Bangladesh today confirmed 23 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,599.  According to the Health authorities, 684 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus

India added 19,079 coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, placing its overall number at 1.03 crore cases, the Health Ministry's data showed. The number of fresh infections is 5 per cent lower than on Friday. In this period, India reported 224 deaths linked to the virus,

India’s drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The approval paves the way for its rollout in the world’s second worst affected country.

China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health officials said. The new strain, which experts say potentially spreads faster than the original variant, has prompted travel restrictions on the UK by more than 50 countries -

Bangladesh today confirmed 17 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,576.  According to the Health authorities, 990 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus

The World Health Organization (WHO) granted ‘emergency validation’ to the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, 31 December, opening doors for countries to “expedite their own regulatory approval processes to import and administer the vaccine.” In a

India will test its Covid-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as the South Asian nation prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the world’s second-worst outbreak.  The federal health ministry has reviewed preparedness and asked state

Bangladesh today confirmed 28 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,559.  According to the Health authorities, 1,014 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Amid global fears over the new mutant strains of coronavirus, detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa, India recorded 21,822 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, 6 per cent higher than yesterday.  India's tally has surged to 1,02,66,674; 1.48 lakh deaths linked to

Chinese regulators have approved the country's first homegrown coronavirus vaccine, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, officials announced Thursday. The approval comes a day after Sinopharm said its vaccine is 79.34% effective, citing interim analysis of Phase

Almost 5% of the people in the Chinese city of Wuhan may have been infected with Covid-19, a study by researchers at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has shown. Wuhan's population is estimated at 11 million, which suggests that almost 500,000 people may have

Indian authorities were trying Wednesday to track down tens of thousands of people who entered the country from Britain in recent weeks as cases of a new and fast-spreading coronavirus strain more than doubled in 24 hours. They have launched efforts to locate around 33,000 people who

Bangladesh today confirmed 22 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,531.  According to the Health authorities, 1,235 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK. It marks a major turning point and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunisation campaign, which is aimed at getting life back to normal. The UK has

The first reported US case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Governor Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast of Denver and has no travel history, state

Bangladesh today confirmed 30 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,509.  According to the Health authorities, 1,181 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

The novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization warned Monday that worse pandemics could lie ahead, urging the world to get “serious” about preparedness. “This is a wakeup call,” WHO emergencies chief

Bangladesh today confirmed 27 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,479.  According to the Health authorities, 932 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus

Saudi Arabia on Monday said it was extending a ban on entry to the Kingdom by air, land and sea for another week. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Ministry of Interior said the decision was a precautionary measure against the spread of the new variant of

President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extending billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to millions. Trump's signature