At least 254 patients were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday of which 57 are from outside Dhaka.

Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Thursday.

UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo has appreciated the joint efforts in testing, tracing and treating patients and thus keeping the pandemic under control in Bangladesh.

At least 254 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today of whom 57 are from outside Dhaka.

Twenty-four 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).

Fifty lakh more doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine have reached Dhaka from China early today.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for those 65 and older and some high-risk Americans, paving the way for a quick rollout of the shots.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to global leaders to declare Covid-19 vaccines as a “global public good” and allow developing countries and LDCs that have the capacity to produce vaccines.

The daily death toll caused by Covid-19 increased as the health directorate reported 36 deaths in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday.

Around 46 Bangladeshi expatriate workers flew to UAE last night on an experimental basis following Covid-19 tests in a mobile RT-PCR lab within six hours of their flight.

A third grader of a government primary school has tested Covid-19 positive in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila.

At least 229 new patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, of whom 53 are from outside Dhaka.

President Joe Biden will push world leaders on Wednesday to do more to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, and announce a US pledge to buy 500 million more vaccine doses to donate to other countries.

At least 229 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, of whom 53 are outside Dhaka.

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

Grade 3 classes of a school in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila have been suspended after a student tested positive for Covid-19.

Covid vaccine manufacturers are putting profit before lives, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, as it demanded two billion doses for poorer nations by the end of the year.

A total of 89 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be shipped to Bangladesh in the last three months of the year, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said in a Facebook post early on Wednesday.

The Covid-19 positivity rate has gone down to 4.69 percent -- the lowest in the past six and half months.

People especially in remote areas are yet to be aware about Covid-19 vaccination, said speakers at a meeting in Khulna yesterday. Health department and CARE Bangladesh organised the programme at School Health Clinic Conference room.