Chinese students on Tuesday began a full return to regular classes following two weeks without new cases of local transmission in the country, reports AP.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 5,403,218 as of Monday morning, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The detection of the first clusters of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan doesn't necessarily mean that COVID-19 crossed from animals to humans from there, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) expert said Monday.

Islamic Foundation has called for offering special prayers during Juma prayers on Friday so that Bangladesh remains safe from coronavirus.

A Bangladeshi man, who recently returned from Dubai, has been admitted to a hospital in the city with fever and cold-related issues.

Health Minister Zahid Malik on Thursday said 312 Bangladeshi nationals who returned from China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus, will return home after a 14-day of quarantine on Saturday.

The longer than expected shutdowns of Chinese factories because of the coronavirus outbreak are having a big impact on the world’s second largest economy and the global supply chain.

Another Bangladeshi national who along with 311 others returned home from China and kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona Hajj Camp was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Sunday night after his temperature was found high.