pandemic

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Analysis

What will it take to prevent future pandemics?

Beyond COVID-19, there are innumerable other animal-borne viruses that could become new human viruses capable of causing global devastation. But not nearly enough is being done to identify the...

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

Global Covid-19 cases now close to 680 million
Coronavirus chronicle

Global Covid-19 cases now close to 680 million

FILE PHOTO: Relatives and neighbours attend the funeral of a woman surnamed Liu, as coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, at a village in Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, China, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

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

Coronavirus In Australia. (HT photo)
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 deaths down 9% worldwide in past week: WHO

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO chief hopes Covid will no longer be emergency next year

Rameen Shakur. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The Prof Writes: Covid-19 - The one that got away from us

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Coronavirus chronicle

Global Covid cases surpass 650 million

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Bangladesh

Meteoric rise of courier business amid pandemic

A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
World+Biz

Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC

A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
World+Biz

Big Pharma may have to reveal government deals in WHO's draft pandemic rules

People queue to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the Christmas holiday break, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, at Doce de Octubre Hospital in Madrid, Spain December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid pandemic led to surge in superbug infections, EU agency says