KHULNA: A suspected Coronavirus-infected patient admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) has been released from the hospital. The concerned doctors said that student was not infected with the lethal Coronavirus. The Nepalese is a student of Khulna University.  He entered

DHAKA: The Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) said no more infection from the coronavirus was reported in the country on Monday (March 9). Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the IEDCR, made the development at a media briefing on the latest

DHAKA: Bangladesh government has received 500 ‘Real-time PCR kits’ from the Chinese government to detect coronavirus. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming handed over the kits to Bangladesh’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque at the Secretariat in Dhaka on

DHAKA: A 39-year-old Bangladeshi national in the United Arab Emirates has been infected with the novel coronavirus.  Two more residents of the UAE, including the Bangladeshi national, have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the virus in

Two Japanese passengers who contracted the Covid-19 virus onboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan have died. One passenger died from Covid-19, while the other died from pneumonia, said local reports. Both were in their 80s and had underlying health conditions. They had already

DHAKA: One of the five Bangladesh citizens, infected with coronavirus in Singapore, is now in a “critical state”, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday (Feb 19). Medicine given to the 39 year-old person is not responding, he said. Singapore Minister for Foreign

Health officials in China have published the first details of more than 70,000 cases of Covid-19, in the biggest study since the outbreak began. Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) found that more than 80% of the cases have been mild with the sick and

A United States citizen has died from the new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak. Few details about the American, who died on Thursday, were immediately available. The person was around 60 years old, according to the

DHAKA: Health Minister Zahid Maleque said the government will not allow any more Bangladeshis to return home from China. He said: “Anyone wishing to come from China is discouraged. Those who have gone to China on vacation are not being issued visas for the time being.” The

At least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, health authorities said. Almost 300 of the 3,700 people on the Diamond Princess have been tested so far. The number of infected could rise as testing continues.

Doctors in Thailand say they have successfully treated one Wuhan coronavirus patient with a combination of antiviral drugs, according to a briefing on Sunday from the Ministry of Health. Dr.Kriangsak Atipornwanich, a doctor at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, said he treated a

Doctors in Thailand say they have successfully treated one Wuhan coronavirus patient with a combination of antiviral drugs, according to a briefing on Sunday from the Ministry of Health. Dr.Kriangsak Atipornwanich, a doctor at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, said he treated a

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. "The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom

A deadly new virus. Thousands of people infected. No cure. No vaccine. We've been here many times before. In the past five years alone, the world has faced outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, another coronavirus called Mers (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), and now the virus simply

The "whole world needs to be on alert" to fight the coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme has said. Dr Mike Ryan praised China's response to the deadly outbreak, saying: "The challenge is great but the response has been massive."

DHAKA: Special wards have been opened in Kurmitola General Hospital and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Dhaka to take measures for providing treatment to coronavirus-infected people. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque was addressing a press conference after an

DHAKA: Over 1, 61,000 people die in Bangladesh every year after suffering from various tobacco-related diseases, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday (January 23). He cited the number as per the Tobacco Atlas-2018. Bangladesh has to

DHAKA: As many as 57 people have died of cold-related disease in this current winter season. So far in the current winter season, 66,187 people countrywide have been treated after being inflicted with respiratory problems. However, 1, 60483 people have been infected with diarrhea while

DHAKA:  Globally at least 2.2 billion people are suffering from vision impairment of whom at least 1 billion have the impairment that could have been prevented, according to a new report of the World Health Organization (WHO). The World Report on Vision launched in Bangladesh on

GAZIPUR: Fifty-seven-year old Ameena Begum, a resident of Karihata Union in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur, has been suffering from kidney disease for a long time. She has arrived at Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital & Nursing College, located at Tetuibari in