Coronavirus outbreake
Preliminary results show Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidate safe: The Lancet
A Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on the inactivated whole SARS-CoV-2 virus is safe and elicits an antibody response, according to the findings from a small early-phase randomised clinical trial published Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records over 300,000 recoveries
Bangladesh on Friday recorded 1,509 recveries, pushing the total to 300,738.
The recovery rate is 77.8
Don’t let Covid-19 trigger any food shortage in Bangladesh: PM
Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 affects brain tissue, memory, language: Study
A Brazilian study released Thursday says Covid-19 can infect brain tissue and affect the structure of the cortex, a region of the brain responsible for functions such as memory, consciousness, and language.
Covid-19 tests crossed 90mln mark in India
India's federal health ministry Wednesday said there has been an unprecedented upsurge in COVID-19 testing and the number of tests has crossed the 90 million mark, reports Xinhua.
Rohingya Crisis: JRP 2020 so far 48.2pc funded
The 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for Rohingya humanitarian crisis is so far 48.2 percent funded and remains vital to sustain life-saving preparedness and response efforts for extreme weather events, which have become more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the United Nations.
Mobilising resources critical to end poverty: Bangladesh
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said eradicating poverty in all its forms everywhere is an overarching goal for Agenda-2030.
Cinema halls to reopen from Friday
After over seven months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus, country’s cinema halls will reopen Friday maintaining health guidelines.
The world must support developing countries in tackling climate change
Climate change is a global problem that requires global solutions.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 5,593 dead, total cases hit 3,82,959
Bangladesh conducted 21,12,448 RT-PCR tests in 109 labs till 8 pm on Wednesday and 3,82,959 of them have turned out to Covid-19 positive, which is 18.13 percent of the country’s total tested population.