Political support is needed for a global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries as wealthier nations strike fresh bilateral deals with developers to secure limited supplies, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance said.

Iceland has issued its first vaccination certificates to ease international travel for those inoculated against Covid-19, authorities told AFP on Tuesday, with EU countries still haggling over using such documents.

People of the northern and southern regions have been suffering through the bone-chilling cold that has been prevailing over one month in phases.

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday issued fresh clinical advice for treating Covid-19 patients, including those displaying persistent symptoms after recovery, and also said it advised using low-dose anti-coagulants to prevent blood clots.

The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said yesterday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.

Despite dozens of deaths of people shortly after they were vaccinated against coronavirus, scientists say the evidence available so far does not incriminate the new anti-Covid vaccines.

Bangladesh recorded a daily infection rate of 3.34 percent, with 473 new cases reported until early yesterday.

The emergence of several, more infectious strains of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has worried governments and scientists, who are investigating how and why the virus became more transmissible.

Pfizer announced Friday that it will provide up to 40 million of its Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries on a non-profit basis, through the globally-pooled Covax facility.

China and the WHO could have acted faster to avert catastrophe during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, a panel of independent experts concluded, as the global health body and EU moved to secure vaccines for poorer nations.

As much of the world tightens lockdowns to stem coronavirus, Dubai has flung its doors open, branding itself as a sunny, quarantine-free escape -- despite a sharp rise in cases.

Normal life came to a near standstill due to the bone-chilling cold coupled with dense fog which also disrupted ferry services and vehicular movement.

Officials yesterday sought to ease concerns in Europe about deliveries of coronavirus vaccines as nations across the world doubled down on restrictions to fight the rampaging pandemic.

A mild cold wave is sweeping over the country and it may continue for the next three days, according to Bangladesh Meteorological department.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities soared to 7,849 as the health authorities confirmed 16 more deaths and 813 new cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Males aged between 30 and 39 constitute the largest share of the Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh, reveals a study.

The number of Covid-19 deaths and new cases have increased in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday after a dip in the previous three days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tells a high-level conference today in Natore that all ways and means must be devised so that Bangladesh can become self-sufficient in food as soon as possible.

The head of the World Health Organization said there is a “clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of Covid-19 vaccines and urged countries to stop striking bilateral deals with manufacturers.