Coronavirus infections
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 119 million
The total number of global Covid-19 cases topped 119 million on Saturday amid concern of new virus strains, increasing pressure on nations to speed up the vaccination process.
India giving COVID-19 vaccines to more people as cases rise
India is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination drive beyond health care and front-line workers, offering the shots to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk. Among the first to be inoculated on Monday was Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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.”
Coronavirus: UK epidemic growing as R number goes above 1
Coronavirus infections have increased in recent weeks in the UK, according to new estimates.
Covid-19 cases in India approaching to 3m, spread in south
India has recorded another 24-hour jump in coronavirus infections as the disease spreads across the country’s southern states after plateauing in the capital and the financial center of Mumbai, report AP.
MP Mokabbir gets back home from CMH
Gonoforum MP Mokabbir Khan, who had been undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka for coronavirus infections, returned home on Sunday as his condition improved.
As outbreaks flatten in places, Japan, India see more cases
Coronavirus infections are spiking in Japan and creating hot spots in India's congested cities just as the U.S. and some of the hardest-hit European countries are considering when to start easing restrictions that have helped curb their outbreaks of the disease.