Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Daimi Begum, a 75-year-old shopkeeper near Bashalini in Karakar village of Kalash valley, used to run a big shop at the local Chowk (roundabout) before the COVID-19 lockdown started in March 2020. However, her business has now shrunk to a small room. She says the pandemic not only damaged her business […]
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PESHAWAR: The districts of Lower and Upper Chitral have reported 538 positive corona cases by Aug 8. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 on April 19 in Lower Chitral, five people have died of it, according to data released by the KP government. However, there has been no death from the virus in Upper Chitral where
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CHITRAL: The Corona Response Network (CRN) carried out an awareness campaign about COVID-19 in the far-off Broghil valley of Upper Chitral, says a press statement. CRN, consisting of a group of development professionals and volunteers representing a variety of NGOs, community organisations and private entities, was established in March this year. It has has been
CHITRAL: Twenty-four residents of Madak Lasht village have been diagnosed with Covid-19 during a random testing. Swab samples were collected from 40 villagers before being sent to laboratory by the health department. Regional head of Aga Khan Health Service Pakistan Mirajuddin confirming the new cases. Madak Lasht village borders the Swat district. He said most
CHITRAL: As many as 18 Covid-19 positive cases were detected in Lower Chitral on Tuesday. According to the lab reports available with ChitralToday, six of the new cases belonged to the Mijigram village of Garam Chashma. The others were different parts of the district, a majority from the Drosh tehsil. Meanwhile, Awami National Party\’s teacher
