Number of dengue cases in the country has crossed the 16,000-mark with at least 246 new patients hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

India today said its decision to resume export of surplus Covid-19 vaccines to neighbouring countries is conditional to availability of the jabs after meeting domestic requirements.

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

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India will resume exports of surplus Covid-19 vaccines from next month, prioritising the global vaccine-sharing platform Covax and neighbouring countries first as supplies rise, the country’s health minister said yesterday.

A group of UAE-based expatriates, who got stranded at home amid the pandemic, yesterday gathered at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s multi-storey car park to demand speedy installation of RT-PCR labs there.

Twenty-six Covid-19 patients died in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday -- the lowest single-day death in nearly four months.

When the Covid-19 pandemic began, some cultural activists could not bear the thought of staying back home as everyone else suffered.

At least 275 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Of them, 64 are from outside Dhaka.

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. And like the worldwide scourge of a century ago, the coronavirus may never entirely disappear from our midst.

Twenty-six 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).

India will resume surplus Covid-19 vaccine exports next month under the “Vaccine Maitri” programme, said Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya while addressing the media in New Delhi.

At least 275 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today and of them only 64 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.

At least 241 new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of them, 59 are from outside the capital.

The government will soon run a “Special Inoculation Campaign” during which people even at the unions would be able to get Covid shots twice a week.

Government will run special inoculation campaign with Covid-19 vaccines at the union level two days each week, according to the health directorate.

At least 241 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

There is no decision yet on inoculating children, aged 12-17, with the Covid-19 vaccine, a health directorate official said today.

Forty-three 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).