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Dengue, Covid-19 crippling healthcare facilities

SAIF UDDIN 2021-07-31 09:21:26

Resurgence of the dengue cases is causing serious trouble for the healthcare facilities, particularly in the capital city, as those are already fighting against the spike in Covid-19 in the country....

'War has changed', CDC says, calling for new response to Delta variant of coronavirus

REUTERS 2021-07-31 08:59:33

The "war has changed" against Covid-19 because of the highly contagious Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control said, proposing a clearer message, mandatory vaccines for health workers and a...

Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, reports say

-- 2021-07-30 15:24:35

The Delta variant of the coronavirus may cause more severe illness than all other known versions of the virus and spread as easily as chickenpox, US media reports quoting an internal document from the...

Study shows second dose of AstraZeneca doesn't raise risk of rare blood clots

Reuters 2021-07-28 14:48:36

AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shot did not increase the instances of rare blood clots with low platelets in people after the second dose, a study showed on Wednesday, potentially easing some worries over the...

Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts Covid antibody level, study shows

REUTERS 2021-07-27 11:02:46

A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer Covid-19 shot boosted neutralising antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed. The st...

Study finds Sinopharm's Covid vaccine offers weaker protection among elderly

-- 2021-07-24 16:19:29

Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine was less effective in offering protection against the disease among the elderly, according to the results of a Hungarian study, reports Reuters. The study of 450 partic...

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness decline to 39 pct amid spread of Delta variant, says Israel health ministry

-- 2021-07-23 10:27:34

The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 has dropped to 39 per cent in Israel, the country's Ministry of Health said on Thursday. The new figure refers to the period between June 20 a...

Eight-week gap a sweetspot for Pfizer jab antibodies, study finds

REUTERS 2021-07-23 09:00:06

A longer gap between doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but there is a sharp drop in antibody levels after...

Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccine effective against Delta variant, study shows

Reuters 2021-07-22 10:02:11

Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta virus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study pu...

WHO chief warns about more dangerous strain of novel coronavirus

-- 2021-07-21 17:01:41

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned about the possibility of a new novel coronavirus strain that would be more dangerous than the delta variant. "Th...

BRAC launches antigen-based Covid-19 testing in nine cattle markets

FE Online Report 2021-07-18 20:52:54

BRAC has launched antigen-based Covid-19 rapid testing in nine cattle markets under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is providing n...

Delta variant now dominant Covid strain worldwide

-- 2021-07-17 11:11:09

The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the United States almost entirely among unvaccinated people, US officials said on Friday. U...

Alarming antibiotic resistance killing children in Bangladesh: Study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-16 09:31:17

Researchers have found that young children with pneumonia in Bangladesh frequently do not respond to common antibiotics, often resulting in their deaths. A new study co-authored by researchers from M...

Child diseases on rise as COVID-19 slows routine vaccinations, says UN

REUTERS 2021-07-15 21:57:30

Nearly 23 million children missed out on routine vaccinations last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest number in more than a decade, fuelling outbreaks of measles, polio and other preventab...

Beware of Dehydration

Imtiaz Ahmed 2021-07-15 21:15:32

There have been several instances of searing heatwaves claiming the lives of hundreds of people in North America, Canada and some European countries. Bangladesh, although having a tropical monsoon cli...

Experts expect digitalisation of Bangladesh health system by 2025

-- 2021-07-15 17:27:44

To address how the health system in our country can thrive and sustain amid this global pandemic and beyond, eGeneration organised a webinar titled "Digital Healthcare Amid COVID Pandemic". The webin...

World in early stages of COVID-19 third wave, says WHO

-- 2021-07-15 15:33:13

The world is currently in the early stages of a third wave, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, reports BSS citing Tass. "We are now in th...

Millions of children missed essential vaccines in South Asia

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-07-15 14:42:01

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major reductions in childhood vaccinations in South Asia, with coverage of basic vaccination dropping by 6 per cent points from 2019 to 2020, according to official dat...

After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots

REUTERS 2021-07-13 19:13:22

The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about a dozen countries due to the arrival of the more contagious Delta variant and governments expanding their vaccination drives, a data analysi...

WHO warns against mixing and matching COVID vaccines

REUTERS 2021-07-12 22:46:56

The World Health Organisation's chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a "dangerous trend" since there was li...

Italian COVID-19 vaccine shows strong immune response in mid-stage trial

REUTERS 2021-07-12 20:29:59

Italy's hopes of producing its own COVID-19 vaccine were given a boost on Monday when local biotech firm ReiThera said its vaccine candidate showed a strong immune response and no major side effects i...

Wellbeing during COVID-19: How yoga can help you during quarantine

-- 2021-07-12 17:09:31

The ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19 has recently been creating even more havoc with its more contagious and powerful Delta variant and Bangladesh has been recording new highs in the daily death to...

Leaked memo raises Thai concern about Sinovac vaccine's efficacy

Reuters 2021-07-05 19:42:06

A leaked health ministry document has prompted calls in Thailand for medical staff inoculated against COVID-19 to be given a booster of an mRNA vaccine, after it included a comment that such a move co...

World in risky period with Delta variant, WHO chief says

-- 2021-07-02 22:04:48

The head of the World Health Organization says the world is passing a very dangerous period of the COVID-19 pandemic as nearly 100 countries have detected highly contagious Delta variant. At a press...

Delta variant sweeps Asia

-- 2021-07-02 16:08:30

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with record numbers of infections in Australia and South Korea, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and...

J&J Covid-19 vaccine protects against Delta variant, studies find

-- 2021-07-02 10:12:43

Johnson & Johnson has said its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine showed strong promise against the Delta variant and other emerging strains and also provided durable protection against the infection mo...

‘80pc people to be vaccinated by March’

-- 2021-06-30 18:19:40

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday informed the Parliament that 80 per cent of the country’s people will get Covid-19 jabs by March next year. “We’ll be able to vaccinate 80...

Online Healthcare: Up to 50pc discount on payment by bKash

-- 2021-06-29 19:55:43

Customers can now enjoy up to 50 per cent discount on bKash payment for health check-up and doctor consultations via online at three healthcare service providers while staying at home during the pande...

'Sputnik V' around 90pc effective against Delta variant: RIA

-- 2021-06-29 18:54:53

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is around 90 percent effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, the RIA news agency cited Denis Logunov, deputy director of the Gamaleya Institute that developed th...

Are Chinese COVID-19 shots effective against the Delta variant?

-- 2021-06-29 15:28:59

Many countries from China to Indonesia and Brazil rely heavily on Chinese vaccines to inoculate their people against COVID-19, but there are growing concerns about whether they provide enough protecti...