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

India reported 45,083 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, according to data from the health ministry, driven by surging cases in the southern state of Kerala.

Medics took Asma Begum’s nasal swab at a hospital in Sirajganj to get her tested for coronavirus on August 10. But the 55-year-old woman has yet to formally get the result.

Health officials reported 80 deaths from Covid-19 yesterday, the lowest in over two months.

Vaccination of workers under the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) and Karnaphuli EPZ have started from yesterday. Under the programme, around two lakh workers of the EPZs will get vaccinated in phases.

Using saliva for SARS-CoV-2 testing is more pleasant and convenient than nasopharyngeal (NP) swab testing, and some reports document

Bangladesh received around 6.34 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan this evening.

People in villages will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccination program from now on as the number of deaths has increased in villages due to fewer number of people being vaccinated there, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

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

Around six lakh doses of Japan-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh this evening under the WHO-COVAX facility.

Two people died after receiving Moderna Covid-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan's health ministry said on Saturday.

The US government said on Friday it had confirmed the world's first cases of COVID-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease.

The number of daily Covid-19 cases dropped to 3,525, the lowest in the last 69 days though the death toll is still above the 100-mark.

One hundred and 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).

Myanmar will vaccinate minority Muslim Rohingya people against the coronavirus, a spokesman for its ruling military said on Friday, adding that no one will be left behind in its inoculation campaign.

Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have created a facemask using silver and copper nanolayers that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the university's official gazette said on Thursday.

Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's long-term health effects.

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly recommended that Essential Drugs, a government-owned company, take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccines within six to nine months so that all citizens can be brought under vaccination as soon as possible.

Bangladesh, currently seeing a downtrend in Covid-19 cases, detected 4,698 fresh cases in 34,111 samples in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

The search for the origins of the Covid pandemic that has killed millions and crippled economies is at a standstill even as time is running out, scientists charged with the task by the UN warned.