Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners. Across their lifetime,

New international research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) concludes that surgery should be delayed for seven weeks after a patient tests positive for SARS-CoV-2, since the data show that surgery that takes place between 0 and 6 weeks after diagnosis is associated with increased mortality.

As there is no specific treatment so far to overcome the deadly disease of COVID-19, sufferers are only managed symptomatically and supportive. So how we can get rid of this disease?

COVID-19, which is caused by SARS-CoV-2, has snatched countless lives over the past one year. The pandemic is still in headway from the beginning of 2020 to present.

Hossain Ahmed, customs and VAT commissioner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), died of Covid-19 infection today.

India will carry out a deeper review of post-vaccination side effects from the AstraZeneca shot next week although no cases of blood clots have been reported so far, an official told AFP Saturday.

Twelve people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The European Union’s medicines regulator has dismissed reports of blood clots in people who had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, saying that there is no indication that the vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots, BBC reported.

Dhaka University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal has tested positive for coronavirus, one month after taking the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

Thirteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In the German town of Dessau, one of the sites of the Bauhaus art school, an institute was set up in 1921 to mass-produce vaccines that later helped strengthen the German Democratic Republic. Exactly 100 years later, the site is gearing up to be a one-stop shop to produce COVID-19 vaccines for Germany’s pandemic response.

Canada on Thursday said the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe after Denmark and Norway temporarily suspended its use amid reports that blood clots had formed in some who had received the shot.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has urged the people to be aware as Covid-19 infection rate is increasing again.

Six people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

UK doctors say it is normal and expected to feel a bit unwell after the first Covid-19 vaccine shot.

Some people in the United Arab Emirates were given a third Covid-19 “booster” shot, after receiving two doses of vaccine, because they had not developed antibodies against the disease, the health sector’s spokeswoman said, reports Al Arabiya English.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will set up community vision centres in all upazilas across the country in phases to provide better eyecare services to local people.

Former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter will star in two new public service announcements (PSA) for the coronavirus vaccine alongside former First Ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Rosalynn Carter, the Ad Council announced on Thursday.

At least 3,000 nurses have been killed by Covid-19, the global nurses’ federation said Thursday as it warned of a looming exodus of health workers traumatised by the pandemic.

Covid-19 vaccine Covishield will be cheaper across India under a price renegotiated by the country's government with the manufacturer, Serum Institute of India (SII), The Economic Times reported today.