June 20, 2021

Brazil set to pass half a million Covid-19 deaths

REUTERS, SAO PAULO Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 is expected to pass 500,000 on Saturday as experts warn that the world’s second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed […]
June 19, 2021

Govts of South Asian countries fail to devise Covid-19 recovery solutions: experts

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 19 June, 2021 Star Business Report The governments of South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, have failed to play their roles […]
June 19, 2021

Vaccination with Sinopharm starts in 67 centres across the country

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 19 June, 2021   In Dhaka city, the vaccine campaign started from 8am in four centres including Dhaka Medical College […]
June 18, 2021

Covid-19: Positivity rate jumps up by 3% in 24 hours, 54 deaths recorded

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 June, 2021 Star Digital Report 3,883 new infections Fifty-four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am […]
June 18, 2021

Delta Covid variant becoming globally dominant, WHO official says

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 June, 2021   REUTERS, GENEVA The Delta variant of COVID-19, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant of the disease, the World […]
June 16, 2021

Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data

The Lancet Digital Health June 01, 2021 Prof Angela B Brueggemann, DPhil, Melissa J Jansen van Rensburg, DPhil, David Shaw, MD, Prof Noel D McCarthy, DPhil, […]
June 16, 2021

Indirect acute effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health in the UK: a population-based study

The Lancet Digital Health February 18, 2021 Kathryn E Mansfield, Rohini Mathur, John Tazare, Alasdair D Henderson, Amy R Mulick, Helena Carreira, Anthony A Matthews, Patrick […]
June 15, 2021

Single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine gets emergency use authorization in Bangladesh

Published in The Daily Star Date: 15 June 2021 The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Johnson & Johnson’s […]
June 15, 2021

Covid-19 on the rise again: 50 deaths, 3,319 new cases reported in 24 hours

Published in The Daily Star Date: 15 June 2021 Fifty people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release […]