The novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization warned Monday that worse pandemics could lie ahead, urging the world to get “serious” about preparedness. “This is a wakeup call,” WHO emergencies chief

Bangladesh today confirmed 27 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,479.  According to the Health authorities, 932 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus

Saudi Arabia on Monday said it was extending a ban on entry to the Kingdom by air, land and sea for another week. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Ministry of Interior said the decision was a precautionary measure against the spread of the new variant of

President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extending billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to millions. Trump's signature

Bangladesh today confirmed 24 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,452.  According to the Health authorities, 1,049 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc's top official says is a "touching moment of unity". European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member

Zydus Cadila announced on Thursday that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent Covid-19 - ZyCoV-D - was found to be safe, well tolerated and immunogenic in the phase I and II clinical trials. The company is now planning to initiate phase III clinical trial in around 30,000 volunteers upon

France has confirmed the first case in the country of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK. The French health ministry said the person was a French citizen in the central town of Tours who had arrived from London on 19 December. The ministry said he

India reported 22,273 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday, taking the coronavirus infections tally over 1.01 crore.  Of the total 1,01,69,118 cases, over 2.81 lakh are currently active while over 97.40 lakh people have recovered after testing positive. 

Bangladesh today confirmed 30 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,428.  According to the Health authorities, 834 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus

The government has reappointed Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam as director general (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under a two-year contract as his tenure to end this December. Khurshid was scheduled to go on post-retirement leave (PRL) from January

Bangladesh today confirmed 20 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,398.  According to the Health authorities, 1,163 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica launched mass vaccination campaigns against the novel coronavirus on Thursday, administering the first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, while Argentina received its first doses of Russia's controversial Sputnik V jab. Frontline medical staff in

India will conduct a dry run of a Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country next week. The Centre has chosen eight districts in four states to conduct a dry run of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination next week. The states that will witness the two-day dry run on December

Bangladesh today confirmed 19 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,378.  According to the Health authorities, 1,234 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Fifty-one lakh people in Delhi — comprising healthcare staff, frontline workers, people with co-morbidities, and those aged above 50 — will be administered Covid-19 vaccine in the first phase, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.  The Delhi

A new variant of the coronavirus, similar to the one found in the United Kingdom recently, was detected in Bangladesh in early November, according to Bangladeshi scientists. Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) sequenced genomes of 17 coronavirus samples

Mexico has received an initial batch of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, putting the country in a neck-and-neck race with Chile to become the first Latin American nation to apply the life-saving treatment. Pfizer will send more than 1.4 million vaccines to Mexico by

Bangladesh today confirmed 30 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,359.  According to the Health authorities, 1,367 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

India reported 23,950 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total tally of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,00,99,066, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. With 333 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the death toll touched 1,46,444. There are 2.89 lakh active