Covid -19

Dr Ahsan H Mansur, Executive Director, Policy Research Institute. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Twin shocks call for stronger domestic policy response

For Bangladesh, the main problems are internal in nature, which did not happen overnight. This is a result of our systemic failure to address the problems, and even now we are not properly...

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Coronavirus chronicle

China rings in Lunar New Year with most Covid rules lifted

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker checks the IV drip treatment of a patient lying on a bed in the emergency department of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO recommends that China monitor excess Covid-19 mortality

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks commute in a subway station during morning rush hour, following the coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
World+Biz

China retaliates against S.Korea, Japan over Covid curbs

Test tube labelled "Covid-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration picture taken 15 January, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Tighter screening at ports urged as new Covid sub-variant BF.7 detected

Travellers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Coronavirus chronicle

Canada, Australia, Morocco add to Covid restrictions on Chinese travellers

A passengers speaks to a member of the media, after Italy has ordered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travellers coming from China, where cases are surging, at the Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
China

Covid travel curbs against Chinese visitors 'discriminatory'- Chinese state media

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attends the news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

China's Covid policymaking under scrutiny as infections soar

A man counts Pakistani banknotes along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
Global Economy

Rupee likely to open largely unchanged as China Covid impact assessed

A family member consults a doctor outside an emergency department of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Coronavirus chronicle

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster Covid defences

People line up next to a medical worker in a protective suit, at a fever clinic of a hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Josh Arslan
Coronavirus chronicle

Xi urges steps to 'protect' lives as China lifts Covid curbs

Omicron BF7: Land ports still left unguarded
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Omicron BF7: Land ports still left unguarded

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

20 Covid cases reported in 24 hours