COVID-19: Sci-Tech, Opinion & more
With the novel coronavirus infections crossing the million mark, the world adjust to life under lockdown.
Read The Express Tribune's top picks on science, technology and analysis of the health crisis.
Opinion & analysis
Looking at the pandemic through lense of our writers.
Thoughts in self-isolation
Let’s join hands in fighting coronavirus
Covid-19: We will come through this together
Pakistan needs to act now or never
COVID-19 aid
Post covid-19 Pakistan
Leadership in times of coronavirus
Could COVID-19 become Pakistan's white swan?
The odds of winning
Lesson to learn from US
COVID-19 and people-to-people contact
No Saarc tie-up sans Pakistan
Who is responsible?
Covid-19 and the plight of labourer
The judicial island
The corona challenge
Pandemic demands transformation
The divine mirror
Spread of COVID-19 and Pakistan's economy
Keeping mothers safe while battling Covid-19
Covid-19 and how it has impacted our world
Taking Covid-19 lightly
Can Dr Zafar Mirza save Pakistan from a COVID-19 ?
Covid-19: The beginning of the end
Covid-19 and our response
strategy
Four priorities for a global pandemic strategy
Pakistan’s low corona count is a ticking bomb
Pakistan no stranger to mega-crises but this is different
Lockdown to breakdown
A brand new world
Covid-19 & rise of data-driven govts
Pandamic & our divergent responses
Covid-19 challneges & opportunities
Those days of frequent lockdowns
Right-wing nationalism and healthcare
Pre-corona world, gone with the wind
The curious case of compassion
Questions for the poor, none for the rich
Covid-19 and the road to universal healthcare
Letter from Rome
Covid-19: backdrop and beyond
Save lives or livelihoods?
Covid-19: a costly negligence?
Role of intelligence in coronavirus control
Thinking back,
planning ahead
Why some corona curbs should stay permanently
Antibodies: Nature’s greatest gift
Blind faith
A challenge to leaderships as never before
Welldone, Pakistan!
Let’s gear up for post-corona era
Hapless SBP
Will Covid-19 affect remittance flow?
Workers, president & pandemic
New normal? Better normal!
Covid-19 and women
How many wash hands with soap?
Covid-19 and plague of lingering inequalities
The chloroquine conundrum
Serendipitous outcomes of Covid-19
The lockdown conundrum
Life under Covid
In the meanwhile…
The role of civil society in post-corona world
As WHO takes the fall
Where are the epidemiologists?
Covid-19: RSS cadres in Gulf exposed
How Pakistan’s economy can grow post Covid-19
Facing pandemics in today’s
How to dilute corona catastrophe
Home quarantine
Pakistan’s response to coronavirus
The leadership we need
Protect people first
BLOG: The sight of leaders leading
BLOG: How to get past mismanagement
BLOG: Judicial activism in times of pandemic
BLOG: A doctor's tale
BLOG: Why more ventilators are not the answer
BLOG: What helped me through quaraintine in France
BLOG: Can Pakistan endure economic ramifications of virus?
BLOG: Why is Pakistan’s religious establishment getting away with lockdown violations?
BLOG: Lessons Pakistan can learn from South Korea's COVID-19 response
BLOG: Tale from a state of Covid-19 emergency
BLOG: Assessing virus's impact on climate change
SCI-TECH: DEFENCE AGAINST COVID-19
Identified by Chinese authorities on January 7, SARS-CoV-2 is a new strain of the coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
With infections soaring past the million mark, billions of people are living under a lockdown as governments and experts step up efforts against the pandemic.
As scientists continue to examine the unique virus, The Express Tribune sieves through an influx of information.
WHO health alert brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp
Why are South Koreans testing positive again?
COVID-19 to worsen gender inequalities in Pakistan
Dexamethasone reduces death rates in critical cases
How long does the virus stay in your body?
'Lack of global leadership biggest threat in fighting pandemic'
Safe burial
What is chloroquine?
Cats can get COVID-19
Heat won’t prevent or treat COVID-19
Who is a Covidiot?
Loss of taste, smell likely sympotoms
Myths & misconceptions: The do's & don'ts
Fresh from the lab: The home-grown robotic virus fighter
Mysterious blood clots are Covid-19's latest lethal surprise
WHO concerned about Covid-19 impct on weak systems
Covid-19 death toll to double if lockdown eased
US suggests sunlight, heat weakens Covid-19 virus
'Drug Remdesivir ineffective during first coronavirus treatment trial'
World leaders due to launch Covid-19 drugs, vaccine plan
'Remdesivir shows improvement in Covid-19 patients when used early'
Finding digital solutions to mental well-being
Experts warn about eating habits during quarantine
Cannabis lobby warns against smoking
Experimental virus drug remdesivir effective in monkeys: study
No evidence antibody tests can show immunity, warns WHO
No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus study
Can dogs detect Covid-19? Canines in training to sniff out virus
UK to collect COVID-19 survivors' blood for treatment trials
Race of vaccine limits drug innovation
Fill the gaps or brace for impact
Are masks helping?
Is lockdown working?
More & more young people dying of virus: WHO
Recovery from Covid-19 may not confer immunity
What is herd immunity?
Is CoV-2 (Coronavirus-2) a man-made pathogen?
