COVID-19 patients
Oxygen shortage in Amazon city forces mass patient transfer
Dozens of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city will be flown out of state as the local health system collapses, authorities announced Thursday as dwindling stocks of oxygen tanks meant some people were starting to die breathless at home.
Bangladesh’s daily Covid-19 infection rate now below 6 pc
With 890 new Covid-19 patients detected in the last 24 hours the total number of infections in the country rose to 524,910 until Wednesday .
Texas hospitals hit new COVID high for fifth straight day
Texas hit a new record high for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 for the fifth consecutive day Friday, in a continued surge of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus following holiday gatherings and travel.
US states to start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday
States in the US will start receiving the first batch of the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine from Monday morning, US officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final nod to the shots required to end the outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
‘Tired to the bone’: Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. Staff members are desperately calling around to other medical centers in search of open beds. Fatigue and frustration are setting in among front-line workers.
Fluvoxamine can prevent serious complications of Covid-19 patients: Research
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found in a preliminary study that the drug fluvoxamine seems to prevent some of the most serious complications of COVID-19 patients and make hospitalization and the need for supplemental oxygen less likely.
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
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.
India coronavirus caseload crosses 7 million
India’s confirmed coronavirus caseload crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in, reports AP.
'Mancha Sarathi' Ataur Rahman tests positive for COVID-19
Ekushey Padak winner thespian Ataur Rahman, known as one of the renowned and well-respected names in the theatre and cultural arena of Bangladesh - has tested positive for coronavirus.