Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Norway Closes All Airports To Foreigners As Coronavirus Cases Mount
Just 48 hours after implementing the most drastic emergency measures ever seen in peacetime in Norway, the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced several additional restrictions. From 8am CET on Monday, March 16, all Norwegian airports and seaports will no longer allow foreigners who are not residents of Norway to enter the country. The announcement follows similar measures taken by Denmark, which announced a border closure yesterday. “These last days have been completely unreal for me and it has certainly been the same for all of you,” said Solberg at a press conferenceRead More
UAE airlines cancel, reroute Pakistan flights
DUBAI, Mar 15 (DNA): The United Arab Emirates has announced cancelling and rerouting their flights from Pakistan’s smaller cities after Islamabad put restriction on international flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan government has announced that all international flights will operate only from three airports – Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad – from Sunday. According to Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority’s website, currently 12 airports are used for international flights. It said international flights from Peshawar, Gwadar, Quetta, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Sukkur and Multan have been halted from Sunday. “From March 15Read More
Taliban claim defeating “mysterious and oppressive” Daesh in Kunar
ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (DNA): Afghan Taliban have claimed that they have cleared eastern Kunar province of Daesh militants during a large-scale operation to eradicate the remnants of the group. Hundreds of Daesh militants have surrendered to the Afghan forces in recent months in Nangarhar, the group’s birthplace in Afghanistan, and their remnants later fled to nearby mountainous Kunar province, bordering Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal district. Daesh, blamed for several deadly terrorist attacks in Kabul and in eastern parts of the country, had been under pressure by the US drones, Afghan forcesRead More
Coronavirus patients’ count in Pakistan soars to 31
ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (DNA): The number of the cases of novel coronavirus in Pakistan has increased to 31 after one case reported in Islamabad and two more cases surfaced in Karachi. According to latest information disseminated Sunday, Sindh has reported 18 cases, Balochistan six, Islamabad four while three people have been diagnosed with the virus in Gilgit-Baltistan. Three patients have also been discharged after full recovery from the disease. The first case reported in Islamabad was a woman, who had recently arrived in the federal capital from the UnitedRead More
Zafar advises for safety measures to fight Coronavirus
ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (DNA) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Zafar Mirza on Sunday said the government had tightens security measurements on sealed borders of the country to prevent further spread of pandemic virus. He said masses should not get panic and feel scared of Coronavirus instead adopt safety measures to combat it. He further ensured that federal government had kicked off different special programs to speed up awareness campaign against the disease. “People must adopt hygiene and cleanliness, the best way to stay safe from CoronavirusRead More
Balochistan reports two more coronavirus cases, Pakistan tally hits 33
QUETTA, MAR 15 (DNA) – Two more cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Balochistan Saturday night taking the provincial total to 10, according to Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani. More than 3,800 pilgrims entering the province via the Taftan border have been quarantined and others are being tested, the Balochistan government said. During a press conference at the Higher Secretariat Quetta on Saturday, Shahwani said that of the 10 people affected, four were from Balochistan and the remaining were from other provinces. “All of them have been shiftedRead More