far “only AFN 50 million” from the amount pledged by the government has been spent by the …

KABUL – The United States on Wednesday welcomed Pakistan’s move to open its third border crossing with Afghanistan to facilitate trade between the two countries. “Encouraged that Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to open a third border crossing at Ghulam Khan to facilitate trade between the two countries and help …