Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in first year: study

Jun 24,2022
Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday.
Floods kill 68 in Bangladesh
Jun 24
Most victims were drowned but some died in snake bites and lightning in the flood-hit areas between May 17 to June 23 this year, said the authorities.
India records over 13,000 new COVID-19 cases, 38 deaths
Jun 23
A total of 13,313 new COVID-19 cases were recorded from across India over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,344,958, revealed the data released by the federal health ministry on Thursday.
Ecuadoran president tests positive for COVID-19
Jun 23
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso has tested positive for COVID-19, the General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency said on Wednesday.
S. Korea confirms 1st monkeypox infection
Jun 22
South Korea confirmed its first case of monkeypox infection on Wednesday out of the two suspected cases.
Floods claim 36 lives in Bangladesh
Jun 22
The ongoing floods triggered by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water from hills have claimed 36 lives in Bangladesh in less than a week.
Quake kills at least 280, injures 595 in eastern Afghanistan
Jun 22
At least 280 people were killed and 595 injured after an earthquake struck Afghansitan's Paktika province early on Wednesday, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported.