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In the wake of rising coronavirus cases, micro-smart lockdown enforced in seven Union Councils (UC) of District West of Karachi for the period of 14 days, witnessing a second wave of the deadly virus.
The decision has been taken as part of precautionary measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in the city.
According to district administration, micro-smart lockdown has been imposed in seven union councilors of Orangi Town and Mominabad divisions.
The process of sealing off the hotspot areas in Karachi has started from today December 29 (Tuesday) and will remain effective till January 11 (Monday).
Pillion riding shall be strictly banned in these areas, according to notification.
Complete ban on gathering of all kinds of social, or any other purpose at any place, public or private in these areas. All the industrial units in these areas will also remain closed. However, grocery, bakeries and medical stores remained open in the affected areas during SLD.
The streets of affected areas have been closed with hurdles and deployment of police personnel.
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International travelers will not be allowed to enter Indonesia for a two-week period in an effort to control the new potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus spread, country's foreign minister Retno Marsudi said on Monday.
The new regulation applies to all foreign visitors with the exception of high-level government officials, she added.
According to new regulation, which will be effective Jan 1, the foreign visitors will be barred from entering Indonesia for a two-week period, the announcement comes days after Indonesia banned travelers from the Britain and tightened rules for those arriving from Europe and Australia to contain new strain virus spread.
Earlier this year, Indonesia banned all tourists but some exemptions have been made for business travelers.
The number of coronavirus cases in Indonesia has mounted to 719,219 and the total number of deaths has reached 21,452 while 589,978 patients have been recovered.
The coronavirus infection tally worldwide has crossed 81 million (81,673,086), according to John Hopkins and AFP tally while the deadly virus claimed 1,781,539 lives worldwide so far and 57,799,127 patients have been recuperated.
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman got his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of the national inoculation plan implemented by the Ministry of Health, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Friday.
The state news agency shared a video of crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman receiving the vaccine on Twitter.
Minister of Health, Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, thanked the crown prince for "his keenness and continuous follow-up to provide vaccines to citizens and residents."
"What we are seeing today regarding the gains that have been achieved by the Kingdom since the beginning of the pandemic are an extension of one of the most important policies within Vision 2030 that prevention is better than cure," Al-Rabiah said.
Al-Rabiah added that the government has worked to provide a safe and internationally approved vaccine in record time to give to citizens and residents, "which made the Kingdom one of the best countries in the world in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic."
The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has crossed 80 million (80,209,818), according to John Hopkins and AFP tally while the deadly virus claimed 1,757,715 lives worldwide so far and 56,474,291 patients have been recuperated.
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia has mounted to 361,903 and the total number of deaths has reached 6,168 while 352,815 patients have been recovered.
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Corona pandemic has changed lives, business is closed due to lockdowns, the people are made to stay at home like they have never before. Now a days the celebraties are working at home like ordinary people. One of the biggest example here is of George clooney , he is washing dishes, cleaning , and mopping floor in corona pandemic.
I’m kind of doing what everyone’s doing; washing dishes and doing laundry and mopping floors."Having said that, once we get through it, this sounds so much like everything we heard when television and VHS and DVDs came in. I have no fear at all that the theatre world is going to be around.
"Speaking about his spouse Amal, who is a renowned international human rights lawyer, and if she has changed his approach to moviemaking, Clooney said that for the last 15-20 years, "I’ve spent about half of my day working on things other than the movie business because I have interests in other issues around the world"."But there are some funny moments.
I have an office and she has an office and they’re kind of up against each other. The other day, I was doing the Howard Stern Show. We’re talking about, like, a prank pooping in a cat box.
And on the other side of the wall, my wife is having a conversation trying to keep Maria Ressa from going to prison in the Philippines. She can hear me and I can hear her. We go to dinner afterward and say: what an insan
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The latest Human Development Index (HDI) report has shown that Pakistan is languishing at the 154th position out of the 189 countries in the world who were evaluated.
Pakistan lags far behind other South Asian nations such as India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh in the latest index. Rich countries including Norway, Ireland, Hong Kong (China), Iceland, and Germany led the rankings. The US came in at 17. The poorest countries on the earth, including Niger, the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan and Burundi had the lowest scores in the HDI measurements.
The index compares countries on indicators of health, education, and standards of living. However, this year, it included two more elements: a nation’s carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint that put enormous strain on the planet.
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Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has said that individuals accused of sexual harassment should not be given awards until their cases are concluded in the courts. She expressed these views while addressing a conference at the President House.
“I want to tell President Arif Alvi: We as a state should disown individuals suspected of harassment. If women who come forward with harassment allegations don’t cover their head or are progressive, the society assumes that they are lying,” the minister noted.
Women rights organisations including Women Action Forum and Aurat March Lahore have released statements in support of actor Meesha Shafi after FIA accused her of defamation in a case filed by Ali Zafar, seeking proceedings against her. Women rights group have claimed that false information is being spread about Meesha and eight others names in the Ali Zafar case.
They point out the hypocrisy and the lack of justice for women who report their harassers. Furthermore, they say that FIA is no one to find Meesha “guilty” of anything. That is the court’s job and the verdict in the Ali Zafar and Meesha Shafi case is not out yet.Earlier this week the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) asked a trial court to start proceedings against singer Meesha Shafi and eight others for allegedly being involved in a hate campaign targeting Ali Zafar.
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The Britishers decided to finally take a different path from the EU, It comes after 4 and a half years break, the divorce period as they call it. There were months of negotiations and all were engulfed in the fear of no Brexit deal. After leaving the EU, there will be a change in a few things like Britishers will not be able to freely move in the UK and EU.
There will be border regulations, and more paperwork for Britishers to visit EU states and long queues at the airport and immigration. Importers and exporters in England, Scotland, and Wales will require customs declarations in the same way as they do with countries outside the EU. For EU citizens in the UK, rights will remain the same until June 30, 2021, after which they will have to check if they can stay.
While UK citizens living in the EU will have some protections under the withdrawal agreement, they will need to be aware of a country’s specific rules. The good news is that the deal means there will be no charges on British or EU goods — a relief for both markets since the EU is the UK’s closest and largest trading partner.
There is also no quota on the number of things that can be traded. The terms are written in a 2000 page document. The economy of Britain is already battered due to covid, the decision about Brexit might bring things on track. There will be a tariff-free trade relationship, prices for the goods Britain buys from/sells to the EU would have soared. There must be a transparent way to break up and clear terms and conditions, with prioritizing trade and welfare of the residents.
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The number of coronavirus infections has reached 475,085 on Tuesday after more cases were reported in different parts of the country.
According to the national database, 1,776 persons tested positive for the deadly virus in 24 hours.
As per sources, cases in Sindh climbed to 212,093 the highest number so far in the country, while the confirmed infections tally in Punjab stood at 136,669, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cases jumped to 57,746, in Balochistan 18,099 cases reported, Islamabad Capital Territory covid-19 cases reached 37,390, Gilgit-Baltistan tally up to 4,853 while 8,235 cases were reported in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
In addition, the country has recorded 9,992 deaths so far, after 63 fatalities were reported over the last 24 hours.
As per official data, Punjab recorded 3,959 deaths, a highest number as compared to any other province while 3,502 in Sindh, 1,617 deaths were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 101 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 182 in Balochistan, Islamabad Capital Territory has reported 412 deaths and AJK recorded 219 deaths.
According to the NCOC, Pakistan has so far carried out 6,619,983 corona tests and 30,666 in last 24 hours and 425,494 patients have recovered whereas 2,259 patients are in a critical condition across the country. (04)
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