Romania will donate 2 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh, said the country’s Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu during official talks with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen in Bucharest yesterday.

Fully vaccinated Bangladeshi nationals will no longer have to remain in self-isolation on arrival in the UK as the British government added Bangladesh to its list of countries with approved proof of Covid-19 vaccination.

After 205 days, the daily Covid-19 death toll dropped to single digits yesterday.

At least 150 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today, of whom 13 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Seven people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours preceding 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The immunity against coronavirus (Covid-19) weakens faster in men than women after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, reports Hindustan Times quoting a new study published on New England Journal of Medicine.

At least 208 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, of which 35 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. With the new cases, a total of 1,347 were diagnosed during the running month out of a total 19,544 infected.

India has allowed Serum Institute of India (SII) to export 10 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield each to Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, the country’s health ministry sources said today.

Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 -- and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks.

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

At least 208 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00 am today, of whom 35 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Finland on Thursday paused the use of Moderna's (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine for younger males due to reports of a rare cardiovascular side effect, joining Sweden and Denmark in limiting its use.

There seems to be no end to the woes of the stranded 20,000-odd UAE-based Bangladeshi expatriates.

Dengue became endemic in the country in 2000, but the government is yet to put in place an automated system that comes up with the exact number of cases, crucial to get a clear picture of the situation.

The World Health Organization’s Covid-19 chief warned Tuesday “We’re not out of the woods” in the fight against the pandemic, even if many people thought it was nearly over.

At least 203 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, of which 33 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely used on African children, potentially a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually.

At least 203 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Swedish health authorities on Wednesday suspended the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 30 and under, saying the move was done out of precaution.

Twenty-one people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).