Inoculation of school students starts this week

The campaign to vaccinate school students -- aged between 12 and 17 -- will start this week, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, said yesterday.
12 October 2021

Combating Covid: Bangladesh fared better than Sweden, India

Bangladesh has performed better than Sweden and India in combating Covid-19, UNFPA Country Representative Dr Asa Torkelsson yesterday said.
12 October 2021

2 more die of dengue

At least two dengue patients died and 182 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Of them, 39 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
12 October 2021

Dengue fever: 2 dead, 182 hospitalised in a day

At least two dengue patients died and 182 patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
12 October 2021

14 Covid-19 deaths, 543 new infections recorded in 24 hours

Fourteen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
12 October 2021

Vaccination drive for school students to start this week: DGHS

Campaign to vaccinate school students -- aged between 12 and 17 -- will start this week, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director-general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), today.
12 October 2021

Children Aged 12-17: DGHS preparing for vaccination

Once the Directorate General of Health Services completes preparations, the education ministry will decide when, where and how children aged between 12 and 17 will be inoculated against Covid-19, DGHS Additional Director General Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said yesterday.
11 October 2021

Two more die of dengue

At least two dengue patients died and 207 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
11 October 2021

Maldives gifts Bangladesh 2 lakh AstraZeneca vaccine doses

Maldives has gifted two lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Bangladesh.
11 October 2021

Dengue fever: 2 dead, 207 patients hospitalised in a day

At least two dengue patients died and 207 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00 am today, of whom 45 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
11 October 2021

Merck's promising anti-Covid pill awaits US FDA's authorisation

Drugmaker Merck asked US regulators Monday to authorise its pill against Covid-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic.
11 October 2021

Covid-19: 11 deaths recorded in a day, positivity rate now 2.58%

Eleven people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours preceding 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
11 October 2021

AstraZeneca Covid-19 drug cocktail succeeds in late-stage study

AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday, a boost to its efforts to develop coronavirus medicines beyond vaccines.
11 October 2021

Children aged 12-17 to get Pfizer shots

The government will inoculate children aged 12-17 with Pfizer Covid vaccine soon, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
10 October 2021

Dengue cases cross 20,000 mark this year

At least three dengue patients died and 211 were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today. Only 47 such cases were outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
10 October 2021

14 Covid-19 deaths, 481 cases recorded in 24 hours

Fourteen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
10 October 2021

Pfizer jabs for 12-17yr olds as WHO gave approval: Health Minister

The director general of World Health Organization has agreed on Pfizer jabs for 12-17 year olds, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.
10 October 2021

Italy fully vaccinates 80% population over 12, reaches safety target

Italy reached the target of fully vaccinating 80% of the population over the age of 12 against COVID-19, according to official data, achieving a goal Rome had set as a safety cut-off point, government data showed on Sunday.
10 October 2021

Unique health insurance protects against 52 essential illnesses up to age 80

MetLife Bangladesh has recently launched a first-of-its-kind Critical Illness Insurance Protection Plan that offers customers financial protection for 52 common critical illnesses, including the leading causes of death in Bangladesh: heart attack, stroke, respiratory diseases, cancer and kidney diseases, says a press release.
9 October 2021

Common causes that give rise to headaches

Headaches are a frequent and uncomfortable condition that reduces the quality of life. Every day, many people suffer from headaches.
9 October 2021