Islamabad has made testing of the novel coronavirus compulsory for all restaurant employees delivering food across the capital. According to a notification, only those employees who test negative for the virus will be allowed to deliver or prepare delivery items. Restaurants and stores have also been instructed to place hand santisers at both their entry and exit points.
Adnan Siddiqui after mimicking the former cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed in Jeeto Pakistan, apologized for his act. Siddiqui apologized during live show and said that he did not mean to say anything in that way. He apologized to Sarfaraz’s fans and friends and said that he did not mean to upset them. Adnan again asked if Sarfaraz was mad at him to which the cricketer confirmed No.
Elon Musk and Grimes had a baby boy and they named him X Æ A-12m since then speculation over the name has been a major topic of conversation. The parents don’t seem to agree on how to pronounce their baby’s unusual name. Previously, the Canadian singer explained that Æ is the Elven spelling of AI, which is shorthand for artificial intelligence.
YouTube, the world’s biggest online video-sharing platform, will give the Pakistan government $5 million to combat the spreading coronavirus. .In a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki mentioned about the grant to help control the spread of the virus in Pakistan. She said that it is also to compensate people affected due to the pandemic.
Singapore has unveiled ‘Spot’, a dog-like robot that ensures park goers practice social distancing to avoid contracting COVID-19. The Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot reminds people to keep a safe distance from one another with a recorded message. Spot is currently deployed in the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and equipped with cameras and built-in sensors that help it walk without colliding into anything.
The Balochistan government has decided to impose a partial lockdown to fight the novel coronavirus across the province until May 19. The government allowed all shopping malls, markets, stores, outlets, warehouses, depots and auto workshops to remain open from 3pm to 5pm throughout the week. Tandoors, grocery stores, medical stores and blood banks can remain open for 24 hours, whereas restaurants are only allowed to resume delivery and takeaway services.
The Sindh government has decided to build an infectious diseases hospital in Karachi, Chief Minister’s Adviser Murtaza Wahab announced on Twitter. In a video message, the minister said that the government is working on building a 400-bed hospital which will soon be opened for the public. Wahab said that patients with multiple infectious diseases will be treated here.
India’s top medical research body has turned down a proposal by the Modi government to test water from the Ganges river as a cure for coronavirus. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) turned down the request as it is focusing on the Covid-19 battle and does not want to waste time on other research. ICMR’s head of the Department of Research Management, said that the matter is at a very preliminary stage.
Adnan Siddiqui caused an uproar on Twitter when a video of him mocking Sarfaraz Ahmed started going viral. The two were part of Fahad Mustafa’s game show Jeeto Pakistan and a certain clip from the program started circulating where Siddiqui is seen not just joking at the cricket captain’s expense but ridiculing his speech.
Late veteran actor Irrfan Khan was scheduled to be in Anand Gandhi’s next film about a pandemic, before his passing away. Titled Emergence, the script was based on women scientists who were fighting a contagion. Anand said that he wish he had created something with Irrfan. The director also revealed that he had managed to get epidemiologist Larry Brilliant as the executive producer for the film.