Pandemic

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 ...

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 picture taken on May 16, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 17 May shows officers of the military medical field of the Korean People's Army going to supply medicines to resolve the epidemic prevention crisis

North Korean military ramps up Covid response as outbreak grows

North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said on Tuesday, with the number of reported cases of "fever" nearing 1.5 ...

A woman consults a doctor before swab testing at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 23 June 2020

Covid-19 Bangladesh reports 22 new cases in 24 hrs

Bangladesh reported 22 Covid cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning which took the total caseload to 1,952,979

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Covid outbreak causing great upheaval: Kim Jong Un

Leader Kim Jong Un says a Covid outbreak is causing 'great upheaval' in North Korea, which announced 21 new "fever" deaths Saturday

A man wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) rides a bicycle along a quiet street in Beijing on 9 May, 2022. Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on May 9 as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement

Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital

Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement

Relatives cry at the grave of a person died of Covid-19

WHO estimates Covid toll in Bangladesh almost 5 times higher than official figures

The number includes deaths either due to the coronavirus directly or because of factors somehow attributed to the pandemic’s impact on health systems

A health worker from Thanyarak Pattani Hospital conducts a swab test on a woman for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Pattani Central Mosqe in Pattani on 21 February, 2022

Global Covid cases top 515 million

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 515 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

Shoppers at a market in Jashore

Eid-centric businesses bounce back with a bang

Businesses surpassed expectations this Eid as they witnessed a big jump -- from 15 to 20 per cent -- in sales this year, comparing to the pre-pandemic level in 2019.

A health worker takes swab sample on a woman to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site along a street in Beijing on 25 April, 2022

Covid-19 Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai

A resident has a sample taken to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in Beijing on 25 April, 2022

Covid spike prompts mass testing in Beijing again

Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital

Around 50 per cent of the hotels and motels have already been booked ahead of the Eid ul-Fitr in Cox's Bazar

Eid vacation 50pc hotels, motels already booked in Cox’s Bazar

Around 50 per cent of the hotels and motels have already been booked ahead of the Eid ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival in the country

A person, wearing a helmet chops delivery person Nahid Hossain lying on the sideway during the clash between Dhaka College students and New Market shop owners and workers on 19 April 2022

Alas! Students

A number of photographs were taken during the clashes but this candid photograph would give any person an idea of the situation that many other will fail to provide

A mask is seen on the ground at John F. Kennedy Airport on 19 April 2022 in New York City

US plane mask mandates are lifted

Uber, Lyft and Amtrak were among the firms that announced an end to masking requirements

A health worker wearing personal protective equipment conducts a swab test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in a compound during a Covid-19 lockdown in Pudong district in Shanghai on 17 April, 2022

Covid-19 Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of lockdown

Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from Covid-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has plunged the megacity into a weeks-long lockdown, sparking widespread ...

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