Coronavirus Infection

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Coronavirus chronicle

Virus variants, vaccine inequity responsible for rising Covid caseload: WHO

After six weeks of decline in January and February, cases are now increasing in most regions of the world.  Meanwhile, deaths are falling though at a slower rate

A coronavirus-shaped helmet and protective masks are kept on a stone during an awareness drive to request people to stay at home during an extended lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in New Delhi, India, April 30, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

India reports year's biggest Covid-19 spike

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via Reuters
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Corona infection rising again for ignoring hygiene rules: Experts

Medical staff of Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, January 22, 2020. Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid kills one health worker every 30 minutes

Covid infection rate gradually declines
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Covid infection rate gradually declines

People wearing face masks use their cellphones at a subway station following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Virus may never go away but could change into mild annoyance

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Coronavirus chronicle

Two white tiger cubs in Pakistan likely died of Covid, zoo officials say

Captain Sir Tom Moore smiles as he launches his autobiography book 'Tomorrow will be a Good Day' at his home in Milton Keynes, Britain September 17, 2020. REUTERSDylan MartinezFile Photo
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Britain's centenarian fundraiser Captain Tom in hospital with Covid-19

A student and a teacher wear protective face masks in a classroom at a flemish primary school during its reopening as a small number of Belgian children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brussels, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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Rapid Covid spread not seen in several studies of schools

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Coronavirus chronicle

Mutant coronavirus strain could more easily target children, scientists fear

Rudy Giuliani. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Coronavirus chronicle

Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19, latest in Trump's inner circle

A scientist holds cells that produce antibodies against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) under a microscope, in a university lab in Athens, Greece, July 8, 2020. Picture taken July 8, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 antibody surveys underestimate infections: Study

Medical staff wait for passengers at Incheon International Airport in South Korea in April. Photo: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
Coronavirus chronicle

South Korea reports biggest Covid-19 spike since March