The government achieved the target of administering 32 lakh Covid vaccine jabs in just two days though it had fixed a six-day timeline for the mass inoculation drive.

The health directorate has decided to bring expecting and nursing mothers under Covid-19 vaccine coverage.

The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organization to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19. Some have equipped the virus with better ways of infecting humans or evading vaccine protection.

Two hundred and forty-one people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 24.52 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government has decided to allow all public transport to operate at full capacity across the country from August 11.

At least 224 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8 am today. Of them, only 13 are from outside Dhaka.

Fifteen people died of Covid-19 in Chattogram district in 24 hours till 8am today.

Eleven people died of Covid-19 and another with Covid-like symptoms in Kushtia in 24 hours till 8am today.

Eighteen people – 10 male and eight female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

With an aim to help people in rural areas, a welfare organisation on Friday distributed 8 oxygen cylinders and other medical equipment in Moulvibazar. Hazipur Society handed over the equipment to local volunteer groups in post office area of Kulaura’s Hazipur union.

The number of death and positive cases of Covid-19 has been spiraling in Khulna division, turning the situation bad to worse.

The second day of the latest phase of ongoing nationwide lockdown yesterday saw significant number of vehicles plying on the capital’s different streets.

Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut microbiomes, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Bruce Vallance and colleagues at University of British Columbia, Canada.

Brain tumours are the most typical type of solid tumours in children. Also, they affect many adults each year in our country.

There were just way more people than vaccine doses available. Many vaccination centres across the country ran out of doses two or three hours after the so-called mass vaccination began.

It is not possible to increase the number of beds in hospitals any further, so the ordinary citizens must do their part to bring down the infection rate of the coronavirus, which is galloping away, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.

Bangladesh yesterday recorded 261 deaths from Covid-19 to cap the deadliest week, ending yesterday, since the first confirmed cases of the coronavirus were announced on March 8 last year.

Dhamrai Municipality Mayor Golam Kabir Mollah was photographed, posing with a syringe containing Covid-19 vaccine next to a jab recipient, as the nationwide mass inoculation drive kicked off today. The photo went viral on social media.

Australia saw a record daily number of new coronavirus cases this year on Saturday, with the country's most populous states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland recording a total of 361 cases of the highly infectious Delta variant.

A woman has reportedly received two jabs of Covid-19 vaccine within 30 minutes today at Sarail Annada Government High School vaccination centre in Brahmanbaria.