Coronavirus vaccine news: Leaders from around 140 countries wrote to the World Health Assembly (WHA) stating that a corona vaccine should not be patented and made available for everyone for free

After reporting just a handful of COVID-19 cases in late February, Pakistan's numbers began to surge from mid-March

The country detected 1,049 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 22,413

Pakistan COVID-19 update: New cases came as Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that the nationwide lockdown will be lifted gradually, asserting that Pakistan cannot afford an indefinite closure

Coronavirus in Pakistan: As many as 193,859 tests have been conducted so far, including 9,164 in the last 24 hours in the country

Among the high profile politicians tested positive for the deadly virus include Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, apart from Governor of Pakistan's southern Sindh province Imran Ismail, a very close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan

The National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, is currently in recess, though opposition parties have been calling for it to convene to discuss the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, where the number of cases has risen to 16,817, including 385 deaths

Pakistan on Tuesday advised all media houses here to ensure full protection of its staff after eight employees of a news channel tested positive for the deadly coronavirus

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that a graded lockdown is the only solution as the coronavirus will probably be around for a long time

Faisal Edhi met Imran Khan on April 15 and made a donation to the Pakistani government's coronavirus relief fund

Corona Lockdown in India: Delhi reported 92 new cases and 1 more death todat; Lado Sarai was added to list of containment zones, taking the number of COVID-19 hotspots in the national capital to 89

Pakistan on Tuesday reported 16 more deaths from the coronavirus, taking the country's toll to 192, while the number of confirmed infections spiked to over 9,000

Corona lockdown in India updates: Personnel involved in COVID-19 management activities, central government employees, doctors, and media personnel with authorisation, as well as goods transport and ambulances have been exempted from this

In a tweet, Khan accused the Indian government of deliberately targeting the Muslim community against the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis

Lockdown relaxation in India state-wise: The national capital has reported 78 new COVID-19 cases and 2 more deaths in the past 24 hours, confirmed Delhi Health Department

Lockdown in India latest updates: India reported 1,076 new cases and 32 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country's total number of coronavirus positive cases have risen to 13,835, including 11,616 active cases, 1,766 cured/discharged/migrated and 452 deaths

Yusuf said that due to limited testing kits, the country's ability to test local residents will be restricted if all Pakistanis arriving from other countries are tested

So far, 1,446 people have recovered from the disease and 107 deaths have been reported in the country. The authorities has so far conducted 73,439 tests, including 3,380 in the last 24 hours

Pakistan will receive $1.4 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of organisation's Rapid Financing Instrument to help finance the country's response to novel coronavirus

The total tally of COVID-19 patients in the largest province of Punjab was 2,270, Sindh 1,128, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 620, Balochistan 219, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) 215, Islamabad 107 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 33