September 28, 2020

Covid-19 reduced earlier gains of SDGs

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 28 September, 2020   Economists said the virus had hampered the engagement of stakeholders in the process of achieving the […]
September 28, 2020

Anti-C5a antibody IFX-1 (vilobelimab) treatment versus best supportive care for patients with severe COVID-19 (PANAMO): an exploratory, open-label, phase 2 randomised controlled trial (The Lancet)

The Lancet Date: 28 September, 2020 Alexander P J Vlaar, Sanne de Bruin, Matthias Busch, Sjoerd A M E G Timmermans, Ingeborg E van Zeggeren, Rutger […]
September 28, 2020

32 more Covid-19 deaths, 1,407 new cases

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 28 September, 2020   The country’s death toll from the virus now stands at 5,193 and the number of coronavirus […]
September 28, 2020

COVID-19 Bangladesh situation reports (WHO) (28 September 2020)

On 23 September 2020, WHO updated ‘Emergency Global Supplies Catalogue (COVID-19)’. The items in the catalogue represent an initial prioritized selection of items and are subject […]
September 28, 2020

Coronavirus: New global test will give results ‘in minutes’

BBC News Date: 28 September, 2020   A test that can diagnose Covid-19 in minutes will dramatically expand the capacity to detect cases in low- and […]
September 28, 2020

Why India should worry about post-Covid-19 care

BBC News By Vikas Pandey Date: 28 September, 2020 When 60-year-old Milind Ketkar returned home after spending nearly a month in hospital battling Covid-19, he thought […]
September 27, 2020

UNDP launches #MaskUpBangladesh campaign

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 27 Sep 2020 UNDP Bangladesh has launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #MaskUpBangladesh to encourage the use of […]
September 27, 2020

Collection centre sets example by delivering Covid-19 test report in 9hrs to Saudi expat

Published in: Prothom Alo Date: 27 Sep 2020 Staffers of the sample collection centre at the Dhaka North City Corporation market delivered a Covid-19 test report […]
September 27, 2020

Researchers turn spotlight on how Covid-19 damages the heart

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 27 September, 2020   How the virus might damage heart muscle is just one question researchers are now probing Do […]