COVID-19

A renewed focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be essential as countries seek to rebuild from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, says ADB’s first report showcasing its contributions to the 2030 Agenda for...

Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF. COVID-19: A threat to progress against child...

Pet cats and dogs in the capital city of South Korea will be tested for Covid-19 if they show symptoms, the Seoul metropolitan government has said. It comes a few weeks after the country reported its...

Bangladesh is set to witness the launching of a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign tomorrow as inoculates reached designated government medical warehouses up to the Upazila level. “Everything is set to launch it (campaign) tomorrow,” health services...

More than 21% of India’s adult population have been exposed to Covid-19, according to the latest national sero survey. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) noted that 21.4% of 28,589 people surveyed above 18 years...

The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level since World War Two. There were close to 697,000 deaths in the UK in 2020 – nearly 91,000 more than would be expected...

Wuhan City in China was the first place to report COVID-19 in the world and—between December 2019 and May 2020—caused nearly two-thirds of all COVID-19 cases in China. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases...

UNICEF could potentially transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month in 2021, should such quantities become available, according to a new assessment. This is more than double the average weight of vaccines UNICEF...

An editorial co-authored by a member of the UK’s influential SAGE committee that advises the UK Government on COVID-19, and published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) says that in order for the...

To boost the regional recovery in the post-COVID 19 era, ASEAN should accelerate its digital integration which has the potential to generate a US $1 Trillion uplift in GDP by 2025, said Dr. Aladdin D. Rillo, Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN...