US biotech company Moderna announced on Wednesday that it has begun clinical trials of a booster dose of vaccine designed specifically to combat the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The trials will involve a total of 600 adults — half of whom have already received two doses of

Bangladesh on Wednesday (Jan 26) reported 17 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,273. Besides, 15,527 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India recorded 2,85,914 new coronavirus cases today, 11.7 per cent higher than yesterday's 2.55 lakh figure.  The total infection tally in India - the second worst-hit country after the US - has crossed 4 crore cases, according to Union Health Ministry data. The active

The Indian government has handed over a ‘life-support’ ambulance to the authorities of Fatikchhari Health Complex. Indian Assistant High Commissioner Dr. Rajeev Ranjan handed over the key to the ambulance to Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari, MP of Chattagram-2 (Fatikchhari) on

Bangladesh on Tuesday (Jan 25) reported 18 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,256. Besides, 16,033 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India Tuesday reported 2,55,874 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours down from 3,06,064 infections a day before, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data.  The health ministry’s data also showed as many as 614 fatalities pushed India’s death

The Omicron COVID-19 variant can survive longer than earlier strains of the virus on plastic surfaces and human skin, new research by Japanese scientists has found. The study by a team from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, which is not yet peer reviewed, found that the

The Omicron COVID-19 variant can survive longer than earlier strains of the virus on plastic surfaces and human skin, new research by Japanese scientists has found. The study by a team from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, which is not yet peer reviewed, found that the

Bangladesh on Monday (Jan 24) reported 15 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,238. Besides, 14,828 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,395,367.

India's daily Covid curve showed a very marginal improvement today as the country reported 3,33,533 cases, slight lower than the 3.37 lakh daily cases recorded yesterday.  The new numbers have taken the total caseload in the country to 3,92,37,264. 525 fresh fatalities were

Bangladesh on Sunday (Jan 23) reported 14 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,223. Besides, 10,906 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,380,539.

India's daily Covid curve showed a very marginal improvement today as the country reported 3,33,533 cases, slight lower than the 3.37 lakh daily cases recorded yesterday.  The new numbers have taken the total caseload in the country to 3,92,37,264. 525 fresh fatalities were

Bangladesh on Saturday (Jan 22) reported 17 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,209. Besides, 9,614 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India's daily Covid curve showed marginal improvement today as the country reported 3.37 lakh cases, which is around 2.7 per cent lower than yesterday.  The active cases now comprise 5.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased

Bangladesh on Thursday (Jan 20) reported four deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,180. Besides, 10,888 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India recorded 3,17,532 new Covid cases on Wednesday, 12.2% higher than yesterday's reported 2.82 lakh daily cases, according to the Health Ministry. 491 people have died due to Covid during the same period, taking the total death count in the country due to the infection to

More than 1.2 million people died worldwide in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to the largest study of the issue to date. This is more than the annual death toll from malaria or Aids. Poorer countries are worst affected but antimicrobial

Bangladesh on Wednesday (Jan 19) reported 12 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,176. Besides, 8,407 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India reported 2,82,970 fresh Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, 44,889 cases more than yesterday, taking its overall tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,79,01,241, which includes 8,961 cases of the Omicron variant, according to data from the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. 

Bangladesh on Tuesday (Jan 18) reported 10 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 28,164. Besides, 8,407 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,632,794.