COVID-19 situation
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1274 new cases, 14 deaths
Bangladesh’s coronavirus fatalities reached 5,660 on Sunday with the deaths of 14 more patients in the last 24 hours until morning.
Will tackle further spread of Covid-19: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh will be able to prevent the further spread of the Covid-19 in the coming days.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records over 300,000 recoveries
Bangladesh on Friday recorded 1,509 recveries, pushing the total to 300,738.
The recovery rate is 77.8
Don’t let Covid-19 trigger any food shortage in Bangladesh: PM
Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 5,593 dead, total cases hit 3,82,959
Bangladesh conducted 21,12,448 RT-PCR tests in 109 labs till 8 pm on Wednesday and 3,82,959 of them have turned out to Covid-19 positive, which is 18.13 percent of the country’s total tested population.
Sixth edition of DIFF cancelled due to COVID-19
This year’s edition of the annual Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF), an internationally acclaimed three-day music festival dedicated to South Asian and global folk music, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
No preparation visible to tackle corona’s winter surge: GM Quader
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday said though experts are warning about a surge in corona infection during the coming winter, government preparations are not in sight to fight it off.
Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits
Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling up again and bars shutting down. Making matters worse, authorities say, is a widespread case of “COVID-fatigue.”
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 36.4 mn: JHU
The confirmed Covid-19 cases passed 36.4 million globally as of Friday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
COVID-19 disrupts mental health services in most countries: WHO survey
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 percent of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO survey.