India’s first Covid-19 patient—a woman medico -- has tested positive again for the virus more than a year after recovering from the first bout of the disease in the southern state of Kerala, state health authorities said today.

At least 48 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals around the country in 24 hours till 8am today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today indicated that Bangladesh will soon receive large numbers of Covid-19 vaccine doses from several sources, including under the COVAX facility.

Global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 187 million, as the second wave of Covid-19 continues its onslaught across the world even with mass inoculations underway.

Australian scientists say they have developed the "holy grail" of blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva.

Nineteen patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a new warning on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine related to a rare autoimmune disorder, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing four people familiar with the matter.

The World Health Organization's chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a "dangerous trend" since there was little data available about the health impact.

Just a day after the health directorate’s grim warnings over the deteriorating Covid situation, the government yesterday announced relaxing the ongoing “strict lockdown” ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.

The number of daily new cases of Covid-19 set another record yesterday with officials reporting 13,768 detections.

China is waiting for the nod from the Bangladesh government to start co-production of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday urged ministries, other government and private organisations to take effective measures to control Aedes mosquitoes.

At least 70 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country during 24 hours till 8am yesterday.

The mass vaccination programme is set to resume from today in Chattogram.

Amid increasing number of Covid-19 patients at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), hospital authorities have stopped admitting regular patients.

An executive magistrate and a police team working to enforce the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown came under attack by locals in two incidents in Noakhali and Chattogram.

The second phase of mass inoculation began in the Rangpur district today with 40,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines.

China is waiting for the go-ahead from the Bangladesh government to start co-production of Covid-19 vaccines in the country, said Chinese embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Hualong Yan.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has registered through the Surokkha app to receive her Covid-19 vaccine.

Two hundred and twenty people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).