COVID-19 pandemic
30 Covid-19 vaccine candidates under various stages of development: India
India's federal health ministry on Friday said about 30 Covid-19 vaccines were under various stages of development in the country, reports Xinhua.
SDGs are ‘the future’: Malala
Urging countries to get back on track, UN Messenger of Peace and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has said that the Sustainable Development Goals are ‘the future’, reports UN News.
UK government cautions on virus
Fresh restrictions on social gatherings in England appear to be on the cards as the British government seeks to suppress a sharp spike in new coronavirus infections.
Bangladesh sees 22 new Covid-19 deaths
Twenty-two more Covid-19 deaths were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, pushing up the death tally to 4,881.
ADB vows to work with Asia for recovery from COVID-19
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said it is committed to partnering with developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to achieve their recovery goals from the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN calls for solidarity, cooperation to fight Covid-19
As global Covid-19 cases surpassed 30 million, United Nations (UN) officials again urged the international community to strengthen solidarity and cooperation to tackle the situation.
New wave of famine could sweep the globe: UN officials
The global hunger crisis caused by conflict and compounded by COVID-19 pandemic is moving into a dangerous phase, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said.
Covid-19 poses enormous threat to peace: UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is expanding risks to peace everywhere.
Pandemic threatens human capital gains of past decade: WB
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis shows.
Over 2.5 lakh recover from Covid in Bangladesh
The total number of people who recovered from Covid-19 crossed the 2,50,000-mark in Bangladesh on Thursday as health authorities reported the recoveries of 2,443 patients in 24 hours till Thursday morning.
A total of 2,50,412 people