The first consignment of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by Serum Institute of India, left for Delhi and other Indian cities from the institute's Pune facility today.

The first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is likely to reach Bangladesh between January 21 and 25.

Twenty-two 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).

China says a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK has helped raise $1 billion for the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) by match-funding other donors, which will help distribute one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 92 developing countries, including Bangladesh, this year.

Britain has now given around 2 million people a Covid-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday ahead of a ramp-up in the roll-out of the shots on Monday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her government is making arrangements for providing Covid-19 vaccines free of cost to all the people of the state.

Twenty-five 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).

India will start vaccinating its people against Covid-19 from January 16 in the world’s biggest inoculation exercise.

Twenty-two 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).

China will provide Covid-19 vaccines free of charge once they become available to general public, government authorities said today.

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

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the US drugmaker.

The government today gave permission to Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited for emergency use of Covishield -- the Indian version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

Administrator of Chattogram City Corporation Khursed Alam Sujan and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus today.

Thirty-one 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).

Seventeen 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).

An expert mission to China to find the origins of the coronavirus pandemic stumbled before it even began, with the head of the World Health Organization complaining that Beijing was blocking the team from entering the country.

The government has approved the first revision of the Covid-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness Project, raising its cost by Tk 5,659.07 crore mainly for the procurement, preservation and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

India today said it has not banned the export of Covid-19 vaccines Oxford-AstraZeneca and Covaxin, both of which have been granted restricted emergency use approval by the country’s drug regulator.