COVID-19
Children cannot afford another year of school closure: UNICEF
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on Tuesday said no effort should be spared to keep schools open or prioritize them in reopening plans as they enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and cases continue to soar around the world.
Researchers find Italian woman infected with COVID-19 in November 2019: media
Researchers from the University of Milan have recently found that a woman in the northern Italian city was infected with COVID-19 in November 2019, according to media reports.
Journalist Mizanur laid to rest
Eminent journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan, joint editor of vernacular daily Prothom Alo, was laid to rest at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard on Tuesday afternoon.
Global Covid death toll nearing 2 million
Believe it or not, the global death toll from Covid-19 is fast approaching 2 million. The global cases have already surged past 90.8 million, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
UNDP to address human rights issues in COVID-19 through innovations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under its Human Rights and Justice Programme (HRJP) has launched Low-Value Grants (LVG) to foster small scale innovative actions to address human rights issues during and after COVID-19 situation in Bangladesh, engaging civil society organisations (CSOs) and community radio.
‘Stage set for plundering’ over vaccine, alleges BNP
BNP on Monday alleged that an arrangement has been made for “plundering public money by government-backed businesspeople” in the name of procuring coronavirus vaccine.
India’s quick nod to homegrown Covid-19 vaccine seeds doubt
As the director of a large hospital in the Indian state that has seen the country’s most coronavirus cases, Dr. S.P. Kalantri had been waiting for the day a vaccine would be approved and bring protection not only to his community but also himself.
Covid vaccination in Bangladesh to start in first week of Feb: DGHS
The much-sought Covid-19 vaccination in Bangladesh will start in the first week of February, said Director General of the Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam.
Bangladesh’s daily Covid-19 infection rate drops below 7%
Bangladesh saw a daily infection rate of 6.02% with 849 new cases reported until early Monday.
Global COVID-19 cases near 90 million
Almost 90 million people have been infected with coronavirus as COVID-19 cases hardly show any sign of slowing down, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).