By Ameen Izzadeen COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb 10 2020 (IPS) – In the wake of the latest coronavirus outbreak, movie buffs are drawing an eerie parallel with the film Contagion, a 2011 thriller based on a lethal airborne virus called…
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খালেদা জিয়ার মুক্তি: এখন প্যারোলেও রাজি পরিবার
বাংলাদেশে কারাবন্দী বিএনপি নেত্রী খালেদা জিয়াকে বিদেশে নিয়ে চিকিৎসার জন্য মরিয়া হয়ে উঠেছেন তার ভাই-বোনেরা। বিদেশে পাঠানোর জন্য মেডিকেল বোর্ডের সুপারিশ চেয়ে তাঁর পরিবারের পক্ষ থেকে এই প্রথম লিখিত আবেদন করা হয়েছে। এই আবেদন করা হয়েছে বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল…
Coronavirus disease named Covid-19
The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.
China’s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time
Beijing, AP/UNB/Feb 11 – China’s daily death toll from new virus has topped 100 for first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday, as the spread of the contagion shows little sign of abating…
Coronavirus death toll crosses 900
Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline Beijing, AP/UNB, Feb 10 – Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow by…
Mapping application data shows how virus spread in China
For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration…
Latest coronavirus study implicates fecal transmission
Diarrhea may be a secondary path of transmission for the novel coronavirus, scientists said Friday following the publication of the latest study reporting patients with abdominal symptoms and loose stool.
Coronavirus death toll 811, surpasses SARS
Beijing, Feb 09 – Mainland China’s death toll from the new virus outbreak has risen to 811, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS pandemic, as authorities enforce ever-stricter measures to curb the further spread.
54 kidney patients die each day for lack of donors: Experts
Dhaka, Feb 08 – Experts at a conference here on Saturday stressed the need for creating public awareness over the donation of kidney and other organs as 54 kidney patients die on average every day just due to scarcity of…
Screening of all flight passengers starts at Dhaka airport
Screening of passengers of all flights started at HazratShahjalal International Airport here as coronavirus cases were detected in more than two dozens of countries including China.
Global combat novel coronavirus focus on vaccine development
Research institutes and companies from many countries have been at the center of a scientific race to combat the novel coronavirus epidemic by pushing for the development of a vaccine, as well as more accurate tests for the virus.
Coronavirus death toll rises to 722
Beijing, AP/UNB, Feb 08 – The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China while fatalities increased to 722 on Saturday, as the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminations from the public over the…
Global tourism takes major hit as virus halts Chinese travel
This should have been a good year for global tourism, with trade tensions gradually easing, certain economies growing and banner events like the Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo. But the viral outbreak in China has thrown the travel industry…
Two new dengue patients hospitalised in last 24hrs
Two new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until 8am on Friday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
WHO draft strategy on digital health against data ownership
Geneva 6 February (TWN) – WHO’s Draft Global Strategy on Digital Health (Draft Strategy) threatens the data sovereignty, including the right to regulate, of Member States.
Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower doctor – Li Wenliang
A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said. Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital.
No Chinese national in BD nor BD national in China infected
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday urged all to remain alert instead of creating panic and spreading rumours noting that no Chinese national here and no Bangladesh national in China is infected with coronavirus.
Cold-related diseases affect 4,534 people in 24 hrs
Various cold-related diseases affected 4,534 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Thursday.
17 dengue patients being treated at hospitals: Govt
Seventeen dengue patients, including 11 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Bangladesh has ‘15 lakh’ cancer patients, ‘1.5 lakh’ die each year
Dhaka Feb 05 – There are around 15 lakh cancer patients in Bangladesh with 1.5 lakh of them dying each year, said an expert here on Tuesday.
How the new coronavirus will finally get a proper name
By Jasmine Taylor-ColemanBBC News It has infected thousands of people, closed borders and put parts of China into lockdown. But the virus causing the outbreak of illness does not yet have a proper name.
Coronavirus world’s costliest epidemic, at over $62bn
A new report compiled by LearnBonds.com has revealed that the CoronaVirus is projected to be the costliest epidemic since 2000. Data indicates that by the first quarter of 2020, the virus is expected to cost China about $62 billion, an…
Using mask over corona virus unnecessary: IEDCR
DHAKA – Use of mask and other personal precautions like hand sanitizer over the panic of corona virus in the country is unnecessary, experts said. “Using mask to avoid corona virus is useless in our country. Even there is no…
Cold-related diseases affect 4,388 people in 24 hrs
Various cold-related diseases affected 4,388 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Tuesday.
WHO secretariat wants to curtail CSO part in Governing Body?
Geneva, 4 February (TWN) – The WHO Secretariat’s report for the consideration of the 146th Meeting of the Executive Board (EB) proposes to curtail the participation of CSOs in the governing body meetings such as the World Health Assembly (WHA)…
Scientists say virus may have come from bats
Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that genome sequences from several patients in Wuhan show…
Biman crew back from Wuhan denied entry to other countries
The crewmembers of Biman aircraft, returned from Coronavirus-hit Wuhan of China carrying 312 Bangladeshis, are now denied visas to enter other countries. “A team of 171 Bangladeshis of different ages is also there (Hubei province of China), who want to…
Scientists say virus may have come from bats
Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that genome sequences from several patients in Wuhan show…
171 more Bangladeshis in China to be brought back
The government will bring back 171 more Bangladeshis upon clearance from the Chinese authorities, said Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam.
BD suspends on arrival visa for Chinese nationals for 1 month
Bangladesh has suspended the visa on arrival for Chinese nationals for one month as part of the government’s temporary policy following the outbreak of coronavirus, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Sunday.