Covid -19

German rower Marie-Sophie Zeidler (second from right) is preparing for qualification events for the Paris 2024 Olympics, but has had to deal with two bouts of Long COVID in the last three years. Photo: DW
Thoughts

How long Covid affects the careers of top athletes

Long Covid has had a lasting impact on the lives of several athletes including top rower Marie-Sophie Zeidler. Although scientists are gaining a better understanding of the disease, there is still...

India's active case count now stands at 3.90 per cent. ( HT file Photo)
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Long Covid prevalence up to 4 times higher in women

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Health

Women more at risk of post-Covid complications: Study

Shoppers walk through Beijing’s Wangfujing retail area in February. China’s malls are buzzing again after the country dropped virus restrictions. Photo: Bloomberg
World+Biz

Here's how China's 1.4 billion people are spending again after the pandemic

Illustration: Collected
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

3 years since the first Covid-19 case in the country, 8 new cases

Bangladesh suffers from an acute shortage of mental health professionals. Photo: Noor A Alam/TBS
Coronavirus chronicle

Pandemic youth mental health toll unprecedented, data show

File Photo: UNB
Health

BSMMU starts use of BCSIR Covid kit

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

Twin shocks call for stronger domestic policy response

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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