April 26, 2020

WHO again warns about immunity Says ‘no evidence’ infected are immunised; global death toll tops 200,000

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 26 Apr 2020 The World Health Organization yesterday warned recovering from coronavirus may not protect people from reinfection as the […]
April 26, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 27 Apr 2020 Infections near 3 million The new coronavirus has claimed at least 202,994 lives since its outbreak in […]
April 25, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 Apr 2020 190,000 deaths worldwide At least 190,989 people have died worldwide since the epidemic surfaced in China in […]
April 25, 2020

UN joins global push for virus remedies

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 Apr 2020 The UN yesterday joined forces with world leaders and the private sector on an initiative to speed […]
April 24, 2020

Pandemic becoming a rights crisis Says UN chief

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday said the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive […]
April 24, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 Death toll tops 184,000 The death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 184,268 yesterday, according […]
April 24, 2020

South Asia cases top 37,000 India records more than 1400 cases in 24 hours; death toll hits 686

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed yesterday, […]
April 24, 2020

‘Long way to go’ to end virus crisis Says WHO chief as countries mull reopening; China to give world body $30m more

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 The global coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries still in the early […]
April 22, 2020

Earth Day during Covid-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 On April 22, 1970, about 20 million Americans, 10 percent of the US population at the time, […]