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22 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccination booths to be increased
People who have registered for Covid-19 vaccination will have to wait to be administered doses as the demand for inoculation is greater than the supply of vaccine.
22 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Dengue infections: 1 dead, 291 hospitalised in a day
One more dengue patient died of dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today. In the meantime, at least 291 more dengue patients were hospitalized, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
22 August 2021, 11:41 AM
Covid-19: 139 deaths, 4,804 cases recorded in 24 hours
One hundred and thirty-nine people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
22 August 2021, 11:38 AM
Health directorate asks to increase booths at Covid-19 vaccination centres
Health directorate has instructed all its officials concerned to increase the number of booths in Covid-19 vaccination centres across the country so that everyone gets the jabs as early as possible.
22 August 2021, 08:59 AM
Illegal sale of Covid vaccines: DGHS to probe if any employee involved
Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director-general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), announced today that they will probe if any DGHS employees were involved in the illegal sale of Covid-19 vaccines.
22 August 2021, 08:11 AM
Bangladesh likely to get 6.34 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan on Aug 28
Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Naoki Ito said they have planned to deliver 634,920 more AstraZeneca doses on August 28.
22 August 2021, 07:15 AM
44 oxygen cylinders missing from Barishal medical college hospital’s Covid unit
Forty-four oxygen cylinders went missing from Barishal Sher-e Bangla Medical College and Hospital’s Covid unit.
22 August 2021, 06:59 AM
Call for experts to join Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens
The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an open call for experts to serve as members of the new WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Dengue Menace: 80 children in treatment at Shishu Hospital
Dhaka Shishu Hospital yesterday gave treatment to 80 dengue infected children admitted to the facility, the highest ever at a time.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Country sees lowest daily Covid deaths in 51 days
The health directorate has reported that 152 people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, which is the lowest daily death count in the last 51 days.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
4 more dengue patients die, 278 hospitalised in a day
Four more died while 278 were hospitalized with dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 August 2021, 12:41 PM
120 Covid-19 deaths, 3,991 cases recorded in 24 hours
One hundred and twenty people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 August 2021, 12:15 PM
7.81 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines reach Dhaka from Japan
Bangladesh received around 7.81 lakh doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from Japan, under the COVAX facility, this afternoon.
21 August 2021, 10:11 AM
Lakshmipur municipality councilor dies of Covid-19
Lakshmipur municipality councilor Mohammad Raihan died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka early today.
21 August 2021, 06:36 AM
Zydus Cadila's needle-free Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D gets approval in India
India tonight got the world’s first DNA-based Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by indigenous pharma company Zydus Cadila as the needle-free jab received emergency use authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
20 August 2021, 17:40 PM
WHO seeks 'best minds' to probe new pathogens that jump from animals to humans
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest scientific minds to advise on investigations into new high-threat pathogens that jump from animals to humans and could spark the next pandemic.
20 August 2021, 15:48 PM
Covid-19 vaccine: 7.81 lakh AstraZeneca shots to reach Dhaka tomorrow
At least 781,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will reach Dhaka tomorrow.
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221 hospitalised with dengue in a single day
At least 221 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today which is indicating a fast-rising trend of the disease.
20 August 2021, 12:41 PM
Play your part, not the blame game: DNCC mayor on controlling Aedes mosquitoes
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said everyone will have to play their parts properly and not play the blame game to control Aedes mosquitoes, carriers of both the dengue and chikunguniya viruses.
20 August 2021, 12:16 PM