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Here’s what you need to know:A sidewalk cafe in Tehran last month. Coronavirus cases in Iran have increased by 21 percent over the past two weeks.Credit...Morteza Nikoubazl/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPresident Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Saturday warned that the country could see a fifth wave of coronavirus infections ...

He decided taking the long route back to the UAE was his best bet, given the ongoing travel curbs. Desperate to return to the UAE after an emergency trip to Karachi, a Pakistani expat went on a 14-day trip to Egypt to meet quarantine requirements — and, ...

Here’s what you need to know:Tourists arriving this week in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The country has built a system that uses a Q.R. code that can be checked before a passenger travels to the airport.Credit...Jaime Reina/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesDigital Covid-19 certificates aimed at facilitating free movement in ...

Here’s what you need to know:A drive-through coronavirus testing site in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday.Credit...Darren England/EPA, via ShutterstockCountries across the Asia-Pacific region are scrambling to slow the spread of the more infectious Delta variant, reimposing restrictions and stay-at-home orders in a jarring reminder — for societies that had just ...

Those arriving from Pakistan or who have been there in the last 14 days will need to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival. Turkey has halted flights and all direct travel from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka due to new variants of the ...

India on Saturday recorded as many as 48,698 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 1,183 new deaths, according to the Union health ministry dashboard at 8am. With this, the country's total infection tally was pushed to 30,183,143 and the death toll neared the grim milestone of 400,000.The ...

Here’s what you need to know:Doses of molnupiravir.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe U.S. government will invest $3.2 billion to develop antiviral pills for Covid-19, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday. Such a treatment could keep people out of the hospital and potentially save many lives ...

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Currently, Saudi Arabia and the UAE host the highest number of people from the South Asian country’s diaspora worldwide. The number of Pakistanis who came to the UAE for employment totalled 53,676 last year, according to the latest Economic Survey of Pakistan. The highest number of Pakistanis ...

Here’s what you need to know:Charles Michel, president of the European Council, in Brussels on Thursday. “The world has the right to know exactly what happened,” he said.Credit...Pool photo by Francisco SecoLeaders of the European Union on Thursday joined the calls for a full investigation into the origins of Covid-19, ...