With each passing day, the number of dengue patients in the port city has been increasing across different government and private hospitals in the current month.

Bangladesh received 40 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the UK under the COVAX facility today.

At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, warning that the variant now accounted for 40% of infections in the British capital.

At least 42 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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

The Cabinet today directed the authorities concerned, particularly the health minister and the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19, to work on a precise guideline over the campaign of booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh.

The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has recommended Covid-19 vaccine booster dose for frontline workers and those aged 60 and above, who have received the second jab at least six months ago.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned of a looming "tidal wave" of Omicron, and brought forward a target to give over-18s a booster jab by one month to the end of December.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and was receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement.

The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday.

More than half a billion people globally were pushed into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said yesterday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said that there was no reason to be worried about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as there was no evident transmission from the two infected cricketers in the country.

A Khulna court sent health worker Prakash Kumar Das to jail yesterday in a case filed for embezzling Tk 2.58 crore from corona sample test fees of foreigners at Khulna 250-bed General Hospital (Sadar).

At least 31 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the DGHS. The total number of dengue cases rose to 27,959. Of the total infected, 4,565 are from outside Dhaka. According to the DGHS, 101 people have died of dengue infection in the country this year.

Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have donated over 1.2 million Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh under the global Covax facility.

Six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Thirty-one dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

There is no evidence that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been transmitted to others from the two infected cricketers of Bangladesh National Team, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital.

Two players of Bangladesh women’s national cricket team, who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, were infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.