Twenty-three 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).

She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was, her daughter said, someone who didn’t make a habit of giving up.

Laboratory studies show that Merck & Co's (MRK.N) experimental oral COVID-19 antiviral drug, molnupiravir, is likely to be effective against known variants of the coronavirus, including the dominant, highly transmissible Delta, the company said on Wednesday.

AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated 74 percent efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5 percent in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited results of the company's US clinical trial published on Wednesday.

With Covid-19 transmission rates declining -- yesterday’s daily positivity rate of 4.12 percent marked the seventh consecutive day of sub-five percent infection rates -- Bangladesh has ranked 39th among 53 countries in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking for September.

Seventeen 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 number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased as the health directorate yesterday reported 31 more deaths.

The country more than doubled its previous record of single-day vaccinations as the government inoculated more than 66 lakh people against Covid-19 yesterday.

Thirty-one 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). 

India today reported less than 20,000 new Covid-19 cases for the first time in over seven months, reflecting the sustained downward graph of the infectious disease, Indian health ministry data said.

A nationwide mass vaccination campaign began today with a target to vaccinate 75 lakh people on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday.

Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, under the COVAX facility, arrived in Bangladesh early today.

The government begins a special daylong drive at 9:00am today to administer the first dose of the Covid vaccine to 75 lakh people marking the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The government reopened schools and colleges after 18 months, instructing authorities to strictly maintain health rules. The government is supposed to monitor whether the educational institutions are ensuring health guidelines.

Seventy-five lakh people will receive the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to mark the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, during an online briefing this afternoon.

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).

Pfizer Inc said on Monday it has started a mid-to-late-stage study testing its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of Covid-19 infection among those who have been exposed to the virus.

The Covid-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy in 2020 by the largest amount since World War Two, according to a study published on Monday by Oxford University, with the life expectancy of American men dropping by more than two years.

The government will run a special campaign tomorrow to inoculate 80 lakh people with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines and mark the birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

The RT-PCR tests at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, mandatory for travel to the UAE, where a large population of expatriate Bangladeshis reside, is expected to start from Tuesday.