Bangladesh on Monday (June 14) recorded 54 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 13,172. Besides, 3,050 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India, on Monday, recorded 70,421 new cases of coronavirus infections detected on Sunday, the lowest since the end of March.  However, only 14.92 lakh samples tested on Sunday, compared to a weekly average of about 19 lakh.  Tamil Nadu remains the highest contributor with

Bangladesh on Sunday (June 13) recorded 47 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 13,118. Besides, 2,436 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

Like many European countries, Italy briefly halted AstraZeneca inoculations in March over concerns about the rare blood clotting problems. Countries should also avoid giving the Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine to people over 60, the head of the EU drug regulator's COVID-19 task

India, witnessing a downward trend in Covid cases, reported the lowest daily spike in infections since April 2 with 80,834 new cases in the last 24 hours.  India has so far logged over 2.93 crore cases of coronavirus. Over 1.32 lakh people recovered from the deadly disease in the

Bangladesh on Saturday (June 12) recorded 39 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 13,071. Besides, 1,637 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India’s Covid-19 caseload climbed to 29,359,155 on Saturday after 84,332 new infections were logged in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare.  This is the first time in more than two months that the daily cases went below the

G7 leaders are to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated. On the second day of their summit in Cornwall, they will issue a declaration that sets out a series of measures intended to achieve this.

Bangladesh on Thursday (June 10) recorded 36 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 12,989. Besides, 2,576 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

Dengue fever cases have been cut by 77pc in a "groundbreaking" trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it, say scientists. They used mosquitoes infected with "miraculous" bacteria that reduce the insect's ability to spread dengue. The trial took

US President Joe Biden's administration will provide 500 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to about 100 countries over the next two years, US media report. About 200 million doses will be distributed this year, with the remainder delivered in 2022. The US has been

India, in the last 24 hours, has reported 94,052 Covid-19 cases, and 6,148 deaths in the last 24 hours.  This is the highest number of deaths that the country has seen in a day since the start of the pandemic.  The jump in deaths come after Bihar revised its toll on

Bangladesh on Wednesday (June 9) recorded 36 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 12,949. Besides, 2,537 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India recorded 92,596 new cases of coronavirus infections and 2,219 deaths in the last 24 hours. With over 18,000 fresh cases, Tamil Nadu was once again the highest contributor to the country’s daily caseload.  Kerala had over 15,000 cases while Maharashtra reported slightly

Bangladesh on Tuesday (June 8) recorded 44 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 12,913. Besides, 2,022 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

Millions of Covid vaccines could be wasted if rich countries send large amounts of leftover doses to poorer nations in one go, Unicef has warned. The charity said there needed to be a steady supply throughout the year because poor countries do not have resources to use them all at

India's daily Covid-19 cases have fallen below 100,000 after 68 days as the country reported 86,498 new infections today. Besides, India recorded 2,115 new deaths, taking the total number of confirmed infections in India to 28,996,949 and deaths to 351,309. While the daily cases

An Egyptian Member of the AstraZeneca vaccine research team in Oxford Ahmed Salman said on Sunday that the Chinese vaccines may require taking a third dose to increase its effectiveness. During a phone-in with “Hadith al-Qahira” (Cairo Talk) hosts Khairy Ramadan and Karima

Bangladesh on Monday (June 7) recorded 30 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 12,869. Besides, 1,970 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India reported 1,00,636 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 61 days, taking the infection tally to 2,89,09,975, while the number of active cases dropped to 14,01,609, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Monday. The death count due to coronavirus reached