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A student receives a dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine at a junior high school in Darul Imarah, near Banda Aceh on 25 September, 2021

Global Covid cases top 527 million

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 527,127,837 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,288,589 on Sunday morning

In this file photo taken on 15 January 2021, people look at a picture of China's President Xi Jinping during an exhibition about China’s fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a convention centre that was previously used as a makeshift hospital for patients in Wuhan.

In Xi's big year, political price of China's pandemic policy climbs

Protests bubbling in big cities, dismal economic indicators and rampant discontent online -- China's zero-Covid policy is morphing from a propaganda victory to a political liability for president Xi ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses from Gonobhaban, her official residence, the first high level meeting of the Champions of ‘Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG)’ held on virtual platform on 20 May 2022

GCRG summit PM Hasina for well-coordinated global efforts to overcome food, energy, financial crises

Sheikh Hasina urged the advanced economies and multilateral financial institutions to come forward and grant duty-free-quota-free market access

In this file illustration photo taken on 17 November 2020 are pictured vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech

Bangladesh reports 50 Covid cases in 24 hrs

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government, rose to 1,953,188 on Friday as 50 more cases were reported

Health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque

Non-communicable diseases behind 70pc of normal deaths: Health Minister

Our lifestyle and food habits are also responsible for increasing these deaths, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at Paseo de la Sexta, in Guatemala City, on 25 February, 2022

Global Covid cases near 526 million

The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 526 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

In this file illustration photo taken on 17 November 2020 are pictured vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech

Bangladesh reports 35 Covid cases in 24 hrs

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government

Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh National Parliament Muhammad Faruk Khan and US Congressman Steve Chabot (Republican-Ohio) in Washington DC on 18 May 2022

US lawmakers keen to further strengthen Dhaka-Washington ties

Both sides underscored the importance of further expansion of trade and investment cooperation and deepening of the multifaceted partnership in the coming days

A heart with wings is drawn on the window as nurses care for a Covid-19 patient inside the ICU (intensive care unit) at Adventist Health in Sonora, California on 27 August, 2021

Global Covid cases top 525 million

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 525,259,489 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,283,324 Thursday morning

In this file illustration photo taken on 17 November 2020 are pictured vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech

Bangladesh reports 22 Covid cases in 24 hrs

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government, rose to 1,953,103 on Wednesday as 22 more cases were reported

This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 18 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attending a meeting of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang

Kim slams negligent officials over spiralling North Korea Covid outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 ...

Children wearing protective face masks sit in a classroom at a primary school, as Austrian schools reopen for pupils aged roughly six to 14, during the global coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria 18 May 2020.

Global Covid cases surpass 524 million

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 524,539,523 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,280,921 Wednesday morning

In this file illustration photo taken on 17 November 2020 are pictured vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech

US authorises Pfizer's Covid booster shot for children aged 5 to 11

The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorised the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, making everyone in the country over the age of ...

Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen while a resident (C) boards a bus on a street during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on 14 May, 2022

Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown

Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown

This long exposure image shows Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain

Japan announces limited 'test tourism' from May as pre-step to full re-opening

Japan Tourism Agency said on Tuesday that it would start allowing small group of tourists in from later this month as ‘test cases’

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