September 4, 2020

7,000 health workers die from Covid-19: Amnesty International

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 04 September, 2020 “There must be global cooperation to ensure all health workers are provided with adequate protective equipment, so […]
September 4, 2020

Safety and immunogenicity of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine in two formulations: two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies from Russia (The Lancet)

The Lancet 04 September, 2020 Denis Y Logunov, Inna V Dolzhikova, Olga V Zubkova, Amir I Tukhvatullin, Dmitry V Shcheblyakov, Alina S Dzharullaeva, Daria M Grousova, […]
September 3, 2020

Passengers arriving from 25 countries including Bangladesh need to stay in self-qurantine in Saudi

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 The conditions for travelers to the Kingdom included filling up and signing a form committing to the […]
September 3, 2020

Sanofi, GSK launch trial for Covid-19 protein-based vaccine

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 The vaccine candidate uses the same recombinant protein-based technology as one of Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccines French […]
September 3, 2020

32 more Covid-19 deaths, 2,158 new cases

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 The country’s death toll from the virus now stands at 4,383and the number of coronavirus cases stands […]
September 3, 2020

COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Centre opens for Bangladeshi communities and Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar (UNICEF)

UNICEF Bangladesh 31 August, 2020 UNICEF in partnership with icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) is supporting a 200-bed isolation and treatment centre in […]
September 3, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic likely to push 47 mn more women and girls into poverty

UNB Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 The projections also show that while the pandemic will impact global poverty generally, women will be […]
September 3, 2020

Child marriage rise during Covid-19: An overlooked problem

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 Sarmin Akter When there is any catastrophe like war, disaster, refugee crisis, or pandemic, the rates of […]
September 3, 2020

Covid crushes local rod-cement business

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 Azizul Shonchay No one is starting housing construction at present due to Covid-19 and its fallouts Sheer […]