A new Covid-19 variant detected in southern France is worrying scientists.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said that the government may consider enforcing lockdown if the Covid-19 situation in the country worsens.

Delhi District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) today decided to impose weekend curfew in the Indian capital in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in home-isolation with mild symptoms.

An estimated 40 lakh children in the 15-18 age group were vaccinated yesterday against Covid-19 on the first day in India as the country expanded the ambit of its inoculation to include children against the infection amidst a surge in daily fresh cases in New Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal. 

The government will soon announce restrictions to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, but has no plan right now to enforce any lockdown.

The RT-PCR Covid-19 detection tests for expatriates started at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport yesterday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a third dose of the Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15 years, and narrowed the time for all booster shots by a month to five months after the primary doses.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said people will have to show Covid-19 vaccination certificate to eat meals in restaurant.

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

The Omicron variant now accounts for 17 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Singapore, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday (Jan 3).

Two people who posthumously tested positive for the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus appear to be the first such reported deaths in the country, Yonhap news agency reported today.

India’s national capital Delhi could be staring at a more acute Covid-19 crisis and stricter restrictions as the fast-spreading Omicron variant has been detected in 84 percent of the samples tested so far in the city.

The Omicron variant may cause a major spike in Covid-19 transmission in March-April, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, said today.

People, of any age, with comorbidity or multiple health conditions can take booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine even if they do not receive confirmation SMS, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, said today.

Thousands of teenagers, many accompanied by their relatives, lined up outside schools and health facilities across India today as the country began vaccinating children aged 15-18 years for the first time amid a surge of Covid cases.

The Omicron variant is infecting women more than men, said health officials yesterday.

The daily coronavirus infections have increased by 60 percent this week compared to the last.

A consignment of 24.91 lakh doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from the United States today.

A surge of Omicron infections could see Israel reaching herd immunity, the country's top health official said on Sunday as daily cases continued to climb.