The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Convention Centre of will be turned into a 1,000-bed field hospital for Covid-19 patients, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Sylhet division saw 55.41 percent Covid-19 positivity rate in 24 hours till this morning, breaking all previous records. At least 394 tested positive out of 711 samples.

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

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

Twenty-two people -- 14 Covid-19 positive and eight with symptoms -- died in Kushtia in 24 hours till 8am today.

The record for the daily death toll from Covid-19 was broken again yesterday with officials reporting 212 deaths across the country.

Traffic was thin on the streets in the capital and other districts on the ninth day of the ongoing “strict lockdown” yesterday.

COVID-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and governments need to find $75 billion over the next 5 years to prepare for them, a panel of experts told finance ministers of the Group of 20 rich countries on Friday.

Police have arrested 585 people for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines in Dhaka today, the ninth day of the strict lockdown.

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

Just in the span of 20 minutes, three Covid-19 patients died in the Coronavirus dedicated unit at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital (BSMMCH) in Faridpur due to “low oxygen pressure” today.

Sixteen patients died at the Covid-19 units of three Bogura hospitals in 24 hours (till 8am) today.

Twenty-seven people died in Covid-19 units at four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

At least 442 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Sylhet division in 24 hours till this morning, breaking previous records.

Pfizer Inc plans to ask US regulators to authorise a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk of reinfection six months after inoculation and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

People arrested for defying the ongoing lockdown are being taken to courts in packed prison vans, raising their chances of contracting Covid-19 and spreading it to their families.

Rising coronavirus infections are making the situation worse every single day with the DGHS releasing grimmer and grimmer data.

With Covid deaths and infections surging, the Prime Minister’s Office has directed the divisional and deputy commissioners to take steps to raise the number of beds and ensure oxygen supply at public hospitals treating coronavirus patients.

Officials reported 36 new cases of dengue in the 24 hours until yesterday morning as concerns mount over the spread of the mosquito-borne disease during the monsoon.

Speakers at an online discussion yesterday suggested for widening telemedicine services amid the pandemic to reach people -- especially women -- in hard-to-reach areas to address reproductive health and other family planning issues properly.