The number of Covid-19 patients and deaths might rise significantly within the next five-seven days, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

The Covid-19 cases appear to have stabilised in Delhi, which is one of the worst-hit regions during the current Omicron-powered third wave.

Scientists are seeing signals that Covid-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the US, at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.

People who mock the United Arab Emirates’ Covid-19 regulations will face jail time, said federal prosecutors in a statement on Monday.

Dhaka and Rangamati have been identified as “Red Zones”, considering the rate of Covid-19 infection, according to data on the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) website.

India’s daily Covid-19 cases neared the 2 lakh mark (1,94,720 to be precise) and the cumulative number of Omicron patients inched towards the 5,000 figure (4,868), according to health ministry statistics.  

Coronavirus loses 90 percent of its ability to infect people within 20 minutes of becoming airborne – with most of the loss occurring within the first five minutes, according to the world’s first simulations of how the virus survives in exhaled air.

With the health directorate reporting 2,458 new Covid cases yesterday, the highest in four months, experts warned that the pandemic situation, fuelled by community transmission of Omicron variant, may get worse fast.

The parliamentary standing committee on expatriates’ welfare and overseas welfare ministry at a meeting recommended the installation of rapid test facilities in all three international airports of the country for outgoing expatriate workers.

The daily count of Covid-19 infections in Delhi rose to 21,259 taking the total caseload to nearly 16 lakh as authorities ordered closure of all private offices, except those in exempted categories in view of the sharp uptick in cases.

A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people.

At least 2,458 new infections were recorded and two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Experts said Monday that an alleged hybrid coronavirus mutation dubbed "Deltacron" reportedly discovered in a Cyprus lab is most likely the result of a lab contamination, and not a new worrying variant.

Three dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum have tested positive for coronavirus.

Nearly one million Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the Ganges river this Friday and Saturday for a holy bathe despite galloping Covid-19 infections across the country, an official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday the government has secured enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for all eligible Canadians to receive a booster as well as a fourth dose, according a statement from Trudeau’s office.

Pfizer expects a Covid-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant to be ready in March, the company's head said Monday.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant strains health systems in several states.

The Covid curbs are back five months after relaxation as the government looks to stem the tide of Covid-19 cases that can potentially cripple the economy and overwhelm hospitals once again.