global pandemic
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 27 deaths, 1632 new cases
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,156 on Wednesday morning with reports of 27 more deaths in 24 hours, the health authorities said.
Poor countries’ long wait for Covid-19 vaccines
The route out of the pandemic now seems far longer and rougher for poorer countries while Americans, Britons and Canadians are rolling up their sleeves to receive Covid-19 shots.
Children in the Pandemic: Consortium predicts 168,000 to die hungry during crisis
Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a study released Monday by 30 international organizations.
Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19
The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader.
Covid impacts: Global youth mobilization launched to respond
A new ground-breaking global youth mobilization was launched on Monday to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagements in response to Covid-19.
32 more Covid-19 deaths in Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Sunday reported 32 more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the fatalities to 7,052.
Major global developments in a year of Covid-19
In a year dominated by Covid-19, many other developments including China’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy, an apocalyptic explosion in Beirut, and a tumultuous US presidential election unfolded.
UN chief urges all to act collectively to recover from COVID-19 pandemic
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to act collectively, with human rights front and centre, to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and build a better future for all.
UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine
British regulators warned Wednesday that people who have a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program.
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 68 million
More than 68 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and over 1.5 million of them died since the first cases were reported in December last year, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).