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Coronavirus pandemic tests world as global tally tops 900,000

Coronavirus pandemic tests world as global tally tops 900,000

XINHUA 2020-04-02 15:52:05

The coronavirus pandemic is raging around the world, posing a thorny test for countries and regions, as the global tally of cases surpassed 900,000 on Wednesday. So far, nations and regions have toge...

WHO’s COVID-19 advice: When and how to use a mask

WHO’s COVID-19 advice: When and how to use a mask

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-02 14:04:36

The World Health Organization (WHO) has come up with an advice for the public about when and how to use a mask as the world is struggling with the personal protective equipment shortage amid the globa...

GP commits 50,000 professional-grade imported PPEs and 10,000 PCR kits

GP commits 50,000 professional-grade imported PPEs and 10,000 PCR kits

FE Online Desk 2020-04-01 16:34:16

In the face of a global outbreak of COVID-19; Bangladesh Government along with different private and public authorities have been working tirelessly to ensure the safety and well-being of the people....

Coronavirus test lab begins operation in Rajshahi

Coronavirus test lab begins operation in Rajshahi

-- 2020-04-01 16:27:18

The newly installed regional laboratory to detect coronavirus (COVID-19) patients started functioning in Rajshahi on Wednesday, reports BSS. The laboratory has been established in four rooms of the D...

No proof anti-malaria drug is effective against coronavirus: EU

No proof anti-malaria drug is effective against coronavirus: EU

-- 2020-03-31 21:03:41

The European Commission said on Tuesday there was no evidence that a drug touted by US President Donald Trump as a potential miracle cure against COVID-19 was effective against the disease caused by t...

Online pharmacies to be helpful for maintaining social distance

Online pharmacies to be helpful for maintaining social distance

-- 2020-03-31 19:13:01

The government has requested to stay at home after announcing general holidays with a notion to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 disease. You should stay home during this period to keep yourself safe...

Corona Care Hotline launched at AFC Health Fortis Heart Institute

Corona Care Hotline launched at AFC Health Fortis Heart Institute

FE Online Desk 2020-03-31 14:56:25

AFC Health Fortis Heart Institute has recently launched a Corona Care Hotline to provide free information and advice regarding the novel coronavirus. Anyone from any part of the country can call on 0...

Human testing of coronavirus vaccine to begin by Sept: J&J

Human testing of coronavirus vaccine to begin by Sept: J&J

CNBC 2020-03-30 21:08:04

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said Monday human testing of its experimental vaccine for the coronavirus will begin by September and it could be available for emergency use authorisation in early 202...

Coronavirus: Global death toll jumps by 4,000 in a day to 34,005

Coronavirus: Global death toll jumps by 4,000 in a day to 34,005

-- 2020-03-30 18:06:52

The global death toll from the coronavirus has jumped by about 4,000 in a day to 34,005, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, according to bdnews24.com. Since it was first detected in Ch...

US steps up coronavirus therapy development

US steps up coronavirus therapy development

-- 2020-03-30 15:55:54

US President Donald Trump has said that the country is stepping up the development of treatments for COVID-19 (COVID-19 patients), including experimenting with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine...

Malaria drug biggest hope against coronavirus, says Novartis CEO

Malaria drug biggest hope against coronavirus, says Novartis CEO

-- 2020-03-29 16:04:09

Novartis Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan said his Sandoz generics unit's malaria, lupus and arthritis drug hydroxychloroquine is the company's biggest hope against the coronavirus, Swiss newspaper Sonn...

Corona forces majority to change the habit

Corona forces majority to change the habit

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-03-29 09:47:40

Members of more than 61 per cent households, on an average, in Bangladesh do not use soap with water to cleanse their hands, although the picture has radically changed in recent weeks following the ou...

Coronavirus cases surpass 600,000 globally

Coronavirus cases surpass 600,000 globally

-- 2020-03-28 18:20:44

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide climbed to over 600,000 on Saturday as new cases stacked up quickly in Europe and the United States and officials dug in for a long fight again...

Coronavirus symptoms: What are they and how do I protect myself?

Coronavirus symptoms: What are they and how do I protect myself?

