India has won plaudits for gifting and selling Covid-19 vaccines around the world, but it will have to crank up the pace of immunisations at home to meet its targets.

Five 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).

China is now in close discussion with Bangladesh over coronavirus vaccine assistance, said Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today.

Britain’s economy will narrowly dodge a double-dip recession and will have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels within two years, according to economists in a Reuters poll who said the Bank of England was unlikely to take borrowing costs negative.

All the Covid-19-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by minuscule viral particles.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic, its chief executive has predicted, as the drugmaker pledged to double supplies to more than 200 million doses per month by April.

Over 66 percent people in Bangladesh said that they would take the Covid-19 vaccine, a survey has revealed.

An opposition-ruled Indian state said on Thursday it had asked the government to halt the supply of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine until its efficacy could be proven in an ongoing late-stage trial.

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

The African Union’s disease control body said on Thursday that it was not “walking away” from AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, after trial data showed it had greatly reduced efficacy against the coronavirus variant dominant in South Africa.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had voiced concern over farmers’ protests in India, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday and sought Covid-19 vaccine made in India for his country.

The government will not provide on-spot registration facility for Covid-19 vaccination any more, said health minister Zahid Maleque.

The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is likely to sweep around the world and the battle with the virus is going to go on for at least a decade, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to motivate rural people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine to eliminate the pandemic.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine should be given in two doses with an interval of 8 to 12 weeks, and should also be used in people aged 65 and older, a World Health Organization (WHO) panel said.

People with controlled chronic diseases, homeopathy and traditional medicine receivers can take Covid-19 vaccines, an official release said today.

The Covid-19 vaccination campaign for foreign diplomats has begun in Bangladesh with over 30 getting vaccinated on the opening day, at the Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said he took Covid-19 vaccine in order to remain safe and not for publicity through photo session.

Ten 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).

Chief Health Officer of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Dr Jahidul Islam has been diagnosed with coronavirus for the second time.