October 14, 2020

Covid-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   “It is becoming increasingly clear that reinfections are possible, but we can’t yet know how common […]
October 14, 2020

World Bank approves $12 bln for Covid-19 vaccines

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   The financing approval was expected as Malpass had announced the project in late September The World […]
October 14, 2020

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 38 mln: Johns Hopkins University

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   The total caseload of the top three countries combined accounted for more than half of the […]
October 14, 2020

Countries turn to rapid antigen tests to contain second wave of Covid-19

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   The alarming rise in new infections globally has health officials desperately pursuing more options as the […]
October 14, 2020

Thousands more underfed children may die due to Covid-19: WHO

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Oct 2020 An extra 10,000 children per month may die this year from malnutrition due to the COVID-19 crisis, […]
October 13, 2020

‘Normalcy only when second generation of Covid-19 vaccine is out’: Bill Gates

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 13 Oct 2020 Last week, Bill Gates had said that rich countries could be back to close to normal by […]
October 13, 2020

Mainland China reports first local Covid-19 infections in nearly two months

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 13 Oct 2020 Mainland China reported its first locally transmitted Covid-19 infections in nearly two months, as Qingdao launched a […]
October 13, 2020

Letting virus ‘run free’ with eye to herd immunity ‘unethical’: WHO

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 13 Oct 2020 The World Health Organization chief warned Monday against just allowing the new coronavirus to spread in the […]
October 13, 2020

2nd Covid-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 13 Oct 2020 A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates […]