US sending 2.5m shots to Bangladesh
The United States is shipping another 2.5 million Covid vaccine doses to hard-hit Bangladesh, a White House official told AFP on Thursday, after the Biden administration announced a ramping up of...
Positivity rate lowest in over six months
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has recorded the lowest Covid-19 daily infection rate in the last six and half months -- 4.54 percent -- yesterday.
Five primary students of same school get Covid
Two weeks after the reopening of schools in the country, five students of classes IV and V have tested positive for coronavirus at a primary school in Thakurgaon town.
US sending Bangladesh extra 2.5 million Covid vaccine doses: White House
The United States is shipping another 2.5 million Covid vaccine doses to hard-hit Bangladesh, a White House official told AFP on Thursday, after the Biden administration announced a ramping up of...
Covid-19: 31 dead in 24 hours, positivity rate now 4.54%
Thirty-one people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
US CDC backs Pfizer-BioNTech Covid booster for 65, older
A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older and some...
Half a crore Covid shots arrive
Fifty lakh more doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine reached Dhaka from China early yesterday.
Covid Test at Hsia: Service to start from tomorrow
The rt-PCR testing facility for outgoing passengers inside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will be available from tomorrow, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
Novavax applies to WHO for emergency listing of COVID-19 vaccine
Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Thursday.
Mia Seppo lauds Bangladesh’s Covid-19 control
UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo has appreciated the joint efforts in testing, tracing and treating patients and thus keeping the pandemic under control in Bangladesh.