COVID-19 situation
WHO's Covax facility, procurement from SII to cover initial vaccine needs: Maleque
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said the Coronavirus vaccine will reach the country in the middle of February and the government is prepared for vaccine distribution among people.
World must be ready for the next pandemic: UN
The United Nations underscored the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, and urged greater solidarity within and among countries, to deal with future health emergencies.
Bangladesh Covid-19 updates: 24 more deaths, 1,049 new cases reported
Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh surged to 7,452 with 24 more deaths recorded in 24 hours until Sunday morning.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Death toll reaches 7,378, New cases 1,234
Amid global alarm after detection of new strains of Coronavirus in the United Kingdom and South Africa, Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,378 until Thursday with 19 more deaths in the past 24 hours.
UK returnees to Bangladesh must stay in quarantine: Minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday said UK returnees must be there in quarantine for seven days as a new strain of coronavirus has been detected there.
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 30 deaths in 24 hrs
Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 7,359 with 30 more deaths recorded in 24 hours until Wednesday morning.
UK coronavirus variant now has no significant impact on vaccines: WHO
Despite a number of mutations so far of SARS-CoV-2 virus, the culprit behind the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, none of them, including the latest UK variant, has made a significant impact on the susceptibility of the virus to any of the currently used therapeutics, drugs or the vaccines under development, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have said.
Covid-19: Global cases surpass 77 million
More than 77 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and over 1.7 million of them died since the first cases were reported in December last year, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Biden gets COVID-19 vaccine, says 'nothing to worry about'
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe.
Covid-19: Biman suspends Muscat-bound flights for a week
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all of its flights to Oman, for one week, from Tuesday following a travel ban issued by the country.