The Balochistan government has extended province-wide lockdown till May 5 due to a spike in cases of the novel coronavirus. The Balochistan Home Department has issued a notification in this regard. Shops and industries that have been allowed to resume operations have been directed to adhere to the SOPs issued by the government to prevent the spread of the virus.
The organisers of the Lux Style Awards announced that they have decided to cancel the event this year and redirect the funds to coronavirus relief. According to a statement on their website, they said that they will give the show funds to partner with Aakhuwat Foundation.in order to support the impacted members of their entertainment industry.
Actress Meera has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to arrange for her repartition as she is left helpless in New York where coronavirus has taken thousands of lives. In a video message, Meera said that her Chinese cameraman has died and she is stranded without help from anyone. Meera, a month earlier, had gone to America for the shooting of her film “Long Distance”.
Europe began preparing for a slow reopening as United States epicenter New York reported headway Sunday in their battle against the deadly pandemic. Governments across the world are now debating how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity confined to their homes and crippled the global economy. Europe saw encouraging signs with Italy, Spain, France and Britain showing drops in daily death tolls and slowing infection rates.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that it has donated over Rs10 million to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s coronavirus relief fund. According to PCB press release it deposited PKR10,536 in the relief fund. PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani thanked all the employees for their generous contributions to the fund. He added that cricket has once again demonstrated that it values, respects and cares for its supporters and will continue to do so.
US Ambassador to Pakistan Paul W Jones has assured that the United States stands with Pakistan in its fight against the novel coronavirus.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recovered from coronavirus but faced criticism for being “missing in action” at the beginning of the outbreak. Johnson spent three days in intensive care after contracting the virus, but was released from hospital a week ago. The leader was accused of being “missing in action” by Labour shadow health minister Jonathan Ashworth following a Sunday Times newspaper report.
The government of China knew that the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan could snowball into a pandemic yet they kept the world in dark from for the next 6 days. APNews reported based on retrospective infection data. The report, citing Chinese media, claims there was enough data that COVID-19 was spreading as people yet the Chinese government hid the fact from the public and WHO.
Remdesivir, an antiviral medicine, has cured nearly all coronavirus patients after the clinical trial. A hospital in Chicago administering Remdesivir reported that the patients recovered from fever and respiratory difficulties. Remdesivir is a product of Gilead Sciences, an American biotechnology company. Following the outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan, several laboratory tests identified Remdesivir as the potential cure of COVID-19 disease.
Apple is releasing a new iPhone that will be vastly cheaper than the previous models as pandemic curbed spending. The second-generation iPhone SE introduced will sell for $399, a 40 per cent markdown from the iPhone 11 unveiled last year. Higher-end versions of the iPhone 11 sell for more than $1,000. Online orders for the iPhone SE will begin Friday, with the first deliveries expected April 24.