Denmark is to offer a fourth coronavirus vaccination to vulnerable citizens as it faces record infection numbers from the Omicron variant, the country's health minister said on Wednesday.

Amid a surge in Covid cases, Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday warned that the situation was set to turn grim, putting a strain on the country’s healthcare system.

The Covid-19 infection rate in Chattogram hit almost 13 percent yesterday, the first time after four months.

Three new cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Bangladesh, taking the total tally to 33 till today, according to GISAID, the global database for genomic data on the coronavirus.

At least 14 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

At least 2,916 new infections were recorded and four people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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).