May 31, 2020

The future of novel Coronavirus pandemic

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 May 2020 A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that needs living cells like humans, animals, plants and even […]
May 31, 2020

Social isolation linked to more severe COVID-19 outbreaks

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 May 2020 Regions of Italy with higher family fragmentation and a high number of residential nursing homes experienced the […]
May 31, 2020

India eases lockdown despite record cases

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 may 2020 India yesterday announced a major relaxation of the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown from early June, except for […]
May 31, 2020

WHO, 37 countries launch alliance

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 may 2020 Thirty-seven countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Friday for common ownership of vaccines, medicines […]
May 31, 2020

Is ‘herd immunity’ closer than previously thought?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 may 2020 Study suggests between 40 and 60pc of the population could be immunized without being exposed to virus […]
May 31, 2020

Pandemic grips LatAm, US

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 may 2020 Latin American countries and US are bracing for difficult weeks ahead as the death toll from coronavirus […]
May 31, 2020

IMF to lend $732m for urgent needs

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 31 May 2020 The optics look perfect. The global lender of last resort coming to the rescue of a not-too-well-endowed […]
May 30, 2020

India’s virus death toll tops that of China

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 30 May 2020 India’s coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China’s yesterday, with 175 new fatalities in 24 hours taking the […]
May 29, 2020

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Key Updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 May 2020 The novel coronavirus has killed at least 355,736 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last […]