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World Health Organization (WHO)Bangladesh receives 2,45,000 AstraZeneca jabs from Tokyo
The first shipment of 2, 45,200 AstraZeneca vaccines, under COVAX facility, arrived in Dhaka from Japan on Saturday afternoon
Drowning top cause of child deaths in many countries including Bangladesh: WHO
Drowning is now a leading cause of death for children aged under five in many countries, the WHO said Friday
China denies WHO call for Wuhan lab probe to determine Covid-19 origin
China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a ...
Sport under way at Tokyo Olympics as Brisbane gets 2032 Games
As the action began in Japan two days before Friday’s opening ceremony, Brisbane won a vote of International Olympic Committee members to host the 2032 Summer Games, triggering celebrations and ...
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Delta variant to dominate within months: WHO
Of the three other coronavirus variants of concern, Alpha was first detected in Britain, Beta was first detected in South Africa and Gamma was first detected in Brazil
Global Covid cases top 191 million
The global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed the grim milestone of 191 million as the highly contagious Delta variant is spreading like wildfire in several countries even with mass inoculations underway
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Around 23m children deprived of routine vaccination
Nearly 23 million children missed out on routine vaccinations last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the highest number in more than a decade, fuelling outbreaks of measles, polio and other ...
Delta variant spreading worldwide at scorching pace: WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday warned of the “devastating outbreaks” caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19, saying that the new ...
Covid triggered biggest increase in hunger in decades: UN
Although the full impact of the pandemic cannot yet be determined, the UN report estimated around 118 million more people faced hunger in 2020 than in 2019, an increase of 18 per cent
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Benefits of mRNA vaccines outweigh rare heart risks: WHO
Available data suggested myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination was ‘generally mild’ and responded to treatment such as rest or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
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