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The cases of Omicron in Karachi are increasing at an alarming level

The cases of Omicron in Karachi are increasing at an alarming level

Top Story March 10, 2021 LONDON: Weekly deaths involving coronavirus in the over-80s in England and Wales have fallen 79 per cent since a peak five weeks ago, figures show. There were 1,118 Covid-19 deaths in adults aged 80 and over which took place in the week ending February 26, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. This is a fall of more than three quarters since the week ending January 22, when 5,326 deaths involving coronavirus took place in this age group. Deaths in adults aged 75-79 have fallen 79 per cent over the same period, while for 70-74-year-olds the fall was 76 per ce...

January 9, 2021 Beijing: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday lowered its 2021 growth forecast for China to 7.9 percent, following a year of "significant human and economic costs" inflicted by the Covid-19 crisis. The figure is slightly below the 8.2 percent the IMF earlier predicted, although China has been pegged as the only major economy likely to expand in the face of the coronavirus. After a record contraction in the first three months last year due to unprecedented lockdowns and factory closures, the world´s number-two economy has since bounced back. But the 1.9 percent ful...