The average rate of Covid-19 infection in the last 30 days was 22.47 percent in Bangladesh.

The World Health Organization has said it saw no evidence of coronavirus being spread by food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain.

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

If a COVID-19 vaccine is proven effective, the US will ensure it's distributed for free to all Americans, officials said Thursday, underscoring there will be no shortcuts on safety.

The number of deaths around the world linked to the coronavirus topped 750,000 yesterday as many countries toughened curbs and expanded their quarantine lists following an alarming surge in infections.

Bangladesh is now on the eighth position of the countries’ list with most active Covid-19 cases as the health directorate reported 2,617 new cases yesterday.

Forty-four people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, according to a press release of Directorate General of Health Services.

A Dhaka court adjourns the hearing on charge framing against eight people, including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates, till August 20.

India reports a record single-day spurt of 66,999 Covid-19 cases, taking the country-wide total tally of infected patients to 23, 96,637.

Russia says the first batch of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as “groundless” safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscow’s rapid approval of the drug.

Britain’s official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic has been lowered by over 5,000 because the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them.

The decision on running a trial of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine in the country may come next week, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

The Covid-19 death toll in the country crosses the grim milestone of 3,500 with 42 new deaths registered.

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess.

Nine percent of the Dhaka city dwellers have already been infected with coronavirus and 78 percent of them had no symptoms, according to a study.

Johnson & Johnson could produce 1 billion doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine next year if it proves successful and would consider injecting healthy volunteers with the novel coronavirus if there are not enough patients for final trials, a company executive has said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated.

33 die, 2,996 infected, 1,535 recover in 24 hours

Another police personnel died with Covid-19 infection at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka early today.

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, star of "The Mask of Zorro" and dozens of other films, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in quarantine.