Nineteen people have died from Covid-19 infections in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Sixteen more patients died from Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours till this morning, raising the total fatalities in the country to 6,108, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

US health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental approach against the virus that has killed more than 238,000 Americans.

Brazil's health regulator said Monday it had suspended clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine after an "adverse incident" involving a volunteer recipient, a blow for one of the most advanced vaccine candidates.

Pfizer Inc has said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered the world's economy and upended daily life.

Bangladesh today recorded 25 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths and 1,683 fresh cases overnight.

The global tally of people infected by the coronavirus shot past 50 million as United States President-elect Joe Biden geared up to name the scientists who will lead the country's response to its disastrous outbreak.

Global coronavirus infections have exceeded 50 million, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total.

Amid fears of a possible second wave of Covid-19 during the winter, the government has once again issued a notification making it mandatory to wear masks in all places of worship including mosques, temples and churches.

Eighteen people died from Covid-19 and 1,474 new positive infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Six lawmakers tested positive for Covid-19 as samples were collected prior to the special session of Jatiya Sangsad this evening to mark Mujib Borsho, birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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

Painkiller aspirin will be evaluated as a possible treatment for Covid-19 in one of Britain's biggest trials, which will assess whether it might reduce the risk of blood clots in people with the disease.

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

AstraZeneca hopes to show its Covid-19 vaccine is effective by the end of this year and is ramping up manufacturing so it can supply hundreds of millions of doses starting in January, Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said Thursday.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has tested positive for coronavirus.

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

The government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to collect three crore shots of Covishield, the Indian version of Oxford-AtraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, once it is finally approved for human application.

In the last 24-hours, seventeen people have died from Covid-19 in the country and 1,659 new infections were recorded in the meantime, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Germany on Monday led a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have triggered anger and frustration across the continent, while the Covid-19 crisis in the United States deepened.