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  COVID-19 claims 33, infects 3,163 in Bangladesh

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 02:49pm on July 14, 2020

  The COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh have reached 1,90,057, including 3,163 new cases recorded in the 24-hour period ending at 8:00am Tuesday, while over 1.03 lakh...

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  No let-up in health sector corruption

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 12:30am on July 13, 2020

  The health ministry as well as the Directorate General of Health Services has always been nonchalant after several corruption allegations surfaced in the health sector...

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  COVID-19 test drops, daily infection rate hits 24pc in Bangladesh

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 02:51pm on July 11, 2020

  Bangladesh witnessed an unusual increase in daily COVID-19 infection rate as nearly one in four people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past...

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  Daily COVID-19 detection drops below 3,000 as tests decrease in Bangladesh

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 02:50pm on July 10, 2020

  The detection of COVID-19 cases dropped to less than 3,000 on Friday as the number of tests dropped. The rate of infections, however, did not...

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  COVID-19 death rate higher outside Dhaka

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 12:03am on July 07, 2020

  The overall COVID-19 death rate in Bangladesh is 1.26 per cent, but there are significant differences in the death rates between the Dhaka division and...

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  58pc COVID-19 death in past four weeks in Bangladesh

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 02:57pm on July 04, 2020

  Bangladesh saw about 58 per cent of the death from COVID-19 in the past four weeks of the infection as the death and detection in...

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  GeneXpert TB testing machines to test COVID-19

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 12:31am on July 01, 2020

  The government has decided to use GeneXpert machines, also a kind of RT-PCR testing apparatus, to detect COVID-19 patients faster. GeneXpert is a high-tech tool...

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  COVID-19 death hits 64 in a day

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 02:49pm on June 30, 2020

  The country witnessed a leap in the death from the novel coronavirus as 64 people died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours till 8:00am...

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  COVID-19 daily detection reaches 4,014 in Bangladesh

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 02:48pm on June 29, 2020

  The daily detection of CIOVID-19 patients reached 4,014 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till 8:00am Monday. The figure took to 1,41,801 the detection...

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  Bangladesh still fumbles with COVID-19: experts

  Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 11:50pm on June 27, 2020

  Bangladesh on Saturday passed the 16th week after the first COVID-19 cases were detected in the country but the authorities are still fumbling about their...