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New two-minute COVID-19 test approved for usage in US

The game-changing two-minute test has 'a 91% clinical specificity rate and a 99% clinical sensitivity rate' from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2QZ81qo

If you are not sick or not caring for coronavirus patient, do not wear masks: WHO

'Frontline health workers [...] are exposed to the virus every second of every day. The thought of them not having masks is horrific' from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2QZPuKG

US regulator gives anti-malaria drugs emergency approval to treat coronavirus

Trump said last week that the two drugs could be a 'gift from God,' despite scientists warning against the dangers of overhyping unproven treatments from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/3bxSplx

Govt should immediately provide protective gear to doctors, medics: PMA

Medics were facing challenges in treating patients due to a shortage of protective gear at hospitals, especially over risk of contracting coronavirus from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2ygtIvr

White House coronavirus task force member says pandemic could kill 200,000 Americans

Dr Anthony Fauci, a leading expert on infectious diseases, issued prediction as officials described increasingly desperate shortages from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2yddEuo

Possible if you can run the coronavirus twice?

Up to 10% of coronavirus patients seem to have been “re-infected”, according to a hospital and several quarantine centres in Wuhan from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2QS7Ahu

Coronavirus can become seasonal: top US scientist

Scientist Anthony Fauci said the virus was beginning to take root in the southern hemisphere, where winter is on its way from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2QK1Rub

PIMA launches free of charge nationwide telemedicine facility amid coronavirus outbreak

Initially the facility is being provided through telephone and WhatApp calling from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2xn3s24

No evidence of chloroquine preventing coronavirus but consulting experts: Dr Zafar Mirza

Dr Mirza said there was a ban on the export of anti-malaria drug and that Pakistan had ample stock of chloroquine from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/3beTBKn

Sindh prepares 'mass quarantine facilities' for 10,000 people amid COVID-19 outbreak

The move comes after the total number of COVID-19 cases in Sindh to 208 from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2vwRGBD

Sindh closes OPDs at major public hospitals closed for next 15 days

The move was made to prevent patients as well as healthcare workers from coronavirus infection from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/38YvIFx

Use paracetamol instead of ibuprofen for coronavirus-like symptoms: WHO

Patients already being treated with anti-inflammatory drugs, should ask advice from their doctors from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2vtnurb

Preserving mental health during coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus has spread to more than 140 countries around the world has killed more than 5,000 people and affected over 170,000. from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2QjeFaH

AKUH experts laud Sindh govt's efforts to curb coronavirus

'Pakistan is not capable of dealing with and treating a large number of patients with COVID-19,' an expert said from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/3aXH0uX

Use of anti-inflammatory drugs may worsen coronavirus, warn French authorities

Oliver Véran advised the world against the use of the drugs that could possibly aggravate the coronavirus from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2TSkb6j

Pakistan has world's best National Response Program against COVID-19: WHO official

'Govt are doing their job and now it is the responsibility of the people to follow instructions,' he said from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2TOTUWm

Coronavirus: Here's a list of hospitals in Karachi conducting coronavirus tests

In Karachi, only a handful of hospitals are providing test and treatment services to suspected cases from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2vfI1PK

Coronavirus is controllable: WHO

More than 4,500 people have died, according to an AFP tally, while the WHO said some 125,000 cases have been reported from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/39QWmkY

Experts say coronavirus not the same as flu

Disease experts estimate that each Covid-19 sufferer infects 2-3 others from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/3cPGXTM

Coronavirus outbreak: No evidence of local spread yet, says Dr Zafar Mirza

All 19 cases have brought this from abroad, tweets Dr Zafar Mirza from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2wMwuYu

Coronavirus Italy: Current Status of reported cases and deaths

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Italy has risen to 9,172 from The News International - Health https://ift.tt/2wNea1K