Muslims can receive Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan fast, Islamic Foundation has said.

Thailand will start using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday after a brief delay due to concerns over its safety, officials said, with the prime minister and his cabinet due to be the first to receive it.

The Netherlands on Sunday joined a fast-growing list of countries suspending use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of unexpected possible side effects from the injection.

Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, today said most of the new Covid-19 infected patients are young while maximum patients are needing ICU support.

18 die, 1159 infected, 1385 recover in 24 hours.

Amid a third wave of the coronavirus that is gripping Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, and the northern part of the country, Pakistani health and administrative authorities have imposed a partial lockdown in affected areas.

Nizam Uddin Hazari, lawmaker of Feni-2 constituency, his wife and daughter have tested positive for coronavirus.

Hossain Ahmed, customs and VAT commissioner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), died of Covid-19 infection today.

India will carry out a deeper review of post-vaccination side effects from the AstraZeneca shot next week although no cases of blood clots have been reported so far, an official told AFP Saturday.

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

The United States, Australia and Japan will infuse $218 million for manufacture, procurement and last-mile delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to countries in the Indo-Pacific region and decided to work collaboratively to help expand production of safe and effective vaccine at facilities in India.

The World Health Organization said Friday there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after several countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears.

A recent upward trend in daily coronavirus infection rate could force the government to keep educational institutions shut longer than expected.

The European Union’s medicines regulator has dismissed reports of blood clots in people who had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, saying that there is no indication that the vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots, BBC reported.

Dhaka University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal has tested positive for coronavirus, one month after taking the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

Thirteen 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).

In the German town of Dessau, one of the sites of the Bauhaus art school, an institute was set up in 1921 to mass-produce vaccines that later helped strengthen the German Democratic Republic. Exactly 100 years later, the site is gearing up to be a one-stop shop to produce COVID-19 vaccines for Germany’s pandemic response.

Canada on Thursday said the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe after Denmark and Norway temporarily suspended its use amid reports that blood clots had formed in some who had received the shot.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has urged the people to be aware as Covid-19 infection rate is increasing again.

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