District Health Officer Dr Zaeem Zia confirmed spread of the Delta variant in the capital, adding, the total number of people who were diagnosed with this variant is still not available with the District Health Office. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The capital saw an increase in the Covid-19 positivity ratio as it jumped to 7.1pc on Friday whereas the Delta variant has also been detected in patients who were diagnosed with the disease.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (East) Babar Sahib Din when contacted, confirmed that the Delta variant was traced among positive cases, however, the total number of people who contracted this variant is still not known.
Health officials still urging to stay cautious as the number of heat-related deaths rises to 20
July 8, 2021 5:52 PM Rania Kaur
Updated:
SPOKANE, Wash. We may be out of triple digit temperatures, but we are still feeling the aftermath of last week’s extreme heat as Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office says 20 people have died from heat-related illness in Spokane.
Mike Lopez, Director of Integrated Medical Services for the Spokane Fire Department explains nationally, the number of heat related calls tends to stay the same even after a temperatures begin to cool down.
“Those systems tend to aggregate, accumulate over a period of time and once they hit a certain level it just becomes overwhelming for the individual,” said Lopez.
The health authorities recommended smart lockdown in 10 localities of Rawalpindi district from where the delta variant cases have been reported. Reuters/File
RAWALPINDI: As many as 15 people were diagnosed with the delta variant of Covid-19 in the Rawalpindi district, said Divisional Commissioner Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah on Thursday.
He asked the health authority to take precautionary measures and urged the citizens to get themselves vaccinated as soon as possible to avoid further spread of the virus.
“All government employees should submit their vaccination certificate by July 15 otherwise their salaries will be stopped,” he stated this at a meeting held to review the Covid-19 situation.
Letter #49, 2021, Thursday, July 8: Fr Swamy Letter #49, 2021, Thursday, July 8: Fr Swamy
A screengrab of the funeral service for
Father Stan Swamy
, the Jesuit social activist who died on July 5 in a Mumbai hospital while he was still under detention accused of collaborating with terrorist activities. (He always denied the accusation.)
Below, a Jesuit priest visits Father Swamy in Mumbai’s Holy Family Hospital at the end of May. Fr. Swamy became so sick that prison authorities agreed to transfer him to the hospital.
The map below shows the location of Jharkhand State, where Fr. Stan lived and worked.
The bottom photograph is a screenshot from a video. Fr. Stan is wearing dark glasses, sitting among the people he spent his entire life defending.
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