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Risk of 'vaccine-busting' coronavirus variants prompt tougher UK quarantine: Johnson

We have to realise there is at least the theoretical risk of a new variant that is a vaccine-busting variant coming in - we've got to be able to keep that under control.
We want to make sure that we protect our population, protect this country against reinfection from abroad.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:11pm

World

Bulgaria to ease some COVID-19 rules, restaurants closed for now

Secondary schools to reopen under special regime from Feb. 4.
Restaurants, bars and cafes to remain closed for now.
Bulgaria reports eight cases of new variant of the coronavirus.

Published 23 Jan, 2021 05:24pm

World

Denmark logs 256 cases of more contagious coronavirus variant

Between mid-November and Jan 10, 256 Danes were infected with the new variant.
In the first week of January, the percentage share of positive tests with the mutation was 3.6%.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 07:42pm

Business & Finance

Airlines cull South Africa routes as virus flares

A growing list of countries are limiting travel to and from South Africa since a more transmissible variant of the virus, dubbed 501Y.V2, was announced in December.
Emirates this week announced a 13-day halt on all South Africa routes for "operational reasons".

Published 15 Jan, 2021 09:28pm

World

Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, UK transport minister says

Britain will ban arrivals from South American countries and Portugal because of concerns over a new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus.
The Brazilian variant shares some characteristics with those found in Britain and South Africa,

Published 15 Jan, 2021 05:37pm

Pakistan

At 15.97%, Karachi has the highest coronavirus positivity rate in the country: NCOC

NCOC said the national positivity rate is 5.9%.
According to health experts, the surge in coronavirus cases in Karachi is due to the ideal weather conditions.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 12:40pm

Pakistan

Govt decides today on reopening of schools from January 18

"While I desperately want education to continue the final decision will be on health grounds. Students well being will always be a priority," Shafqat Mahmood said.
The government had decided reopening of schools from class 9th to 12 on January 18.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 09:38am

World

Irish health officials believe South African COVID-19 variant contained

Ireland this week reported an increasing presence of the variant first found in England. It was detected in 25% of positive cases that underwent further testing in the week to Jan. 3
The UK variant is of more concern to us purely because of the amount of virus that's on the island.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:43pm

World

British PM Johnson says England's lockdown will be slowly unwrapped

Gradual unwrapping of lockdown.
Johnson defends decision on schools.
Criticism of decisions in Conservatives.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:12pm

World

Denmark imposes new restrictions over fears of coronavirus variant

Denmark imposed a hard lockdown in December, including closing bars, restaurants and other non-essential shops.
The mutation is already so widespread that it cannot be stopped.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 08:49pm

World

Oman registers first case of new virus variant in traveller from UK

The resident developed respiratory symptoms in quarantine, despite testing negative before travelling.
Oman reopened its land, air and sea borders on Dec. 29, after a one-week shutdown over the new variant.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 06:26pm

World

Iran finds first case of new virus variant in traveller from UK

Unfortunately, we found the first case of the mutated British COVID-19 from a dear compatriot who had returned from England.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 05:22pm

Markets

Dollar gets respite as virus surge, Georgia runoffs curb risk sentiment

The euro was steady at $1.22535 after reaching $1.231 on Monday for the first time since April 2018.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 10:41am

Markets

Asian stocks fall amid concern about Georgia Senate vote

Gold was slightly lower. Spot gold fell 0.21% to $1,938.25 per ounce.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 10:09am

World

Most US COVID-19 vaccines go idle as New York, Florida move to penalize hospitals

Those figures put the government far short of its goal of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of 2020, although officials said they expected the rollout would pick up significantly this month.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 09:44am

World

UK scientists worry vaccines may not protect against South African coronavirus variant

UK says worried about S.African variant.
Mutations include extensive alterations to spike protein.
Changes could lead to "escape from immune protection".
Vaccine makers are testing shots against new variants.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 08:08pm

Pakistan

Pakistan decides to open educational institutions in phases from Jan 18

Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced that in the first phase, classes nine to 12 would be allowed to resume from January 18.
In the second phase, the minister said, primary to class 8 will resume on January 25.

Updated 04 Jan, 2021 03:15pm

World

Cyprus reports 12 cases of new coronavirus variant in arrivals from UK

Of 19 positive tests for COVID-19 recorded on individuals who arrived in Cyprus from Britain between Dec. 6-20.

Published 03 Jan, 2021 09:14pm

World

Philippines to ban US travellers from Sunday

The measure expands the travel restriction that Manila announced on Tuesday.
Passengers from the United States who will arrive before Jan. 3 will be allowed to enter the Philippines.

Published 01 Jan, 2021 09:03pm

World

China reports first case of new coronavirus variant

Countries around the world have cut off travel links to Britain to stop the spread of the new variant.
The case "poses a great potential threat to the prevention and control of COVID-19 in China", the publication said.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 07:51pm

World

UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

"It is truly fantastic news - and a triumph for British science," Boris Johnson tweeted.
The UK has ordered 100 million doses, enough to vaccinate 50 million people.

Updated 30 Dec, 2020 12:47pm

World

India finds six cases of new coronavirus variant in UK arrivals

India on Tuesday reported 16,432 new cases of the virus, taking its total up to 10.22 million confirmed infections and 148,153 deaths.

Published 29 Dec, 2020 12:03pm

Markets

Virus worries buoy dollar, pound swung by Brexit gyrations

A deal is possible Wednesday, an ITV reporter tweeted.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 10:03am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	5010.60
Nasdaq / Apr 22	15451.31
Dow Jones / Apr 22	38239.98
India Sensex / Apr 23	73884.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8045.70
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	17967.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 22	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 23	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	82.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2301.86
Diesel/Litre / Apr 23	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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