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Stocks around the world, have been in a free-fall for some time now due to worries about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy. Pakistan wasn’t safe either as another massacre was seen during the first day of the week with last week’s negative sentiment continuing into this week. PSX’s benchmark index, KSE-100 index declined by 2375 points in today’s session which was the highest ever decline in history in terms of points. It touched an intraday low of 2,442 points on Monday. The market closed at 33,664 points, declining 6.59%, which is the highest decline in percentage terms since 20th May 2002, according to Arif Habib Ltd. Over Rs. 383 billion was wiped off from the market during today’s session, according to Capital Stake. Shortly after the stock market opened Monday, the market went in the red zone. For the fourth time in six working days, trading was halted at the Pakistan Stock Exchange after the KSE-30 index fell by more than 5%. The activity was halt..

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..

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..