July 12, 2021

COVAX to deliver about 1.4 billion doses over six months

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 12 July, 2021   COVAX, organized in part by the World Health Organization, has shipped only about 106 million doses […]
July 11, 2021

90-year-old infected with ‘two virus variants at once’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 July, 2021   A 90-year-old woman who died after falling ill with Covid-19 was infected with both the Alpha […]
July 11, 2021

Covid-19: Record 230 deaths, 11,874 new cases in 24 hours

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 July, 2021   Two hundred and thirty people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to […]
July 11, 2021

Why Bangladesh should be concerned about the emerging Covid variants

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 July, 2021   Sylvana Q Sinha & Dr Zaheed Husain Since January 2021, Bangladesh has confirmed the presence of […]
July 7, 2021

WHO chief describes current stage of coronavirus pandemic as ‘very dangerous’

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 07 July, 2021   “The only way out is to support countries in the equitable distribution of PPE [personal protective […]
July 7, 2021

IFRC urgently calls to increase vaccines supply to Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 07 July, 2021   The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have called for urgent […]
July 7, 2021

WHO recommends Roche, Sanofi drugs for Covid-19 to cut death risk

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 07 July, 2021 Reuters, Zurich The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended using arthritis drugs Actemra from Roche and Kevzara […]
July 7, 2021

Bangladesh will hopefully receive 3.5 million Covid-19 vaccines under COVAX this month: Momen

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 07 July, 2021   The European Union will supply 1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses under COVAX by the end of […]
July 7, 2021

Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours go past 200; 11,162 infected

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 07 July, 2021   Two hundred and one people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a […]