The United States and other Group of Seven nations are considering reallocating $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund's warchest to help countries struggling to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, the White House said.

A Pakistan province said Friday it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get Covid-19 jabs, in the latest move to penalise the unvaccinated in a country where only a fraction of the population have been inoculated.

The ongoing restrictions in Khulna to spread the curb of Covid-19 has been extended for another week.

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

Bangladesh is going to receive 1 million 800 shots of AstraZeneca vaccines under the COVAX programme, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen in a message today.

Fifteen people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

Authorities of Bangladesh Railway have cancelled all rail operations from Rajshahi to other parts of the country for the next seven days in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus infection.

The Group of Seven nations are set to commit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with the world, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday, with half coming from the US and 100 million from the UK as President Joe Biden urged allies to join in speeding the pandemic’s end and bolstering the strategic position of the world’s wealthiest democracies.

President Joe Biden urged global leaders Thursday to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world after he promised the U.S. would donate 500 million doses to help speed the pandemic’s end and bolster the strategic position of the world’s wealthiest democracies.

The administration in Rajshahi tonight announced a full-fledged lockdown for seven days starting from Friday evening.

The United States on Thursday raised the pressure on other Group of Seven leaders to share their vaccine hoards to bring an end to the pandemic by pledging to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to the world's poorest countries.

The health directorate has asked all private Covid-19 testing laboratories to stop running sample collection booths outside hospitals that have been set up for outgoing passengers to foreign destinations.

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

Pfizer and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.DE) said on Thursday they have agreed to supply the U.S. government with 500 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to donate to poorer countries over the next two years.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said that they will hopefully be able to make a formal announcement soon on vaccine coproduction in Bangladesh as there has been progress in the ongoing negotiation.

Temporary side effects including headache, fatigue and fever are signs the immune system is revving up -- a normal response to vaccines. And they’re common.

India today reported the highest single-day death toll from Covid-19 in the world, at 6,148, after a big eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals.

The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration plans to donate 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to about 100 countries over the next two years, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Malaysia and Taiwan are expecting deliveries of AstraZeneca (AZN.L) Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in Thailand to be delayed, officials said this week, the latest countries to report a holdup with orders from the Thai plant.