China has said it will continue to support Bangladesh's fight against Covid-19 and is willing to facilitate the discussion on cooperation over vaccines between Chinese and Bangladeshi companies.

In less than a month, the Covid-19 cluster at Changi Airport has swelled to more than 100 people, including airport workers whose jobs did not require them to interact with passengers, family members of front-line staff and visitors.

A 32-year-old woman died of mucormycosis, commonly associated with Covid-19 infection, while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata in the first instance of death due to “black fungus” in West Bengal, a state Health Department official said today.

China has announced that it will send six lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh as a gift, having earlier sent five lakh doses of its Sinopharm vaccine in the first batch.

Official death tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be a "significant undercount", the World Health Organization said on Friday, estimating that the true figure of direct and indirect deaths could be two to three times higher.

Twenty-six people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The price of India’s first home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for Covid-19 has been fixed at Rs 250 and will be available in chemist shops and online without prescription, the manufacturer has said.

Three Bangladeshis who returned from India through Benapole land port 14 days ago have tested positive for Covid-19.

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Wednesday issued an advisory on its website for Covid-19 home testing, where an individual can test themselves without the presence of a medical professional.

Thirty-six people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged district magistrates to collect data on Covid-19 infection among children, amidst experts’ warning about the possibility of a third wave that could hit the younger population as the virus is mutating.

US State Department Coordinator for Global Covid Response and Health Security Gayle E Smith has said the United States is going to be the largest sharer of vaccines, putting 80 million additional doses into the mix.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a variant that has spread like wildfire in India and denied the government was being lax on travel from hotspots.

Last month the World Health Organization urged African nations not to destroy expired doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine after several countries received doses from India with a very short shelf life. But this week, WHO reversed its position and said that the vaccines should be destroyed.

The Indian government today accepted a recommendation from a committee of experts, allowing Covid-19 patients to receive vaccines three months after recovery.

Thirty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Singapore summoned the Indian High Commissioner P Kumaran today and conveyed strong objection to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's comments that a variant of Covid-19 found in Singapore was particularly harmful for children, and could cause a third wave of infections in India.

Bangladesh will purchase Covid-19 vaccines from China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm).

India is unlikely to resume major exports of COVID-19 vaccines until at least October as it diverts shots for domestic use, three government sources said, a longer-than-expected delay set to worsen supply shortages from the global COVAX initiative.

Taxi drivers are starved for customers, weddings are suddenly canceled, schools are closed, and restaurant service is restricted across much of Asia as the coronavirus makes a resurgence in countries where it had seemed to be well under control.