Three more dengue patients have died while a record 330 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today.

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.

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.

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

Three more people died of dengue, while 295 more dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. According to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), among the new cases, 45 infections were diagnosed outside Dhaka.

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.

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.

Three people have died of dengue while at least 295 were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Seventy-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).

Ten lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:30pm today.

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

At least 266 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24  hours till 8am yesterday, according to Directorate General of  Health Services (DGHS).

The country recorded 86 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.