June 26, 2021

Booster may be needed for J&J shot as Delta variant spreads, some experts already taking them

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 26 June, 2021 Reuters Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech, or Moderna mRNA-based […]
June 25, 2021

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 June, 2021 AP Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering […]
June 25, 2021

British man tests positive for Covid-19 for 10 straight months

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 June, 2021 AFP A 72-year-old British man tested positive for coronavirus for 10 months in what is thought to […]
June 25, 2021

Study shows first Covid-19 case may have hit China in October 2019

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 June, 2021 Reuters, Shanghai The virus that causes Covid-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October […]
June 25, 2021

Covid-19: 2nd-highest daily death toll of 108, positivity rate 21.22%

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 June, 2021   5,869 new cases in last 24 hours Star Digital Report One hundred and eight people have […]
June 25, 2021

Weeklong ‘strict’ countrywide lockdown from Monday

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 June, 2021   The government will impose a “strict” countrywide lockdown from Monday, which will continue for the next […]
June 24, 2021

Two-thirds of Bangladesh now at very high risk of Covid-19: WHO

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 June, 2021 In addition, 15 more districts are at high risk of infection   The rising coronavirus cases have […]
June 24, 2021

Serum may resume vaccine export in July/August

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 June, 2021 Bangladesh entered into a deal with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to purchase 30 million doses […]
June 24, 2021

FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 June, 2021 Reuters The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it plans to move quickly to add […]