World Health Organization
Can the coronavirus spread through the air?
Yes, it's possible.
Covid-19 going to be one big wave, not seasonal: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the Covid-19 as ‘first wave’, not just seasonal.
COVID-19 cases double over 6 weeks: WHO chief
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that global COVID-19 cases had doubled over the past six weeks.
Hepatitis B spread in under-5 children lowest in decades: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) has said the global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five dropped to under one per cent in 2019 down from five per cent in the pre-vaccine decades between the 1980s and early 2000s.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh sees 2,928 deaths in 130 days
The officially confirmed coronavirus death tally in Bangladesh went past 2,900 on Sunday – in just 130 days since the country reported its first Covid-19 fatality in mid-March.
No possibility to going back to ‘old normal’: WHO chief
Warning that there will be no return to “the old normal”, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged people everywhere to play a part in preventing further spread of Covid-19 as global cases have surpassed 15 million and nearly 620,000 deaths.
Many countries report development in Covid-19 vaccine trials
Many countries have recently reported successful development in their Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials, bringing a hope to the world during the precarious Coronavirus situation.
Covid-19: Bangladesh confirms nearly 20,000 cases in a week
With 2,714 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, the number of Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh has climbed to 2,13,254.
Covid-19: Bangladesh behind India, Pakistan in recovery rate
Although the health authorities in Bangladesh on Monday confirmed the recovery of 1,914 more patients raising the recovery rate to 54.74 percent, it is still lower than neighbouring India (63.8 percent) and Pakistan (77.7 percent).
Bubonic plague case reported in western Mongolia
A six-year-old child in Uyench soum (administrative subdivision) of Khovd Province in Mongolia was reported to be infected with bubonic plague in Western Mongolia, according to the country's National Center for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD).