Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death with 737 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,360 while the total caseload to 2,023,145, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rose to 15.42 per cent from Monday’s 13.58 per cent as 4,781 samples were ...
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Bangladesh reports 6 Covid deaths, 718 new cases
Six more Covid-linked deaths and 718 fresh cases were recorded in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Monday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,359 while the total caseload to 2,022,408, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate declined to 13.58 per cent from Sunday’s 12.96 per cent as ...
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Switzerland will need to destroy 10.3 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine against Covid-19, after they expired this week, the health ministry said Saturday. The ministry said it had no choice but to eliminate the jabs after the doses expired last Wednesday, according to Keystone-ATS. It told the news agency that 2.5 million of the doses were being stored at a ...
Read More »Bangladesh reports 2 Covid deaths, 572 new cases
Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths with 572 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,353 while the total caseload to 2,021,690, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate declined to 12.96 per cent from Saturday’s 13.12 per cent as 4,413 samples ...
Read More »Bangladesh reports 4 Covid deaths, 350 cases
Bangladesh reported four more Covid-linked deaths with 350 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,351 while the total caseload to 2,021,118, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate declined to 13.12 per cent from Friday’s 15.38 per as 2,668 samples were ...
Read More »Bangladesh reports one Covid death, positivity rate rises to 15.38%
Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 with 620 more cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,347 while the total caseload to 2,020,768, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rises to 15.38 per cent from Thursday’s 14.13 per cent as 4,031 samples ...
Read More »Japan to lift Covid restrictions on foreign tourist arrivals
Japan on Thursday announced that it will lift tough Covid restrictions on foreign tourists, reopening the borders after two and a half years. “Finally, Japan will reopen the border,” Digital Minister Taro Kono wrote on Twitter. “Visa waiver is back, no daily limit and free individual visits.” He made the announcement ahead of a speech at the New York Stock ...
Read More »Bangladesh reports one Covid death, 678 positive cases
Bangladesh on Thursday reported one Covid-19 death while it recorded 678 coronavirus positive cases during the same period. “Bangladesh reported 14.13 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 4,798 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka ...
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Do you lather yourself with sunscreen to keep out that tanning? Beware! According to a new study, sunscreens are likely to impair sperm cell function, acting as a male contraceptive and lower a man’s chances of parenthood. The findings of the study showed that many ultra-violet (UV) filtering chemicals commonly used in sunscreens interfere with the function of human sperm ...
Read More »Attention not enough for information retention
Ever wondered why we remember certain scenes from films or books without much effort, while forgetting others despite paying attention? New research suggests that people tend to remember only those things better that they expect to have future relevance. Much of what a person can remember is based on their expectation of the information they will need to recall, the ...
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