Disease

India, as part of its escalated measures to fight against the spread of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), would not allow the landing of all commercial international passenger aircraft in the country from March 22. “No scheduled international...

The new coronavirus has infected more than 200,000 globally since the beginning of the outbreak in December, according to any AFP tally Wednesday. Nearly 200,680 people around the world have been infected, with more than 8,000...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today declared a $6.5 billion initial package to address the urgent needs of its developing member countries (DMCs) as they respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “This pandemic has become...

A Bangladeshi who tested positive for coronavirus infection has died, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today. The patient was over 70 years old, she said...

The deadly coronavirus has now hit all 50 states in the US as West Virginia reported its first case of the infection on Tuesday. Announcing West Virginia’s first Covid-19 patient, Governor Jim Justice said: “We knew...

Russian scientists have begun to test vaccine prototypes for the new coronavirus, and plan to present the most effective one by June, a laboratory chief at a state biotech institute said. Russia has reported 93 cases...

Hong Kong will quarantine all people arriving from abroad for 14 days, its leader Carrie Lam has said. The restrictions, which will kick in on Thursday, will not apply to those from Macau or Taiwan. Entrants...

A total of 2,314 people have been kept in-home quarantine across the country so far under strict monitoring of local administrations, said Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) today. “A total of 2,314 people...

Corporate America joined the fight against the spread of coronavirus on Friday, as President Donald Trump and executives announced that Google would offer a website to help people determine whether they needed tests and retailers would...

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged world governments to urgently scale up their response to the novel coronavirus if they are to stand a chance of stemming its spread. “Today’s declaration of a pandemic is...