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Herd-immunity approach to get rid of corona can’t be a strategic option: Expert
As the speculation is rife that authorities might be considering the herd-immunity concept to get rid of the coronavirus pandemic, a former World Health Organization (WHO) official warned that it cannot be a strategic option in a densely populated country like Bangladesh.
Turkey 3rd in developing COVID-19 vaccines: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that Turkey has become the third country to develop vaccines locally against COVID-19 after the US and China.
WHO chief calls for global cooperation to fight against Covid-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has again requested the countries to unite and fight against Covid-19 as the pandemic has claimed over 700,000 lives globally while the number of confirmed cases has gone up to 18.5 million as of Thursday.
Risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding negligible: WHO
Pointing out that the risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended breastfeeding should continue.
COVID-19 not necessarily crossed from animals into humans in Wuhan: WHO expert
The detection of the first clusters of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan doesn't necessarily mean that COVID-19 crossed from animals to humans from there, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) expert said Monday.
No ‘silver bullet’ to combat Covid-19 pandemic: WHO chief
World Health Organization’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday that there’s no silver bullet for a vaccine against Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19: 1,356 new cases detected in Bangladesh amid sharp fall in tests, 30 more die
The death tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 3,184 on Monday with the death of 30 more patients in the last 24 hours.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records 886 new cases in 24 hrs
The death tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 3,154 on Sunday with the death of 22 more patients in the last 24 hours.
We must learn to live with this virus: WHO chief
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that the effects of coronavirus will be felt for decades to come and urged everyone to learn to live the virus.
Covid-19: Bangladesh witnesses 2,695 new cases, 48 more deaths
Bangladesh on Thursday recorded 48 more deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, mounting the death tally to 3,083.