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AFC Cup Football cancelled for Covid-19
Asia’s second-tier club football tournament AFC Cup 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced in a statement on Thursday.
In view of the logistics in coordinating the five zones of the AFC Cup and completing the Inter Zone matches, the AFC Executive Committee agreed that the pandemic created complexities which constituted a force majeure event and led to the cancellation of the 2020 competition, the AFC said.
The AFC Cup had been suspended earlier in March due to coronavirus outbreak and was rescheduled to resume this month in centralised venues.
COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress in cutting child deaths
The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record last year – down to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990 – but COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn on Wednesday.
Can't allow COVID-19 pandemic to become a children’s crisis: Ambassador Fatima
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Executive Board President of UNICEF Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on essential services and regular programmes for the children is a matter of serious concern.
India’s coronavirus caseload reaches 4.37 mln
India’s total coronavirus caseload on Wednesday reached 4.37 million as the country reported 89,706 new cases, officials said.
Recovered COVID-19 patients may still have virus: Study
The activity of viral infection and replication will still persist in the gut of COVID-19 patients after recovery, even if they did not have gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, a new study claims.
India in talks to join 'COVAX' vaccine scheme: WHO official
The World Health Organization (WHO) is in talks with India about joining the "COVAX" global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said.
World must be better prepared for next pandemic: WHO chief
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called on countries to invest in public health and said the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic.
Covid-19: Bangladesh witnesses 2,582 new cases, 35 more deaths
Health authorities of the country detected 2582 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday after testing 15,204 samples in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus: India records highest single-day cases
India on Sunday registered 78,761 new coronavirus cases, the biggest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began.