Just a day after the health directorate’s grim warnings over the deteriorating Covid situation, the government yesterday announced relaxing the ongoing “strict lockdown” ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.

The number of daily new cases of Covid-19 set another record yesterday with officials reporting 13,768 detections.

China is waiting for the nod from the Bangladesh government to start co-production of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

The mass vaccination programme is set to resume from today in Chattogram.

Amid increasing number of Covid-19 patients at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), hospital authorities have stopped admitting regular patients.

An executive magistrate and a police team working to enforce the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown came under attack by locals in two incidents in Noakhali and Chattogram.

The second phase of mass inoculation began in the Rangpur district today with 40,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines.

China is waiting for the go-ahead from the Bangladesh government to start co-production of Covid-19 vaccines in the country, said Chinese embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Hualong Yan.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has registered through the Surokkha app to receive her Covid-19 vaccine.

Two hundred and twenty people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The positivity rate of Covid-19 was at 33.70 percent in Manikganj, as people are ignoring health directives all over the district, especially in the town.

Thailand said on Monday it will use AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine as a second dose for those who received Sinovac's shot as their first dose to increase protection against the disease.

Eight people died of Covid-19 and six others died with Covid-like symptoms at three hospitals in Bogura in 24 hours till this morning.

Seventeen patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Sohrab Bishwas (70) came to Pabna General Hospital all the way from Kismat Protappur village under the Sadar upazila on Wednesday. He came in with respiratory problems, along with other symptoms of coronavirus. Doctors suggested he get admitted to the hospital immediately.

A Russian worker of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant died from Covid-19 on Friday while over 200 coronavirus infected Russian workers of the plant are undergoing treatment.

Officials reported 230 deaths from Covid-19 yesterday, the highest ever single-day toll in the country, which is facing a bleak reality as the prevalence of the more contagious Delta variant increases despite the “strict lockdown”.

As the Covid-19 situation worsens in Barishal city, its residents as well as those from neighbouring districts are facing an acute crisis of ICUs, Covid beds, and oxygen cylinders.

The government will start inoculating people with Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in the 12 city corporation areas from tomorrow and with Sinopharm vaccine across the country from today. 

Thailand's health ministry said on Sunday more than 600 medical workers who received two doses of China's Sinovac vaccine (SVA.O) have been infected with COVID-19, as authorities weigh giving booster doses to raise immunity.