Darren McCaffrey :On 27 December last year, a 43-year-old man from Bobigny, a suburb of Paris, turned up at a...
James Gallagher :Winter is coming and traditionally it is party time for colds and flu. This has raised fears that coronavirus will surge when the seasons change, possibly leading to a second wave of the disease that is even bigger than the first.However, predicting what a Covid winter will look like is complex and uncertainty reigns – there are reasons both to be worried and to be reassured.How bad a northern hemisphere winter will be is dependent not only on...
Muhammad Torequl Islam :It is evident that some coronaviruses that infect animals can be spread to humans. Although the actual...
Md. Naim Hossain :As coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted communities around the world, many people have wondered whether there are steps...
Staff Reporter: With the call “Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life” – for all, World...
India’s coronavirus cases cross one millionIndia’s cases of the new coronavirus crossed the million mark, Ministry of Health data showed on Friday, as infections spread to smaller towns and rural areas following the lifting of a vast lockdown. Only the United States and Brazil have cases higher than India. India’s total deaths stood at 25,602 the ministry said. Brazil hospitals overwhelmed as coronavirus cases cross 2 millionHospitals in Brazil are struggling to cope with an influx of coronavirus patients, as...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved 10 projects , including two related to COVID-19 emergency response and preparedness, involving Tk 16,276 crore.The approval came from the 23rd Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC conference room with Ecnec Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.The Prime Minister joined the meeting through videoconference from her official residence Ganobhaban.“We’ve placed 10 projects of seven ministries at the today’s meeting. The...
Another deadly day in Pakistan Pakistan suffered its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic so far on Tuesday, recording 140 deaths from the disease, and taking the total number of fatalities to 3,037.Cases and deaths continue to rise sharply, even as authorities rush to implement so-called “smart lockdowns” – defined areas of strict restrictions within major cities where the infection is spreading rapidly. Indonesia reports 1,031 new infections Indonesia has reported 1,031 new coronavirus infections taking the total to 41,431...
Three-year-old dies as Belgian virus cases grow A three-year-old girl was among the latest series of deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in Belgium, officials said, as the country confronts a worrying growth in new infections.Health spokesman Boudewijn Catry said three people die each day in Belgium from COVID-19, including recently the toddler and an 18-year-old.“It’s true that it’s rare that a young person dies of COVID-19, but it’s clear that no-one is immune,” he warned, after the number of...
Md Billal Hossen :The term zoonosis is derived from a Greek word where zoon means ‘animal’ and nosos means ‘sickness’. In a nutshell, it is the infection of non-human animal especially vertebrate. Zoonosis or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease caused by a pathogen (virus, bacteria, parasites, prion etc) that is transmitted from non-human animal to a human. A study conducted by Taylor LH et. alrevealed that among 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans, 61% were zoonotic. On the other...
France to see 800,000 job losses in coming months France is likely to suffer 800,000 job losses in coming months, the finance minister warned, as the economy reels from the effects of a lockdown. “Our evaluation is that 800,000 jobs will be lost in the coming months, or 2.8 percent of total employment,” Bruno Le Maire told a finance committee in parliament. “The shock is considerable and calls for massive public policies to support and accompany all those affected,” Le...
Health Desk :Breast cancer rates among women globally are on the rise, but new research is uncovering trends related to...