The incident occurred on the Panchdona-Ghorashal-Tongi regional road at Narsingdi’s Sakura Intersection around 12:30 am on Sunday, said Narsingdi Additional Superintendent of Police Enamul Haque. The victims were members of an extended family and hailed from the Jirab area of Dhaka’s Ashulia. The dead have been identified as Ruby Akter, 33, her daughter Raima Khan,… Read More »
Covid vaccinator, Petra Moinar, prepares syringes with the AstraZeneca vaccine before it is administered at Battersea Arts Centre on March 8, 2021 in London, England. Chris J Ratcliffe | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — England’s top medical officer has warned that the coming winter will continue to be difficult for the country’s… Read More »
Victoria has recorded five new local COVID-19 infections, bringing the state’s outbreak to 70 cases. Three of the five are direct primary close contacts of existing cases and have been in quarantine for their entire infectious period. The remaining two are “unlinked” to any known cases and were infectious in the community. One of the… Read More »
Article content continued The new modelling study, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, was designed to capture transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the dreaded COVID-19. Researchers looked at the effect of different student-to-teacher ratios in a hypothetical primary school, as well as school-based daycare, an essential “bridge” for working parents who can’t drop-off or… Read More »