Coronavirus

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Bagerhat upazila hospitals crippled by lack of Covid test kits amid nationwide spike

Patients showing symptoms such as fever, cough and body aches are being referred to Bagerhat District Hospital or Khulna Medical College Hospital for testing

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Health

10 more Covid-19 cases reported in country

Doctors check X-rays of a tuberculosis patient in Hanoi. TB is one of at least 13 diseases that are surging beyond pre-pandemic levels in some places around the world.Photographer: Photo: Nhac Nguyen/AFP
Coronavirus chronicle

Yes, everyone really is sick a lot more often after covid

A healthcare worker inoculates Encarnacion Tan Suan, 86, at a vaccination center in San Juan City, Metro Manila, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines. Photo: REUTERS/Peter Blaza. Illustration: John Emerson
Coronavirus chronicle

Pentagon's secret anti-vax campaign against China during the pandemic

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Health

Bangladesh reports one Covid-19 death, 37 positive cases

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Health

3rd, 4th doses of Covid-19 vaccination underway

FILE PHOTO: A man pushes a woman in wheelchair past a poster with a graphic of medical workers at a nucleic acid testing booth for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) , in Beijing, China October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Health

WHO warns Covid still a threat

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Health

Bangladesh plans to restart Covid-19 vaccination if infections surge

FILE PHOTO: Relatives and neighbours attend the funeral of a woman surnamed Liu, as coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, at a village in Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, China, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

A nurse prepares a shot for Jonathan Halter as the German embassy begins its roll out of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for German expatriates at a Beijing United Family hospital in Beijing, China January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid remains a public health emergency, says WHO

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen in a fever clinic that was set up in a sports area as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Coronavirus chronicle

Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending Covid emergency: WHO advisors

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO chief hopes Covid will no longer be emergency next year

Rameen Shakur. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The Prof Writes: Covid-19 - The one that got away from us