India’s capital Delhi will be placed under complete curfew for a week from tonight.

The cabinet division has proposed to extend the ongoing strict “lockdown” for another week amid a spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

Public Health England has said it has identified 77 cases of the variant in Britain.

Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren wrote to India’s central government yesterday seeking permission to import 50,000 Remdesivir doses from Bangladesh to counter the Covid-19 pandemic.

One hundred and two 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 Covid-19 hospital at Dhaka North City Corporation's Mohakhali market has been launched today.

The Covid-19 hospital at Dhaka North City Corporation’s Mohakhali market will be operational from tomorrow, with a 50-bed intensive care unit facility initially.

3,473 infected, 5,907 recover in 24 hours

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new Covid-19 infections for the third straight day.

When I received an SMS that I have to take the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine today, during the "strict lockdown", I was a bit apprehensive.

Bernie Sanders and nine other Democratic senators urged President Joe Biden on Friday to back a temporary patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines that would allow countries to manufacture treatments locally and accelerate the global vaccination effort.

One hundred and one 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).

South Korea's Huons Global said on Friday (Apr 16) that it will lead a consortium to produce 100 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine per month as Moscow ramps up production for supplies abroad.

On the first weekend of the seven-day “strict-lockdown,” most roads were found largely empty in Dhaka as almost all government, private offices and factories are closed today.

Iran has finalised a deal with Russia to purchase 60 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Thursday.

There is a much higher risk of brain blood clots from Covid-19 infection than there is from vaccines against the disease, British researchers said on Thursday, after the rollout of inoculations was disrupted by reports of rare clots.

The United States is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine and 12 months after people are initially vaccinated against Covid-19, a White House official said on Thursday (April 15).

Bangladesh Police are seeing a rapid rise in the number of infected personnel amid the second wave of the Covid-19 virus.

The level of infection of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia caused by Covid-19 is “extremely minimal”, her physician said based on the probationary report of a CT scan done last night.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who recently tested positive for Covid-19, was on her way to a hospital in the capital to get a CT scan.