January 15, 2021

Chinese city building new quarantine centre as Covid-19 cases rise

Published in The Daily Star Date: 15 January, 2021 AP, Beijing A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an […]
January 14, 2021

UK reports new daily high of 1,564 Covid-19 deaths, second wave now more deadly

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 January, 2021   There have now been almost 85,000 deaths in Britain – the fifth highest figure globally – […]
January 14, 2021

Pharmacies join UK’s mass Covid-19 vaccination rollout

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 January, 2021   High street pharmacies such as Boots and Superdrug will begin offering the shots, with two hundred […]
January 10, 2021

UK helps raise $1b for distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to developing countries including Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 10 January, 2021   The UK has helped raise $1 billion for the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) by match-funding […]
December 31, 2020

China confirms first case of UK coronavirus variant

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 December, 2020 AFP China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in […]
December 20, 2020

ভারতে করোনা শনাক্ত এক কোটি ছাড়াল

Published in: Prothom Alo Date: 19 Dec 2020 ভারতে করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমিতের সংখ্যা এক কোটি পেরিয়েছে। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের পর ভারতই দ্বিতীয় দেশ, যেখানে করোনায় সংক্রমিত এক কোটি ছাড়াল। […]
December 18, 2020

Vaccine ‘hesitancy’ rises among Indians

Published in: Prothom Alo Date: 18 Dec 2020 Many Indians appear hesitant to get vaccinated for Covid-19 as infections have fallen sharply since a mid-September peak […]
December 15, 2020

Over 1,000 cases of a new coronavirus variant found in England: minister

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 December, 2020 Reuters, London Over 1,000 cases of a new coronavirus variant have been identified in the past few […]
December 14, 2020

Singapore approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in Asia first

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 14 December, 2020 Reuters, Singapore Singapore became on Monday the first Asian country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine and said […]