James Gallagher, BBC 2020-03-28 16:52:25

Coronavirus has spread to 176 countries or territories, including the UK, and claimed more than 24,000 lives. So, what is the disease, how does it spread and when are people most infectious? How do...

UN launches global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19

UN launches global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19

-- 2020-03-26 16:28:00

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a 2-billion-US-dollar global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 in some of the world's most vulnerable countries. "COVID-19 is menacing th...

Standard Bank distributes hand sanitizer among commoners

Standard Bank distributes hand sanitizer among commoners

FE Online Desk 2020-03-25 17:41:11

Standard Bank Limited distributed hand sanitizer among the mass people at free of cost to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday. Managing Director & CEO of the Bank Mr. Khondoker Rashed Maqsood and De...

US could become next coronavirus epicentre, WHO says

US could become next coronavirus epicentre, WHO says

-- 2020-03-24 22:11:06

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that the United States could become the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, which finally forced reluctant organisers to postpone the Tokyo 2020...

BB relaxes rules on life saving drugs import

BB relaxes rules on life saving drugs import

-- 2020-03-24 20:30:45

The central bank has relaxed its regulations allowing the banks to extend usance period in import of life saving drugs by their clients up to maximum 180 days instead of current 90 days in view of the...

'Lockdowns not enough to defeat coronavirus'

'Lockdowns not enough to defeat coronavirus'

-- 2020-03-22 19:52:55

Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday, adding that public health measures are needed t...

Virus marches on in Italy, Iran, US; medical supplies shrink

Virus marches on in Italy, Iran, US; medical supplies shrink

AP 2020-03-22 19:42:58

Italy, Iran and the United States reported soaring new death tolls as the coronavirus pandemic marched relentlessly across the globe Sunday, prompting a scramble in hard-hit regions to set up more hos...

Coronavirus: Young people are not ‘invincible’, WHO warns

Coronavirus: Young people are not ‘invincible’, WHO warns

-- 2020-03-21 10:47:56

Young people are not immune from coronavirus and must avoid socialising and communicating it to older, more vulnerable people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The choices made by the...

When will coronavirus outbreak end?

When will coronavirus outbreak end?

BBC 2020-03-20 20:14:28

The world is shutting down. Places that were once teeming with the hustle and bustle of daily life have become ghost-towns with massive restrictions put on our lives - from lockdowns and school closur...

Coronavirus info thru code no. 10655

Coronavirus info thru code no. 10655

FE REPORT 2020-03-20 11:25:03

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) gets a short code of 10655 to disseminate coronavirus-related information for people. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regul-atory...

ICC, WHO to work jointly for fighting COVID-19 pandemic

ICC, WHO to work jointly for fighting COVID-19 pandemic

-- 2020-03-18 20:05:17

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has reached an unprecedented agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to mobilise ICC private sector network to help fight the COVID-19  pand...

ADB announces $6.5b package to prevent coronavirus

ADB announces $6.5b package to prevent coronavirus

-- 2020-03-18 17:41:05

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday announced a $6.5 billion initial package to address the immediate needs of its developing member countries (DMCs) as they respond to the novel coronavirus...

New coronavirus can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days: Study

New coronavirus can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days: Study

-- 2020-03-18 11:55:25

The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days, according to a new study...

China disposes of 159,000 tonnes of medical waste amid coronavirus epidemic

China disposes of 159,000 tonnes of medical waste amid coronavirus epidemic

Xinhua 2020-03-17 17:30:13

China has disposed of 159,000 tonnes of medical waste since late January amid the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). C...

Agrani Bank's awareness drive on virus scare

Agrani Bank's awareness drive on virus scare

FE Online Desk 2020-03-17 14:19:10

Agrani Bank Ltd arranged a health campaign on Monday to create awareness among the officials and general staff of the bank on coronavirus. Mohammed Shamsul-Islam, managing director of the bank and it...

US researchers test first coronavirus vaccine

US researchers test first coronavirus vaccine

AP 2020-03-17 12:07:01

US researchers gave the first shots in a first test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday, leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With careful jabs in the ar...

Coronavirus deaths pass 6,500 worldwide

Coronavirus deaths pass 6,500 worldwide

-- 2020-03-16 18:13:32

Almost 170,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and 6,509 have died, with cases and deaths outside China overtaking those in the country where the outbreak began, accordin...