COVID-19
Commonwealth pvt sector targets green, digital recovery
Trade ministers and business leaders from across the Commonwealth will gather virtually on November 23 to examine how they can work together to spur a digitally-inclusive and green recovery in the face of devastating economic impacts linked to Covid-19.
Why the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have different cold storage requirements
Two drugmakers, Pfizer and Moderna, have announced promising interim results for their vaccine candidates, raising hopes that the end of the pandemic may be in sight. But, if and when the vaccines are authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, distributing them presents a daunting challenge, reports NPR.
COVID-19: Actor and lawmaker Farooque tests positive
The winter wave of COVID-19 is going irresistibly strong with the latest inclusion of Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque, one of the legendary actors in Bangladeshi cinema and Member of Parliament from Dhaka-17 constituency who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Sharing his physical condition with media, his family members informed that the actor has tested positive on Monday. He was then admitted into Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital in the evening.
According to wife Farhana Farooque and niece Asma Pathan Rumpa, his physical condition is currently stable, however, he is suffering from fever and cough.
Farooque returned home on last week of October after nearly one and half months' treatment in Singapore for TB (Tuberculosis). After returning to Bangladesh, he also joined the parliament session on November 6 and November 9.
He then got tested twice after both the sessions and despite being tested negative for the first one, his second result came out positive.
Farooque was previously admitted to the United Hospital and Evercare Hospital in the capital. He was taken to Singapore on Sep 13 on a special flight after doctors in Bangladesh could not identify his disease. He was tested negative for COVID-19 back then.
The actor has gone through a total of 14 COVID-19 tests in the last three months.
A freedom fighter in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh, Farooque has been enthralling the audience of Bangladeshi mainstream cinema with an accomplished career spanning over five decades in Dhallywood.
He received his first National Film Award in 1975 for the film 'Lathial' and again in 2016 with the prestigious induction in the 'Lifetime Achievement' category.
Abar Tora Manush Ho (1973), Sujon Sokhi (1975), Sareng Bou (1978), Golapi Ekhon Train a (1978), Shaheb (1979), Mia Bhai (1987), Padma Meghna Jamuna (1991), Koti Takar Kabin (2006) are some of the most iconic films.
A more recent entrant into politics, Farooque got elected as a Member of Parliament from Dhaka-17 constituency in 2018 from the ruling Awami League.
What does COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness mean?
It refers to the likelihood that a coronavirus shot will work in people.
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines?
No decision has been made, but the consensus among many experts in the U.S. and globally is that health care workers should be first, said Sema Sgaier of the Surgo Foundation, a nonprofit group working on vaccine allocation issues.
Mahmudullah tests negative for Covid-19
Bangladesh T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad has tested negative for Covid-19. The allrounder himself confirmed the news on Tuesday through his social media page.
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 39 deaths, highest daily deaths in 2 months
Bangladesh on Tuesday saw further rise in both the number of coronavirus deaths and new confirmed cases.
Home Minister in isolation after testing Covid negative
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has remained in self-isolation after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in one test and negative in another.
“Despite getting a negative Covid report, the minister remains in isolation and is doing well,” said the ministry’s Public Relations Officer Sharif Mahmud.
Asaduzzaman tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. He went to the DMFR Molecular Lab & Diagnostics in Dhanmondi on Monday for test again but the report came out negative.
Meanwhile, Senior Secretary of the ministry's Public Security Department Mustafa Kamal Uddin was also diagnosed with Covid-19.
No room for complacency with Covid-19 cases surging
Voicing deep concern over the surge of Covid-19 cases, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned about the risk of complacency with the encouraging news about vaccines.
Global coronavirus cases near 55 million
The Covid-19 caseload stood at 54,992,571 on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.