COVID

Kariko, Weissman win Nobel for COVID vaccines

Observer Online Desk

Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work ...

Highly mutated Omicron COVID variant found in Canada

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Canada has identified its first case of coronavirus infection involving the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in an individual ...

China won't require COVID-19 testing for incoming travelers starting Wednesday

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China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result from incoming travelers starting Wednesday, AP reports.Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang ...

Global COVID-19 incidence up by over 60pc in 28 days: WHO

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More than 1.47 million people worldwide were infected with COVID-19 between July 24 and August 20, a 63 per cent ...

Forty-three new COVID cases reported in a day

Observer Online Report

A total of 43 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the country in the last 24 hours till Monday morning.According ...

Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms are the focus of new small treatment studies

Observer Online Desk

The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously ...

3rd, 4th doses of COVID vaccination campaign start

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A seven-day campaign for the third and fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination began in the country on Wednesday (July 5).The ...

Australia, IFC to mobilize $50m supporting post-COVID growth in Bangladesh

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The IFC and the Australian High Commission in Dhaka have partnered together on a new project to help create more ...

Mirza Fakhrul tests COVID positive again

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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has tested positive for COVID-19.He got the report around 10am on Tuesday. He ...

WHO: COVID-19 no longer global health emergency

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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of ...

WHO issues new strategic plan for COVID-19

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new strategic plan for COVID-19 focusing on the transition from emergency ...

First batch of bivalent COVID vaccines arrive in country

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Eleven lakh doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, a new type of vaccine that provides protection against both the Delta and ...

COVID-19 still poses a clear and present danger

William A Haseltine

We have made extraordinary progress in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic since the dark days of 2020. Yet, in ...

WHO chief hopes COVID-19 pandemic ends this year

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World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will end in 2023, according to ...

COVID test requirement lifted for travelers from China to US

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A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights expired Friday ...

"COVID-19 pending benefits class action lawsuit"

Robayet Ferdous Syed

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the global economy, with many businesses and industries suffering from the economic downturn. The private ...

WHO discusses end of COVID-19 emergency status

Observer Online Desk

The World Health Organization began discussions on lowering the level of alert about the coronavirus.WHO sources said no decision would ...

FDA's advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

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The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite ...

China: COVID deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70pc since peak

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Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 ...

Nearly 13,000 COVID-19 deaths reported in China over last week

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China reported nearly 13,000 COVID-19-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the ...

COVID-19 deaths down 9pc worldwide in past week, says WHO

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More than 2.7 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus infection worldwide between January 9 and 15, ...

BD reports 12 COVID cases in a day with no deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,368.The death ...

Moderna considers pricing COVID vaccine at $110-$130

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Moderna Inc is considering pricing its COVID-19 shot at $110 to $130 per dose in the United States when it ...

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID-19 policy

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Travelers began streaming into mainland China by air, land and sea on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing ...

Should India be worried about China's COVID explosion?

Deutsche Welle

India has been monitoring China's unprecedented wave of COVID-19 cases and is taking proactive contingency measures to prevent a potential ...

EU, Beijing heading for collision over China’s COVID crisis

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The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently ...

COVID: Bangladesh reports first cases of new variant BF.7

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Bangladesh has detected the first cases of new variant of coronavirus, BF.7, in one Chinese national, who has been kept ...

COVID: WHO urges China to share specific data

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The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China's health officials to regularly share specific and real-time information on ...

Are we prepared to tackle the new COVID variant?

Emran Emon

The Corona virus started in December 2019. The deadly Corona virus spread worldwide from a few people in Wuhan, China. ...

US to impose mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China

Observer Online Desk

The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, US health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, ...