Sars-CoV-2

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS
Coronavirus chronicle

Drop in Covid alertness could create deadly new variant - WHO

Medical staff carry out tests for Covid-19 at a drive-through site in Jerusalem, Israel.(Reuters File Photo)
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19: 'Flurona' isn't real, people can get co-infection, say researchers

Muhammad Morshed. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

How Bangladesh handled SARS CoV-2: Interim evaluation through a scientist's lens

Masks are produced at United Safety Tech, a startup that is poised to open a new N95 mask factory in La Verne, California, US, January 27, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19: Is it time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators?

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

WHO panel on origins of new pathogens includes Wuhan probe members

Outbound travel from Dhaka primary cause of infections rising: Study
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Outbound travel from Dhaka primary cause of infections rising: Study

FILE PHOTO: Researchers at Hanover University's vet clinic present Filou, the 3-year-old Belgian shepherd which is able to detect COVID-19 in human saliva samples, in Hanover, Germany, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke ./File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Trained on smelly socks, bio-detection dogs sniff out Covid-19

he arms race of our time. Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
Analysis

We must start planning for a permanent pandemic

India has begun culling birds to control the spread of the virus. Photo: ANI via BBC
Coronavirus chronicle

'Double mutant' most common variant now: India's genome data

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Coronavirus chronicle

Sunlight inactivates coronavirus much faster than predicted, scientists say

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins holds a model of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 2, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS
Analysis

In mutant variants, has the coronavirus shown its best tricks?

The importance of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh
Thoughts

The importance of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury Photo: Collected
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Pay attention to research: Zafrullah urges govt