coronavirus
6 Covid-19 deaths recorded in 24 hours
Six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Is a fourth dose of Covid-19 mRNA vaccine needed?
A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine for over 60 has been approved in Israel. Two retrospective cohort studies now assess its COVID-19 prevention efficacy.
We can’t let our guard down against Covid
With Covid-19 cases receding worldwide, our lives are entering a new phase, where the “normal” perhaps means a strategic co-existence with an ever-present, maleficent viral disease.
Covid-19 variant ‘XE’: India reports 1st case
India today reported its first case of the new Covid-19 variant “XE” when a 50-year-old woman who reached Mumbai from South Africa was found infected with the strain, said India’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body of Mumbai.
Covid has taken severe mental health toll: WHO
The Covid pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said yesterday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.
How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?
It could take weeks before we can understand its impact.
Voices of the People Keeping Food on Our Tables
Eight individuals, who shared their experiences of risk, determination, resilience, and hope.
News of general holiday over Covid-19 false: health ministry
News of general holiday over Covid-19 run by different media outlets is false and baseless, health ministry sources said today.
Govt approves 2 new stimulus packages of Tk 2,700 crore
To reduce the impact of coronavirus fallout, the government today approved two new stimulus packages of Tk 2,700 crore to boost the cottage, small and medium enterprises, and to develop the living standards of people at the grassroots level.
Five takeaways from Monday's data on experimental coronavirus vaccines
Two potential vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus - one from Oxford University and AstraZeneca Plc and the other from China's CanSino Biologics - induced immune responses in healthy volunteers without causing dangerous side effects, according to studies published on Monday in The Lancet.
Covid-19: Pope donates 2 ventilators to Bangladesh
Pope Francis has donated 35 ventilators in recent weeks to various countries, of which two were sent to Bangladesh to support the fight against coronavirus.