A study by the icddr,b revealed that the highly transmissible Delta variant, also known as the Indian variant, of the coronavirus has started sweeping across Dhaka city.

Migrant workers bound for foreign countries have been enlisted in the third category on the priority list to get Covid-19 vaccine shots.

Sixty-three 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).

More than 350 doctors and medical workers have caught COVID-19 in Indonesia despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials said, as concerns grow about the efficacy of some vaccines against more infectious variants.

A total of 154 people tested positive for coronavirus during 24 hours till this morning in Jashore.

A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of Covid-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulating there as early as December 2019, state media said on Thursday.

The rapid spread of the Delta coronavirus variant has driven a 50 percent rise in infections in England since May, a large prevalence study led by Imperial College London found on Thursday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson delayed the end of restrictions.

China will continue its “vaccine cooperation” with Bangladesh, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said today.

The lockdown in Rajshahi city that was scheduled to end on Thursday midnight was extended for another week tonight.

In the wake of growing Covid-19 infections, the authorities have imposed restrictions on movement and activities in Thakurgaon district for seven days starting tomorrow.

Bangladesh will receive 10 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine by August under the global arrangement COVAX, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament today that the government is going to sign an agreement with South Korea to set up an international institute in the country to produce vaccines, including for Covid-19.

With only about four crore people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, India has decided to establish a tracking platform to assess the impact of its vaccination programme and evaluate the degree of protection when someone is fully or partially immunized.

Jashore has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in a day as 249 people, including 15 India returnees, tested positive in the district in 24 hours till this morning.

The Indian government doubled the gap between the two doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine without the agreement of the scientific group that it said recommended the increase, three members of the advisory body told Reuters.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine “Janssen” in the country today.

A committee of experts set up by the Indian government to study the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines has confirmed the death of a 68-year-old man who died due to a severe allergic reaction immediately after vaccination -- also known as anaphylaxis -- on March 8, according to a report submitted by the National Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Committee.

Fifty 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).

Having barely got over a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections, India was gripped with alarm on Tuesday over risks of a resurgence as crowds thronged railway stations and shopping malls a day after major cities relaxed curbs on movement.

A web-based advanced Covid-19 clinical management course has been launched for Bangladeshi doctors considering the current situation.