Three more people died of dengue, while 295 more dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. According to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), among the new cases, 45 infections were diagnosed outside Dhaka.

The services at Patuakhali Medical College Hospital are being hampered due to the misdoings of the hospital brokers, representatives of various pharmaceutical companies and private ambulance staffers.

More than three hundred local workers at the Zajira end of Shariatpur, under the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, have been vaccinated. Bangladeshi employees and workers of Chinese company Sinohydro were jabbed with Sinopharm vaccines.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the government has made arrangements to ensure over one crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine every month.

As Indonesia and Thailand start to ease Covid-19 curbs after seeing case numbers fall, health experts say cases of new infections could rise again, with vaccination rates still low.

Bangladesh has received 24 fridges capable of preserving vaccines at -70 degree Celsius or below temperatures.

Three people have died of dengue while at least 295 were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Seventy-nine 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).

Ten lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:30pm today.

The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as "Mu", which was first identified in Colombia in January.

At least 266 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24  hours till 8am yesterday, according to Directorate General of  Health Services (DGHS).

The country recorded 86 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

India has rushed a consignment of medical oxygen and medical oxygen plants to Bangladesh to help the country in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian officials said today.

Two crore people of the country will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the next month, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.  

At least 266 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours (till 8:00am) today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

A new coronavirus variant that was first detected in South Africa in May does not appear to be spreading, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, adding it was monitoring the variant as the virus evolves.

Eighty-six 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).

Another consignment of over 55 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Dhaka from China early today.

Japan's health minister said on Tuesday it was highly likely that foreign matter found in Moderna Inc COVID-19 vaccines in the southern prefecture of Okinawa were caused when needles were stuck into the vials.

A third-dose booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccination is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and “not a luxury”, the World Health Organization said yesterday.