COVID-19 Tests in Pakistan Aren’t 100% Accurate

During the session of the Punjab assembly on Monday, provincial health minister Dr. Yasmeen Rashid revealed that COVID-19 testing kits currently available are not producing 100% accurate results.
Total Coronavirus cases in Pakistan have crossed 32,000 with 706 deaths. Coronavirus cases in Punjab are nearing 12,000. 4,500 people have recovered and 211 have died in Punjab. In the last 24 hours, Punjab conducted around 4,500 tests, of which 300 came back positive, Dr. Yasmeen apprised the house.
Opposition lawmakers criticized the Punjab government for its response to the Coronavirus pandemic. They claimed that the government is busy in political point-scoring by leveling allegations against the opposition.
In response to the uncalled for criticism, Dr. Yasmeen said that the government has made sufficient arrangements to tackle the Coronavirus outbreak in Punjab. It includes the disbursement of cash under the Ehsaas Emergency relief program, announcement of Coronavirus risk allowance f..

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Twitter Will Now Tell You if Coronavirus Info is Misleading

Social media giants have been on a crackdown against COVID-19 misinformation ever since the start of the pandemic. YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram have all introduced new features and tools to reduce misinformation, and now Twitter will start labeling misleading Coronavirus information to prevent it from spreading.
All Tweets with potentially harmful or misleading information relating to the virus will now be labeled as misleading. This change will be applied retroactively, so misleading tweets shared before the update will also be marked as misleading. Twitter will also insert a link underneath the tweet that will redirect people to reliable and verified information.
The action taken against the tweet will depend on whether Twitter deems it as “misleading”, “disputed”, or “unverified”. Based on how severe the claim is, Twitter will either label the content, remove it, send a warning, or take no action. The image below shows what type of content will get labeled, removed, warned, et..

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WhatsApp to Support 50 Person Video Calls Soon

WhatsApp, only recently, added support for up to eight people in a video call. However, in comparison with Zoom, House party, Google Duo, and the newly minted Facebook Messenger Rooms, WhatsApp still has a long way to go.
According to WABetainfo, Facebook is already trying to remedy that. The company recently spotted a test feature in WhatsApp that will redirect users to messenger rooms allowing them to conduct video calls and meetings with as much as 50 people.
WABetainfo spotted the test feature in the latest version of WhatsApp web client. A similar version of the feature was also spotted in the beta version of the Android application. This shows that Facebook is working on the integration of both services.
According to the website, the shortcut for messenger rooms appears in “both the paper clip menu within chaps, as well as the main menu of the web client.”
If you click it, you will receive a prompt about being redirected to messenger rooms along with a warning that those call..

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Asad Umar Explains Smart Lockdown & Virus Hotspots

Asad Umar the Minister for Federal Planning and Development said that the government will utilize technology to track Covid-19 patients and map out virus hotspots as part of its ‘smart lockdown’ strategy.
While talking to the media he said, “We need to ensure that the policies we are making can be implemented on the ground as well.” The Minister who chairs the NCOC said they had initially carried out the ‘test, track and quarantine’ strategy but now they needed to see the areas where the virus had spread.
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He said, “With the help of data which has been collected thus far, the government will implement a ‘smart lockdown’ to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.”
At the briefing, he showed a map showing the virus hotspots in the country and he showed that with more cases, it can be narrowed down to neighborhoods. Elaborating on the smart lockdown he said that healthcare teams would inspect the areas and determine ho..

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Sindh’s Young Nurses Boycott Work Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Sindh Young Nurses Association (SYNA) has announced to boycott work in hospitals province-wide and organize a sit-in at Karachi Press Club (KPC) from today.
President SYNA, Aijaz Kaleri, claims that the Sindh health department has consistently been undermining the efforts of frontline health workers by transferring them without any reason amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Transfer of nurses has become a matter of daily routine. Whenever nurses raise their voice for their rights, Sindh health department either initiates legal action against them on flimsy grounds or transfers them to a different hospital as revenge.
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Sindh health department has yet to pay Coronavirus risk allowance and health professional allowance to the nurses risking their lives in order to save COVID-19 patients while working with inadequate personal protection, SYNA President added.
SYNA will be demanding from the Sindh government to put a halt to ..

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