Health

Chinese embassy official claimsBD govt trying to normalize the situation Special Correspondent: A top official of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka said that no agreement has yet been reached between Bangladesh authority and the Sinopharm regarding purchasing of Covid vaccines. Hualong Yan, deputy chief of mission at the Chinese embassy,…

Drugmakers eye alternative to vaccines International Desk: Prevention is better than cure – but when it comes to Covid, what happens when people can’t get the vaccine, don’t want it, or they’re immune suppressed and it fails to stop infection?The hunt is on for a coronavirus treatment that can be…

As Covid-19 cases keep rising, over 162 million people have so far been infected with the deadly virus around the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total caseload from the virus reached 162,203,982 while the death toll mounted to 3,365,081 as of this (May 16) morning. Some 1,436,372,…

Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded 33 more Covid deaths and 1,230 new cases, with the country’s death toll from the disease crossing the 12,000 mark. It took just 16 days to count the latest 1,000 deaths as the country saw a surge in Covid deaths in recent days, according to the…

Silent hypoxia is one of the symptoms in which COVID-19 patients have alarmingly low blood oxygen saturation levels, yet they do not show any other symptoms of COVID-19 or breathlessness to identify the hidden danger. The pulse oximeter, a non-invasive device of arterial blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate, can…