October 27, 2020

Air pollution linked to 15 percent of coronavirus deaths: study

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 October, 2020 BSS/AFP The authors stressed that attributing Covid-19 deaths to air pollution did not mean that pollution itself […]
October 27, 2020

Giving up on virus control ‘dangerous’: WHO chief

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 October, 2020     Giving up on virus control ‘dangerous’: WHO chief The World Health Organization chief warned Monday […]
October 27, 2020

Australia to help Bangladesh alleviate Covid-19 crisis

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 October, 2020   Australia will focus on investments in long-term economic growth, underpinned by inclusive education, skills development and […]
October 27, 2020

South Korea to provide $50M Covid-19 aid funds to Bangladesh

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 October, 2020   South Korea is planning to contribute to Bangladesh’s damage mitigation efforts with the loan and develop […]
October 27, 2020

A Flu Shot Might Reduce Coronavirus Infections, Early Research Suggests

Scientificamerican Melinda Wenner Moyer October 27, 2020 Hospital workers who got vaccinated were significantly less likely to develop COVID than those who did not U.S. health […]
October 27, 2020

Covid-19: 20 die, 1,335 infected, 1,523 recover in 24 hours

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 27 October, 2020 BSS, Dhaka Bangladesh today recorded 15 Covid-19 deaths and 1,436 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose […]
October 27, 2020

Business transformation a must to revive economy

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 26 Oct 2020 With the learnings from the ongoing pandemic, businesses have to adopt transformation to survive in the changing […]
October 27, 2020

What defines an efficacious COVID-19 vaccine? A review of the challenges assessing the clinical efficacy of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 (The Lancet)

The Lancet Susanne H Hodgson, DPhil, Kushal Mansatta, BA, Garry Mallett, BA, Victoria Harris, PhD, Katherine R W Emary, BM BCh, Prof Andrew J Pollard, FMedSci […]
October 27, 2020

Who should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccines? (The Lancet)

The Lancet Zaki Hassan-Smith, Wasim Hanif, Kamlesh Khunti 27 October, 2020 As effective vaccines and preventive medications become available for COVID-19, demand is likely to outstrip […]