The coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll has reached 6,83,278 as 1,77,71,634 people have been infected worldwide till 1:30pm on Saturday (August 1, Bangladesh Time).  A total of 1,11,68,411 people have recovered worldwide from the disease, according to latest data from

  DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday (July 31) confirmed 28 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 3,111. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 2,772 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last

Three professors at the University of Southampton school of medicine have this week made a “major breakthrough” in the treatment of coronavirus patients and become paper millionaires at the same time. Almost two decades ago professors Ratko Djukanovic, Stephen Holgate and

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday (July 25) confirmed 38 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,874. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 2,520 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

DHAKA: The government has appointed Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam as the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGSH). The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued an order in this regard on Thursday (July 23).  Khurshid Alam was a

DHAKA: Director of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Aminul Islam is being removed from office, said sources at the ministry concerned. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has already initiated the removal process, sources said.  The move came a day after DGHS

DHAKA: Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad on Tuesday submitted his resignation letter to the authorities concerned. He went to the Ministry of Public Administration this evening (July 21) and submitted his resignation letter to the

DHAKA: The government has made face coverings as a mandatory safety measure for everyone amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  Directorate General of Health Services under Health Ministry issued a circular in this regard on Tuesday (July 21). In the circular, law enforcement

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has placed managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital Faisal Al Islam, assistant director Abul Hasnat and storekeeper Shahriz Kabir on a five-day remand each in a case filed over conducting illegal Covid-19 tests in the hospital. Chief Metropolitan

In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether and how efficiently children can spread the virus to others. A large new study from South Korea offers an answer: Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk

An Oxford University group and the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, who together are developing a leading vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus, reported in a medical journal on Monday that their Phase 1 human trial showed their vaccine to be safe and that it

DHAKA: Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine, developed by a Chinese company, for the Phase-3 trial in Bangladesh. BMRC Director Dr Mahmud-uz-Zaman said it to Banglanews on Sunday noon (July 19). He said: “A national committee has approved, in

The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours - the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to the WHO, this is the first time the number of new daily infections has surpassed a

India has recorded 26,291 coronavirus deaths and 1,040,746 cases at 1:20pm till Saturday (Bangladesh Time), according to latest data from worldometer. So far, 654,130 coronavirus infected patients have made full recovery while 360,325 are active cases in the country, the source said.

The United States has reported 1,42,065 deaths, 37,70,138 cases and 17,41,398 recoveries from coronavirus at 1:20 pm till Saturday (Bangladesh Time), according to latest data from worldometer.   So far, 18,86,675 are active cases, the source said. Among the active cases, the number

Drugmakers partnered with the US government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said on Monday. "If you say exactly when will literally the vaccine materials be in production and manufacturing,

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion has seized a huge quantity of illegally imported medicines (oral and injectable forms) from a branch store of Lazz Pharma Limited in Dhaka. A mobile court of RAB-3, led by Executive Magistrate Polash Kumar Basu, seized the drugs in a drive conducted at the

The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University has been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik, adding that the first

The World Health Organization (WHO), which has faced criticism over its early handling of the coronavirus crisis, on Thursday launched an independent review into the global response to the pandemic. Announcing the assessment, which will be presented next May, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom

A total of 239 scientists in 32 countries outlined the evidence that floating virus particles can infect people who breathe them in. The World Health Organization (WHO) is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists, in a