How to Clean Your Phone to Avoid Coronavirus [Guide]

At this point, where COVID-19 or coronavirus cases are increasing by the day, most of us are frantically washing our hands and trying not to touch our faces. However, do you think that is enough? What about our phones that are almost like an extension of our hands?
According to experts, smartphones are nothing less breeding ground for germs. They are much dirtier than you might think.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization are continually asking users to disinfect frequently touched surfaces. Our Smartphones are one of them.
On January 17, ZDNet took to Twitter to ask a simple question: How often do you disinfect your phone? The results were mind-boggling. A whopping 60 percent of the audience admitted that they never cleaned their phone. Only 18.5 percent of the people said they clean their phones weekly, and 7.4% inferred they would clean it after being sick.
Daniel R. Kuritzkes, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigha..

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Ufone Conducts an Awareness Session on Coronavirus for its Employees

Amidst the growing threats of Coronavirus, Pakistani telecom operator Ufone in collaboration with National Institute of Health (Pakistan) conducted a public awareness session on Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Ufone Tower in Islamabad to educate its employees about the pandemic, its symptoms and key preventative measures that should be taken on an individual level to avoid any risk.
Dr. Mumtaz Ali Khan, Senior Scientific Officer and Focal Person for Infection Prevention, Control and Patient Safety (NIH, Pakistan) was invited to deliver the session. He highlighted some crucial global and local statistics related to the number of people being affected by the virus.
Ufone’s GM Human Resources presents a shield to Dr. Mumtaz Dr. Mumtaz stressed on the adoption of preventive measures such as regular washing of hands, avoiding close contact and covering mouth & nose while coughing and sneezing, in order to avoid the risk of contracting the disease. Demonstrations about certain safety precaut..

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Sindh Education Minister Announces New Exam Schedule

Sindh Education and Literacy Department has rejected rumors on social media that students across the province will be promoted without exams.
In a clarification on Monday, the Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said that the exams for the classes 1st to 8th will be taken from 1st to the 15th of June when the schools reopen.
“Exams for the classes 1st to 8th will be held from the 1st of June to the 15th of June. After the results, students will be promoted to the next courses,” said Ghani, adding that this is when the new academic year in the province will start.
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Addressing a press conference in Karachi, the minister said that all steps have been taken to contain the spread of coronavirus. The decision was made in the Steering Committee, convened ahead of the press conference.
The minister added that the exams of 9th and 10th grades will start from the 15th of June, continuing until the 30th of June. The result will be out by the..

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Excise Dept Working on Rules for Re-Registeration of Vehicles in Punjab

There are media reports that the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has started creating rules and regulation pertaining to the re-registration procedure of vehicles that are already registered in other provinces.
According to the information, the department carried this out in the past as well but the process wasn’t completely finished; the department issued new number plates after finishing the documentation and cancelling the old registration plates.
Sadly, due to limited use of information technology, the facility was put on hold after several cases of fraud were discovered in 2002. After that, under section 30 of the Motor Vehicle Act of 1963, the department was empowered through the finance bill in the 2016 financial budget to restart this with a condition that that a formal order would be signed by the Secretary Punjab Excise after the rules and regulation were drafted.
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Banking Industry’s Deposits Surge to Rs. 14.8 Trillion

Banking Industry continued to receive handsome inflows of deposits that have surged to Rs. 14.8 trillion and are likely to touch Rs. 15 trillion within the next month.
According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the banking industry recorded an addition of Rs. 142 billion, on the account of deposits thanks to higher interest rates which provided an opportunity for banks to attract customers with higher profit rates.
Some banks cashed in on the opportunity and offer profit rates of up to 14 percent on different saving products mainly Term Deposit Certificates for a period of one to five years. Besides the certificate, banks—Islamic and conventional—received healthy deposits in non-remunerative accounts from new customers and account holders including corporations and various associations which also added inflows in their deposits.
Among these banks, some have stopped their high-profit rate Term Deposit Certificate ahead of the announcement of the new policy rates, which is expecte..

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Shehzad Roy Shares Message On Coronavirus Outbreak

Coronavirus is rapidly spreading around the globe. Its high time that we all take it seriously and start taking precautions.
Shehzad Roy released a video message to share some tips to save yourself from Coronavirus.

He said, “I got the opportunity to visit CM house and meet the task force assigned to deal with Coronavirus. I am glad that the Government is taking it seriously because it is a serious situation.”

The singer continued, “I just want to request to those who are listening that please don’t shake hands even if they find it offensive. Don’t do public gatherings whether its wedding or religious gatherings.”

He shares that he was passing by Sea View and he felt like people are celebrating New Year’s or some kind of vacations. He said, “We need to behave like noble creature as this is a serious situation. We don’t need to panic but protect each other.”

He advised that we must practice social distancing and don’t go out unless we have some important work to do.
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Shehzad Roy Wants You To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus

Coronavirus is rapidly spreading around the globe. Its high time that we all take it seriously and start taking precautions.
Shehzad Roy released a video message to share some tips to save yourself from Coronavirus.

He said, “I got the opportunity to visit CM house and meet the task force assigned to deal with Coronavirus. I am glad that the Government is taking it seriously because it is a serious situation.”

The singer continued, “I just want to request to those who are listening that please don’t shake hands even if they find it offensive. Don’t do public gatherings whether its wedding or religious gatherings.”

He shares that he was passing by Sea View and he felt like people are celebrating New Year’s or some kind of vacations. He said, “We need to behave like noble creature as this is a serious situation. We don’t need to panic but protect each other.”

He advised that we must practice social distancing and don’t go out unless we have some important work to do.
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Coronavirus: Ali Zafar Has An Important Message For The Spreading Pandemic

Ali Zafar is a singer par excellence, there is absolutely no doubts about that.

Recentlt Zafar created chaos with his cricket anthem Mela Loot Liya that he has designed especially for his fans after a lot of them requested him to release a song for PSL too.

Because Ali is such a wonderful singer, it only seems legit that he raises awareness about the rapidly spreading pandemic coronavirus amongst his fans in Pakistan, by singing.
And so Ali Zafar recently shared his very own version of famous song Ko Ko Korina dedicated to coronavirus.

Check out the song here and tell us what you think about Ali Zafar’s style of spreading awareness regarding Covid-19. Better yet, follow the advice Ali has to give.
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Government’s Live Coronavirus Dashboard Goes Offline

In a tense environment due to the coronavirus pandemic, misinformation can spell disaster given how quickly it can spread.
Following a surge in cases of coronavirus in Pakistan, the Prime Minister Office (PMO) issued several directives regarding the disease to deal with misinformation.
One such update revealed that the National Institute of Health (NIH) will maintain a dashboard on its official website to provide real-time updates on the situation.
For some time, the live dashboard was working as intended and provided the latest updates on Coronavirus. However, the dashboard is now unavailable on the NIH’s website as this Twitter user points out:
Removal of the coronavirus dashboard from NIH’s website will impede the government’s efforts to fight the pandemic and misinformation at the same time.
The importance of having accurate and government-provided data during the COVID-19 outbreak can be gauged by the fact that a renowned news channel recently misreported the total number of ..

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