Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country's 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese

India recorded 32,981 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,96,729, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. With 39,109 new recoveries, the number of overall recovered COVID-19 patients

Bangladesh today confirmed 31 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,838.  According to the Health authorities, 1,666 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical firm to seek from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the country, after its parent company secured such clearance in the UK and Bahrain. The firm, in its application

India detected 36,011 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending 8 am Sunday, taking the country’s overall tally to over 96.44 lakh. Out of the total cases, active cases have further dropped to 4.03 lakh and 91,00,792 people have recovered so far with over 41,000 recoveries

Bangladesh today confirmed 35 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,807.  According to the Health authorities, 1,888 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Experts are hopeful a vaccine for coronavirus is likely to be ready within the next few weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said last evening, adding that three different vaccine candidates are in different stages of trials.  Earlier this week, the United Kingdom became the

President-elect Joe Biden says Americans won't be forced to take a coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available in the US. It comes as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the first time urged "universal mask use" indoors, unless when Americans are at their own

The government has launched free antigen test in 10 districts today (Dec 5) for rapidly detecting the presence or absence of coronavirus antigen in the patient’s body. The government has taken the decision as the temperature has started dropping with arrival of winter.

Bangladesh today confirmed 24 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,772.  According to the Health authorities, 2,252 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Moderna plans to have 100 to 125 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine available in the first quarter of 2021, the vast majority of which will go to the United States, the biotechnology company announced Thursday. Between 85 and 100 million of the doses will be distributed in the

Slamming a recent Chinese research report which claimed that Covid-19 had origins in India or Bangladesh, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Tuesday said that the study was shoddily done and was riddled with errors. “There

Bangladesh today confirmed 35 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,748.  According to the Health authorities, 2,316 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

India's Covid-19 caseload went past 95 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89.73 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total coronavirus

Bangladesh today confirmed 38 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,713.  According to the Health authorities, 2,198 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe for roll out. Immunisations could start within days

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 94.99 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 89 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to over 94 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The total coronavirus cases

A total of 141 patients have died from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and some 658 new Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases have been detected in Bangladesh in 2020. Besides, the death toll from the disease in Bangladesh has reached to 1,383. Currently there are

Bangladesh today confirmed 31 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,675.  According to the Health authorities, 2,293 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

India recorded 31,118 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily tally since November 17, data from the health ministry showed on Tuesday. India now has 94.62 lakh COVID-19 infections, but the number of new daily cases has stayed below the 50,000 mark since November 7 despite a busy