Three people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country will get Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Bangladesh by next year as the local pharmaceutical companies are getting prepared, said Salam F Rahman, adviser on private industry and investment to the prime minister.

The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department on Monday (Nov 22) advised against travel to Germany and Denmark because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases in those countries.

As many as 15 million people will be given Covid-19 vaccines within the next 10-15 days, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday their Covid-19 vaccine remained 100 percent effective in children 12 to 15 years old, four months after the second dose.

The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) has honoured five local engineers from the ICT Division who developed the Covid vaccine registration app "Surokkha."

Germany's health minister said Monday that the rapid rise in coronavirus cases means it's likely everyone in the country who isn't vaccinated will have caught Covid-19 by the end of the winter — and some of those will die.

Two people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) authorities and Savar Upazila Health Complex jointly organised a mass vaccination programme at DEPZ for workers yesterday.

The Serum Institute of India is expected to start the export of its Covid-19 vaccine Covishield under the COVAX programme from November 23 for onward supply to Bangladesh and Nepal and two other countries.

One thousand workers were inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines on the first day of a mass vaccination that began at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) today.

Seven people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh yesterday reported zero deaths from Covid-19 in a day for the first time since April 3 last year, raising optimism that the country has tamed the rogue virus that has claimed 27,946 lives and billions in losses to the economy.

Transgender people in Chattogram will receive Covid-19 vaccines at the civil surgeon office tomorrow. They will be administered the

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that the government will be able to administer 15 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine by January next year.

Transgender people in the port city will receive Covid-19 vaccine doses, in a special campaign, at Chattogram Civil Surgeon's Office on Monday.

China had given 76.3% of its population complete COVID-19 vaccine doses by Nov. 19, Wu Liangyou, an official at the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Saturday.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The first known COVID-19 case was a market vendor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the market but whose case contributed to speculation the virus could have leaked from a lab, a US researcher wrote in a commentary piece published on Thursday.

Bangladesh logged seven more Covid-linked deaths and 253 fresh infections in 24 hours till yesterday morning, according to Directorate General of Health Services.