The major challenges for the healthcare sector of Bangladesh in 2021 was ensuring supply of Covid vaccines, inoculating a huge chunk of the population, and making sure the infected got beds, ICU beds, and adequate oxygen.

Omicron still poses “very high” risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned yesterday, as the highly transmissible coronavirus variant fuelled record outbreaks in many countries. 

Bangladesh will administer 4 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses every month from January, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday.

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the Indian capital in the last few days, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain today pointed out that many international travellers, who tested negative at the airport, are testing positive a few days later and infecting their family members during the period.

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

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Three more cases of Covid-19 variant Omicron have been identified in Bangladesh, raising the tally to seven.

All through a lot of 2020 and early 2021, South America was ground zero in the battle against Covid-19.

The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week.

India has approved Merck’s Covid-19 pill and two more vaccines for emergency use as the world’s second most populous country braces for a possible spike in coronavirus cases due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

The health directorate yesterday launched the campaign for administering Covid-19 vaccine booster doses “on a limited scale” in Dhaka.

The WHO yesterday warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it leads to milder disease, as China and Germany brought back tough restrictions to stamp out new infection surges.

Four new Omicron Covid cases were reported in the country yesterday.

Another case of Covid-19 Omicron variant infection has been identified in the country today.

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

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh this morning officially began administering booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine, but “on a limited scale”.

India has given approval to two more vaccines and one antiviral drug of Merck to bolster its battle against Covid-19, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said today.

US health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.

Bangladesh has detected its third case of the Covid-19 variant Omicron, confirmed the global genome sequence database GISAID yesterday.