Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said anyone aged 18 and above will get Covid-19 vaccines from now on.

The fatalities from Covid-19 and new infections have dropped in the country last week compared to the previous week, according to data of the Directorate General of Health Services.

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

Already armed with four fully-approved Covid-19 vaccines, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the phase-three human trial of yet another vaccine, Corbevax, by private pharma major Biological E’s for adults, children and adolescents.

The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved the emergency use of Moderna's Covid-19 doses for children ages 12 to 17, the agency's chief said.

They used to target people travelling abroad and make promise of expediting their Covid-19 vaccination process. By doing so, they have deceived a good number of people.

Expecting and nursing mothers will be able to take the Covid-19 vaccine without confirmation SMS after registration.

Wearing masks reduces the chances of contracting Covid-19 up to 34 percent, and the government should act aggressively to force people to wear masks, says a recent study on 3.5 lakh people in rural Bangladesh.

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

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said the government has purchased Covid-19 vaccines worth about Tk 3,000 crore within a short time.

Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh, Ambassador Rensje Teerink, has said that they have promised 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for Bangladesh, mentioning that it is not justified to say the EU is not generous enough in terms of vaccine-sharing.

Expecting and nursing mothers will be able to take Covid-19 vaccine without confirmation SMS after registration.

The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January.

Despite a steady dip in infection and death rates over the last three weeks, experts fear another wave of Covid-19 might be around the corner and say there is no room for complacency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that the government has made arrangements to get more than one crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines every month.

The country recorded the deaths of 79 Covid-19 patients yesterday, the lowest in more than two months.

More than three hundred local workers at the Zajira end of Shariatpur, under the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, have been vaccinated. Bangladeshi employees and workers of Chinese company Sinohydro were jabbed with Sinopharm vaccines.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the government has made arrangements to ensure over one crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine every month.

As Indonesia and Thailand start to ease Covid-19 curbs after seeing case numbers fall, health experts say cases of new infections could rise again, with vaccination rates still low.

Bangladesh has received 24 fridges capable of preserving vaccines at -70 degree Celsius or below temperatures.