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Mexico virus death toll surges to fourth-highest, surpassing Italy: govt

Shawdesh Desk: Mexico on Sunday became the country with the fourth highest death toll from COVID-19, ahead of Italy, according Mexican health officials and AFP’s global tallies. “There are 299,750

Full coronavirus vaccine unlikely by next year: expert

Shawdesh Desk: There is little chance of a 100-percent effective coronavirus vaccine by 2021, a French expert warned Sunday, urging people to take social distancing measures more seriously. “A vaccine

Coronavirus: Brazil’s death toll reaches 72,000

Shawdesh Desk: Brazil on Sunday said its nationwide COVID-19 death toll has reached 72,100, with 631 more patients having succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. The

DU, BSMMU experts develop mechanism to contain COVID-19 spreading

Shawdesh Desk: A group of researchers led by Dhaka University and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have developed ‘Negative Pressure Isolation Canopy’ to contain the spread of contagious diseases

US records another 60,000 new virus cases in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday recorded 59,747 new cases over the last 24-hour period, according to a tally from Johns

Nepal floods: Heavy rainfall claims 37 lives in 48 hrs

Shawdesh desk: At least fifteen more people were killed in a landslide caused by torrential rains in western Nepal on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities due to the

China’s Zhifei starts Phase II trial of COVID-19 vaccine

Shawdesh Desk: A coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by a unit of China’s Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products has moved into Phase II human trials, the company said on Friday, less than

Coronavirus: Global death toll hits 567,657 deaths

Shawdesh Desk: The global death toll from coronavirus reached 567,657 at 10:40 am till Sunday (Bangladesh Time), according to latest data from worldometer. So far, 1,28,44,410 people have tested positive for coronavirus while 74,79,527 patients have