At least 174 more people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Medical ventilator, a crucial lifesaving equipment, is still scarce in rural and certain urban hospitals where coronavirus patients continue to suffer and die.

After weeks of lockdown, the government is allowing return of normalcy for the benefit of general people. The step comes based on a feeling of hope.

When there had been many incidents of people deserting their loved ones suffering from Covid infection, a man in Patuakhali’s Dashmina upazila town made it his mission to create awareness on the disease by going to houses of Covid patients.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has extended the vaccination registration deadline for Bangladeshi students studying abroad or planning to go to foreign universities till August 26.

One hundred seventy-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 government has signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding today for bottling, labelling and dispensing Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh.

Due to the shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the government will not be able to launch the planned special mass vaccination campaign anytime soon, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Bangladesh has been combating Covid-19 for over 17 months. At present, Bangladesh is the second-most affected country in South Asia after India. Bangladesh has constantly shown one of the lowest test rates in the world and it has been inadequate to accurately understand the extent of transmission, particularly outside Dhaka division.

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus jumped again yesterday after showing a dropping trend over the last five days.

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

Due to the shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the government has not been able to continue the nationwide mass vaccination programme, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Former Director General of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim, a death row convict in 10-truck arms haul cases in Chattogram, died at a Dhaka hospital with Covid-19 infection.

All 16- and 17-year-olds in England will be offered their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by August 23, according to a target set by British Health Secretary Sajid Javid.

Twenty-five people died while being treated at the Covid unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States hit a record high of just over 1,900 on Saturday, as hospitals across the South were stretched to capacity fighting outbreaks caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

The health directorate yesterday reported 178 deaths from Covid-19 and 6,885 new cases, the lowest numbers in three weeks.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday trashed criticism against the recent mass vaccination campaign, terming it effective and successful.

The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 urged the government to revise its decision to ease lockdown from Wednesday.

A police officer in Habiganj’s Ajmiriganj upazila today claimed that he received his second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, which differed from the first jab.