The World Health Organization on Sunday urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant. WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, called on countries to follow science and international

India reported 8,309 new COVID-19 cases and 236 related fatalities on Monday, pushing the overall case tally to 3,45,80,832 and the death count to 4,68,790, according to the Health Ministry bulletin. During the same period, 9,905 recoveries were reported throughout the country. 

Bangladesh on Sunday (Nov 28) reported three deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,978. Besides, 255 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,575,834.

Australian health officials say they have detected the Omicron coronavirus strain in the country for the first time in two passengers who were tested after flying into Sydney from southern Africa. Health authorities in the eastern state of New South Wales said on Sunday urgent genomic

India reported 8,774 new COVID-19 cases and 621 related fatalities on Saturday, pushing the overall cases tally to 3,45,72,523 and the death count to 4,68,554.  Besides, 9,481 recoveries were also reported during the previous 24 hours.  The recovery rate now stands at

Bangladesh on Saturday (Nov 27) reported three deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,975. Besides, 155 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India reported 8,318 new COVID-19 cases today -- 21 per cent lower than yesterday's spike of 10,549 fresh cases -- taking the country's total caseload since the pandemic began to 3,45,63,749, according to health ministry data updated this morning. The country also reported 465

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be "of concern" and named it Omicron. It had a large number of mutations, and early evidence suggested an increased reinfection risk, the WHO said. It was first reported to the WHO from South

The European Union drugs regulator authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for use on children aged from 5 to 11 years on Thursday. This clears the way for shots to be administered to millions of elementary school children on the continent amid a new wave of infections sweeping

Bangladesh on Thursday (Nov 25) reported three deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,970. Besides, 237 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India reported 9,119 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, pushing the cumulative national tally to 3,45,35,763, while the death count increased to 4,66,584 with 396 related fatalities.  The active coronavirus cases in India now stand at 1,11,481, the lowest in 538 days,

Scientists have said a new Covid variant that carries an “extremely high number” of mutations may drive further waves of disease by evading the body’s defences. Only 10 cases in three countries have been confirmed by genomic sequencing, but the variant has sparked

Bangladesh on Wednesday (Nov 24) reported three deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,961. Besides, 312 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

India added 9,283 new coronavirus cases and 437 related fatalities in last 24 hours, according to the latest official update.  The active cases stood at 1,11,481, comprising 1 per cent of the total count, the lowest since March 2020.  The recovery count stood at 98.33 per

Bangladesh on Tuesday (Nov 23) reported three deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,958. Besides, 284 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to

Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine was 100 percent effective in protecting adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years, four months after the second dose. The results from a long-term trial of 2,228 youth, measured from seven days through more than four months after the

India logged 7,579 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 543 days, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,26,480, while the active cases were the lowest in 536 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to

Bangladesh on Monday (Nov 22) reported two deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,955. Besides, 264 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,574,352.

India logged 8,488 new coronavirus infections today, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,18,901, the lowest in 538 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated this morning.  The figure is the lowest reported since May last year. The

Bangladesh on Sunday (Nov 21) reported seven deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours keeping the number of total deaths to 27,953. Besides, 199 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,574,088.