LAHORE – For the first time in Pakistan, police booked a citizen for not wearing a face mask in Lahore on Sunday. Islampura police registered the case under the provisions of the Punjab Epidemic Control Ordinance 2020. Muhammad Javed, a resident of Islampura, was booked for being unmasked ...

A study has found plastic face shields don’t protect against Covid-19 if an infected person wearing no mask sneezes nearby. Researchers revealed “vortex rings” produced by the sneeze carry infectious particles to the face shield in less than a second and stick to the edges of the plastic. ...

         ISLAMABAD- New Delhi, Indian police are battling a booming black market in used face masks and surgical gloves scavenged in some cases from hospital refuse tips, as people scramble for cheap coronavirus protection.Police in the western city of Navi ...

ISLAMABAD- SOUTH SUDAN, Turkey's state-run aid agency TIKA has provided South Sudan sewing machines and cloth rolls for making masks to help it respond better to the corona-virus pandemic. The 30 sewing machines, and 1,000-meter cloth roll will help in the production of about 15,000 face ...

 ISLAMABAD-Washington,American Airlines said Monday it had contacted Republican Senator Ted Cruz after he was seen without a mask on a flight, but he said he had only removed it to eat and drink.Health experts and scientists have called on politicians to set an example by wearing face ...

ISLAMABAD-A Ministerial meeting on production of Personal Protection Equipment and its export was held in Islamabad today (Friday). The meeting expressed satisfaction over the stock situation of N-95 masks in the country. The meeting also asked Provincial Health Ministries and National Disaster ...

ISLAMABAD-SEOUL,Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it has globally expanded its support program for mask manufacturers so that more protective equipment can be produced against the novel coronavirus. The South Korean tech giant said it recently sent engineers to Polish mask producer PTAK and ...

ISLAMABAD-Punjab Government has issued regular Ordinance regarding "No Mask No Service" across the province, to contain the coronavirus pandemic. According spokesman of Punjab Government, this order has been issued due to increasing cases of Coronavirus in the province. He said Punjab Government ...

ISLAMABAD-Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar Thursday distributed face masks among the residents of Sialkot to ensure full compliance of the coronavirus SOPs (standard operating procedures) in the city.He visited various parts of the city to oversee ...

ISLAMABAD-Sindh Governor Imran Ismail handed over 1500 complete Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) clothing, 2000 face masks and hand sanitizer for the medical staffers of Civil Hospital Karachi. Medical Superintendent Civil Hospital Karachi Dr. Khadim Qureshi, AMS Dr. Ismail Memon and AMS Dr. ...