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• COVID-19 was declared pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020. 
• WHO stands for: World Health Organization
• COVID caused by: SARS-CoV-2
• COVID-19 acronym: Coronavirus disease 2019
• Global Pandemic means: عالمی وباء

Last verified on 16-03-2026

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National Institute of Health on 9th May 2022 said that the first case of the subvariant of COVID-19's Omicron variant has been confirmed in Pakistan.

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The virus has confirmed to have reached in Pakistan on 20 February 2020.

Sindh Cases: 134000

Sindh Death: 2500

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First Reported:  

   - Reported to WHO on 24 November 2021 by South Africa.

Variant Name:  

   - Named Omicron and designated as a Variant of Concern (VOC) on 26 November 2021.

Scientific Name:  

   - B.1.1.529 lineage.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) released the World Health Statistics 2023.

 According to this report, COVID-19 caused some 20 million deaths and a total of 336.8 million life-years.

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman

Katalin Kariko belongs to Hungary

Drew Weissman belongs to USA

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19

first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019 

it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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A Chinese woman became the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans.

Confirmed by WHO in April 2023.

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The main US health agency continues to place Pakistan among the countries where the chances of catching Covid-19 are low. In its latest update on the pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed Pakistan in level-1, which is its lowest category for getting infected by a disease.