Intensify dengue prevention efforts
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Covid transmission declining

With Covid-19 transmission rates declining -- yesterday’s daily positivity rate of 4.12 percent marked the seventh consecutive day of sub-five percent infection rates -- Bangladesh has ranked 39th among 53 countries in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking for September.
29 September 2021

Dengue cases cross 18,000 mark

At least two more dengue patients died while 217 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
29 September 2021

17 Covid-19 deaths recorded in 24 hours, positivity rate 4.12%

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

Dengue cases cross 18,000 mark this year

At least two more dengue patients died while 217 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new cases, only 43 are from outside Dhaka.
29 September 2021

Over 66 lakh shots given

The country more than doubled its previous record of single-day vaccinations as the government inoculated more than 66 lakh people against Covid-19 yesterday.
28 September 2021

Daily Covid deaths jumps a little

The number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased as the health directorate yesterday reported 31 more deaths.
28 September 2021

2 more die of dengue

At least two more dengue patients died while 219 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Of them, 52 are from outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
28 September 2021

WHO plans to eliminate bacterial meningitis epidemics by 2030

The World Health Organization (WHO) is aiming to eliminate the most deadly form of meningitis by 2030 through increased awareness and access to treatments, global plans launched by the UN-agency on Tuesday to combat the inflammatory disease showed.
28 September 2021

31 Covid-19 deaths, 1,310 new cases recorded in 24 hours 

Thirty-one people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 
28 September 2021

Dengue fever: 2 die, 219 hospitalised in 24 hours

Two more dengue patients died while 219 were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
28 September 2021

India reports under 20,000 daily Covid-19 cases after 7 months

India today reported less than 20,000 new Covid-19 cases for the first time in over seven months, reflecting the sustained downward graph of the infectious disease, Indian health ministry data said.
28 September 2021

Mass vaccination marking PM’s birthday begins

A nationwide mass vaccination campaign began today with a target to vaccinate 75 lakh people on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday.
28 September 2021

25 lakh Pfizer vaccines arrive in Dhaka airport

Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, under the COVAX facility, arrived in Bangladesh early today.
28 September 2021

Target now 75 lakh jabs

The government begins a special daylong drive at 9:00am today to administer the first dose of the Covid vaccine to 75 lakh people marking the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
27 September 2021

Covid-19: Keep children away from the ‘3 Cs’

The government reopened schools and colleges after 18 months, instructing authorities to strictly maintain health rules. The government is supposed to monitor whether the educational institutions are ensuring health guidelines.
27 September 2021

Thakurgaon, Panchagarh hospitals struggle to cope with child patients

The number of child patients has shot up at hospitals in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts as cold-related diseases including cough, fever, respiratory infections, diarrhoea spread due to fluctuation of temperature between day and night time.
27 September 2021

75 lakh to receive 1st dose of vaccine on PM's 75th birthday

Seventy-five lakh people will receive the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to mark the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, during an online briefing this afternoon.
27 September 2021

25 Covid-19 deaths, 1,212 new cases recorded in 24 hours

Twenty-five people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 September 2021

Covid-19 prevention: Pfizer to begin oral drug study

Pfizer Inc said on Monday it has started a mid-to-late-stage study testing its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of Covid-19 infection among those who have been exposed to the virus.
27 September 2021

Dengue fever: 2 patients die, 214 hospitalised in 24 hours

Two more dengue patients died while 214 were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 September 2021