A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person has survived Covid-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday.

Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, say scientists in a new study.

Johnson & Johnson is interested in manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine in India, a government official told a news conference on Tuesday.

The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a visit to explore the origins of the virus.

Eight 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 government will receive a total of 1.31 lakh shots of Covid-19 vaccines under the COVAX facility by the end of this month, health secretary Abdul Mannan said today.

All teachers of government primary schools will be inoculated within a week, said State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that the emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions about the efficacy of existing Covid-19 vaccines.

A coronavirus variant first identified in Britain is rapidly spreading in the United States, threatening to bring a surge of new cases as it doubles roughly every 10 days, according to a new study.

A total of 46,509 people were administered Covid-19 vaccine on the second day of countrywide vaccination campaign.

Sixteen 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).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today instructed the authorities concerned for reducing the age limit from 55 to 40 years -- to get registered for Covid-19 vaccination -- aiming to expand and accelerate the drive.

People aged 40 years and above will be allowed to take Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

A British teenager is slowly emerging from a coma nearly a year after being hit by a car, and he has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic even though he has caught the virus twice.

Clothes retailers in Europe and America sit on excess inventory and cut back on spring orders. Sourcing agents face late payments. Garment factories in Bangladesh are on the rack.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today called upon lawyers to take Covid-19 vaccine.

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has said its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of Covid-19, based on early data from a trial.

A national initiative has taken off in Malaysia to place foreign workers at hotels temporarily to address the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country caused by poor living conditions.

A total of 31,160 people were vaccinated on the first day of countrywide inoculation programme.

Fifteen 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).