Covid Snippets
Number of extreme poor ‘could rise to 1.1 billion’ The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and increase the total number of those living...
Health
Male Covid-19 Patients Controlling testosterone levels also imperative
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Among the entire population infected with Covid-10, 58% are male. Deaths between 30 and 89 yrs are 66.9 to 82.4% with a maximum death rate within the age group 30-39...
Happiness & Sorrows Go on pacing with highest acceleration ever
Ramisa Maliha Bhuiyan :Your ephemeral life is a blender of mind refreshing news, heart rending incidents and heart soothing remarks. There are some stages of mankind which are as follows: The final stage is...
UN to explore role of science and technology policies in Covid-19 recovery
Health Desk :International collaboration in science, technology and innovation are pegged to drive sustainable development, but policy needs to ensure this is so.Science, technology and innovation (STI) policies will play a key role not...
Russia’s coronavirus cases surpass 500,000
Russia’s coronavirus caseload surpassed 500,000 on Thursday, after health officials reported 8,779 new infections. The nation’s total currently stands at 502,436 confirmed cases, including 6,532 deaths.Experts both in Russia and abroad expressed doubts about...
Covid Snippets: China rejects EU accusation it is spreading Covid-19 disinformation
China’s Foreign Ministry has criticised a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.Spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters that “the EU evades many obvious facts but specifically mentions China....
Flattening the Curve
Md. Mazharul Islam & Md. Monirul Islam :The COVID-19 pandemic is considered the most disastrous torment which the humankind has faced ever since World War II. Although the breeding ground of the pandemic is...
Virus pushes April asylum requests in Europe to 12-year low
The number of asylum applications in Europe plunged 87 percent in April, to the lowest level since 2008, due to lockdown measures imposed to fight the coronavirus, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said.
Iran says virus cases top 180,000
More than 180,000 people have been infected in Iran’s coronavirus outbreak since it first emerged nearly four months ago, an official said.
Covid Snippets
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....
nCoV-19 Infection What should be care about
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :The novel coronavirus 2019 (nCoV-19) is evident to spread in tiny droplets released from the nose and mouth of an infected person during sneezing and coughing. A single cough can...
The ticking time bomb of Nepal’s returning migrant workers India’s coronavirus lockdown forced migrant Nepali workers to flee back home, creating humanitarian and economic crises.
Asad Hashim :Dev Bishwo Karma waited for hours by the side of a remote mountain road in the northwestern Nepali district of Karnali in late May, hoping to somehow find a way home.The 20-year-old,...