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Bangladesh reported six more Covid deaths and 351 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. The country’s total fatalities rose to 29,401 with the new deaths and the new cases raised the country’s total caseload to 2,032,092, according to the Directorate General of Health Services, reports UNB. The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 5.86 per cent from ...

The gradual increase in dengue infection has created panic among the residents of Dhaka city. Hospitals are failing to cope with the pressure of dengue patients despite setting up new wards. Patients are dying within just three days of getting admitted to hospitals. A total of 89 people have died of dengue till October 15 this year. Doctors of Dhaka ...

Six more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 89. During this period, 734 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the latest deaths, five were reported from Dhaka division and ...

Most patients with COVID-19 who have lingering symptoms at 12 months are likely to still have symptoms at 18 months, new data suggest. The findings are drawn from a large study of 33,281 people in Scotland who tested positive for the coronavirus. Most of the results are in line with those from earlier, smaller studies. Among a subset of 197 ...

Bangladesh on Friday witnessed four Covid-19 deaths and 346 coronavirus positive cases in 24 hours. Bangladesh reported 7.15 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 4,840 samples were tested during the last 24 hours, a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the ...

Eight more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 83. This is the highest death toll from dengue in a single day this year. During this period, 765 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of ...

Scientists have transplanted human brain cells into the brains of baby rats, where the cells grew and formed connections. It’s part of an effort to better study human brain development and diseases affecting this most complex of organs, which makes us who we are but has long been shrouded in mystery, reports AP. “Many disorders such as autism and schizophrenia ...

A new wave of COVID-19 cases appears to be spreading in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) say, reports Al-Jazeera. WHO’s regional data showed that only Europe recorded a rise in COVID-19 cases in the week that ended October 2, clocking an increase of 8 percent from the week before. ...

Two patients died of Covid-19 in 24 hours as of Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to 29,388, according to the press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). During the period, the number of detected coronavirus cases in the country, according to the DGHS, rose to 2,031,006 as 456 more cases were reported, after testing 4,763 samples, ...

Bangladesh reported two more deaths from Covid-19 and 460 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. The country’s total fatalities rose to 29,386 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country’s total caseload to 2,030,550, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The latest deceased were a man and a woman from Chattogram and Khulna ...