July 7, 2021

WHO chief describes current stage of coronavirus pandemic as ‘very dangerous’

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 07 July, 2021   “The only way out is to support countries in the equitable distribution of PPE [personal protective […]
July 7, 2021

IFRC urgently calls to increase vaccines supply to Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 07 July, 2021   The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have called for urgent […]
July 7, 2021

WHO recommends Roche, Sanofi drugs for Covid-19 to cut death risk

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 07 July, 2021 Reuters, Zurich The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended using arthritis drugs Actemra from Roche and Kevzara […]
July 6, 2021

Global Covid-19 cases top 184 million

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 06 July, 2021 UNB, Dhaka The second wave of the pandemic continues its onslaught across the world even with mass […]
July 5, 2021

More dangerous than Delta’: Lambda strain detected in over 30 countries, says Malaysian health ministry

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 05 July, 2021   A new Covid-19 strain that is much more dangerous than the Delta variant has been detected […]
July 3, 2021

WHO recommends COVID-19 tests in schools to avoid closures

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 03 July, 2021 AFP, Copenhagen The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 tests should be carried out in schools […]
July 2, 2021

India’s death toll due to Covid-19 crosses 4 lakh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 02 July, 2021   India’s death count due to Covid-19 went past the four lakh mark today after the US […]
July 1, 2021

Switzerland commits additional Tk 90 crore to Bangladesh as Covid-19 aid

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 01 July, 2021   Switzerland has committed an additional 9.8 million Swiss Francs (Tk 90 crore) to scale up its […]
June 26, 2021

Just give us the vaccines, WHO pleads, as poor countries go wanting

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 26 June, 2021 REUTERS, GENEVA Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great […]