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Dhaka: The deadly coronavirus has claimed 54 lives- 35 males and 19 females- across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours. The death toll rose to 13,399. more
Biden administration earmarks $3bln for new antiviral drug research

Washington: The US launched a $3 billion effort to develop a new class of next-generation antiviral drugs to combat COVID-19 and other viral pathogens of the future, the Department of Hea ...

Bangladesh: Authorities clear homegrown Bangavax coronavirus vaccine for clinical trial with conditions

Dhaka: The Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has decided to allow the Bangavax vaccine, a coronavirus vaccine produced by Bangladeshi company Globe Biotech, to be tested on human ...

Bangladesh registers 3,840 fresh cases, 63 Covid-19 deaths within 24 hours

Dhaka: The coronavirus death toll in Bangladesh rose to 13,345 after 63 more people died across the nation within 24 hours, in between Wednesday and Thursday.

Coronavirus kills 39 people across Bangladesh in a day

Dhaka: In the last 24 hours, 39 people have died of coronavirus in Bangladesh- taking the national death tally to 13,071. At the same time, 1,637 people have been diagnosed with the deadl ...

Chinese researchers claim they found new batch of coronavirus in bats

Beijing: Chinese researchers have claimed that they have found a new batch of coronavirus in bats, media reports said.

Over 300,000 patients fail to receive second dose of vaccine in Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a major trouble in the fight against COVID-19 as  around 300,000 recipients of the first dose never returned to receive their second jab of the Covi ...

Research finds thousands of wild animals were sold at Wuhan markets in months before Covid-19 outbreak

Beijing: A new research has found that thousands of animals were sold in markets in the Chinese city of Wuhan just before the COVID-19 outbreak.

Láffaire Wuhan: Come Clean China

Wuhan is back in the headlines with a big bang.  And the Emperor stands exposed without clothes. 

After Covid19, China reports another first as man contracts H10N3 strain of bird flu

China reported the first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu on Tuesday in its eastern province of Jiangsu, the National Health Commission confirmed.