Women leaders common link in country with best response
'COVID-19 can survive on some surfaces for days'
Transmission of coronavirus during pregnancy: rare but possible
Supercomputer identifies chemicals to stop virus
'Millions will not die from novel coronavirus'
New gadgets dreamt up to fight virus
First Chloroquine drug trial for COVID-19 unsuccessful
Japanese flu drug effective in treatment, says China
COVID-19 to worsen gender inequalities in Pakistan
Why are South Koreans testing positive again?
Pakistan carries out whole genome sequencing
How long does the virus stay in your body?
$1 antibody test could be a game-changer in fight against coronavirus
Pakistani firm develops 'splinter' to increase ventilator capacity
Tell the difference between COVID-19 & allergies
Australian scientists claim anti-parasite drug can kill virus in 48 hurs
Videos games can help stop virus outbreak
Explainer: All you need to know about ‘pandemics’
‘Passive immunisation’ can save COVID-19 patients
LIVING IN A QUARANTINED WORLD
More than three billion people around the world are living under lockdown in a bid to slow the progression of the deadly pneumonia-like virus emerging in Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. In just four months, the novel coronavirus infected over a million people across the globe as death toll rose past 100,000.
But even in a quarantined world, life goes on.
Read our top picks on life amid a global lockdown.
WATCH: Muhammad Hussain, a cobbler from #Lahore, lost the ability to walk as a teenager but that didn't deter him from working for a better future for his family. The pandemic & ensuing lockdown, though, have left them with an uncertain future.
— The Express Tribune (@etribune) June 22, 2020
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Facebook gets rid of 'pseudoscience' ad-targeting category
Pakistani stars make a "call to action"
Nicotine fix: Social media peeved by WHO's anti-smoking campaign
'Meethi' Eid without sweets
A tough Eid for tailors
Domestic abuse rises in Latin American amid lockdown
Indonesians hooked to Turkish movies, dramas to kill boredom
Belgian with Covid-19 gives birth to healthy baby
Asia's mosques deserted as virus keeps Ramazan faithful away
Beijing shuts door on eating wild animals
Melbourne allows recitation of Azaan in mosques
'Once Upon a Virus': China mocks US Covid-19 response
Criminals using food delivery services to transport drugs
Coronavirus brews trouble for tea, disrupts supply as demand spikes
Covid, Corona & Lockdown: newborns named after a pandemic
Misinformation ruining lives, says UK fact-checker
Twitter to ban 5G conspiracy theories
Bezos, Musk among billionaires gaining net worth in pandemic
Coronavirus second wave may be even worse
Meet the donkey getting paid to crash boring Zoom meetings
Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow: UN
Colombian couple meets, marries in coronavirus shelter
A Ramazan like no other. PHOTOS: REUTERS
Artist tells lockdown story in watercolour
Digital video game spending hits record high
Zoom boosts encryption to quell safety concerns
Argentine official has some advice for digital lovers
India's child pornography consumption up by 95% during lockdown
Ramazan begins amid lockdown
Turkish medics back in the game post-virus
Meal-prepping while in quarantine
Ghosts' scare Indonesians indoors
Great-grandmother becomes Brazil's oldest survivor
Wedding streamers: Couple takes big day online
Doctors think ventilators might harm some patients
'Parents’ excessive use of technology affects children'
TeleSchool project goes live
Muslims flout the coronavirus ban in mosques
K-P's finest unite for anti-covid19 Pashto animation
Afghan girls try building ventilator from used car parts
Crime rate drops around the world amid COVID-19
Nearly 50% Pakistanis yet to take preventive measures
Auto industry races to make ventilators during virus crisis
COVID-19 impact on mental health
Sindh unveils drive-thru testing facility
Grooming services charges up 200%
These apps will help you educate, entertain kids under coronavirus lockdown
Sending a message in coronavirus pandemic. PHOTO: REUTERS
Fears of domestic violence rise as millions confined over virus
Karachi hospital launches TeleHealth to combat COVID-19 myths
5 recipes to try as you self-quarantine
Traffic accidents reduce amid COVID-19 outbreak
Is InstagramLive a good thing in time of self-isolation?
Dr Usama to be honoured with Nishan-e-Kashmir
Dating during pandemic: Chat online, meet much later
Stay at home: Where do the homeless go?
Cricket you can play under self-isolation
Fashion houses make masks to beat COVID-19
Carmakers churn out machines, masks
World's last free virus-free corners hold tight
FRONTLINE HEROES
In the months since the novel coronavirus’s emergence, the world has been gripped by fear and anxiety as infections and death tolls rise.
Amid all the uncertainty, there are stories of courage and resilience. From medical professionals and law enforcers to volunteers helping the most vulnerable, The Express Tribune features the heroes on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19.
Rescuers brave rising tide of Covid-19 in Punjab
Unsung heroes of coronavirus control room
Unseen & unappreciated lab technicians
Amid virus crisis, health workers remain steadfast
Resilient rescue workers fight coronavirus
May 16: Inside Karachi's isolation centre
June 22: Over 60 frontline healthcare workers succumb to virus
Dr Javed to be nominated for civil award
How one mechanic is keeping his hands dirty during the lockdown
Produced by: Niha Dagia
Artwork: Ibrahim Yahya, Mohsin Alam