Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reaffirmed her government's stance to ensure Covid-19 vaccine doses for all.

Local Awami League leaders arranged a programme in Natore this morning, amid the ongoing lockdown, to celebrate the birthday of Sajeeb Wazed, Prime Minister's ICT Adviser.

Nine people died of Covid-19 and 16 with Covid-like symptoms in the Barishal division in 24 hours (till 8 am today).

Twenty-one people – 11 male and 10 female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

Seven people died of Covid-19 and five with symptoms at Covid units of three Bogura hospitals in 24 hours (till 8 am) today.

Chattogram district recorded its highest number of deaths and infections from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till this morning).

Eleven patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine decline below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, although a third shot could have a strong boosting effect, according to a lab study.

Numbers of confirmed new cases of Covid-19 and deaths from the disease set new records yesterday with officials reporting 247 deaths and 15,192 new cases.

The government will take stern action if ineligible factories are kept open during the ongoing two-week-long strict lockdown that began on July 23, said Farhad Hossain, state minister for public administration.

Surpassing the total number of cases last year, at least 1,430 dengue patients were hospitalised just this month, indicating an alarming rise in the Aedes-borne disease.

The nationwide 14-day “strictest lockdown” seemed to have loosened up on the fourth day, as public and vehicular movement increased on the roads in Dhaka and elsewhere yesterday. 

Pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that it wants to use the mRNA technology behind its coronavirus vaccine to target malaria.

The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions "at this point" due to concerns over the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant and the rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases, a White House official told Reuters.

Two hundred and forty-seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

At least 123 people with dengue fever have been admitted to hospitals in the country during 24 hours till 8 am today, which is the single-day highest of this year.

The chief executive of the tobacco business Philip Morris International (PMI) has called on the UK government to ban cigarettes within a decade, in a move that would outlaw its own Marlboro brand.

A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and then a Pfizer (PFE.N) COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed.

A doctor in Chattogram died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the port city last night.

Sylhet division has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a day after 14 persons died in the division in 24 hours till this morning. Earlier on July 18, the previous highest of 12 deaths was recorded.