COVID-19 recovery rate improves to around 56%

During the last 24 hours, nine thousand 440 people recovered from COVID-19. Presently, the total number of active Corona cases in the country is over one lakh 74 thousand.  Union Health Ministry said, a total of 14,821 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to … Read more

Bangladesh declares ‘general holidays’ in red zones of 10 districts

In an effort to stem the spread of Coronavirus in the country the government has put areas with high infection rates in Chattogram, Bogura, Moulvibazar, Chuadanga, Jashore, Madaripur, Narayanganj, Habiganj, Munshiganj and Cumilla districts under strict lockdown from Sunday.  All the government and private offices in these areas will remain closed. However, emergency services will … Read more

India has one of lowest COVID cases per lakh population in world in spite of high population density: WHO Situation Report

The US has 671.24 cases per lakh population while the metric for Germany is 583.88, Spain is 526.22 and Brazil is 489.42. This was revealed in the WHO Situation Report-153 dated 21st of June.  Health Ministry said, this low figure is a testimony to the graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach the Central Government along with … Read more