184 dengue patients hospitalised in a single day

At least 184 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours, till 8:00 am today.
27 August 2021

WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings

The World Health Organization's pandemic programme plans to ship 100 million doses of the Sinovac (SVA.O) and Sinopharm COVID-19 shots by the end of next month, mostly to Africa and Asia, in its first delivery of Chinese vaccines, a WHO document shows.
27 August 2021

Myanmar to extend COVID-19 vaccinations to Rohingya minority

Myanmar will vaccinate minority Muslim Rohingya people against the coronavirus, a spokesman for its ruling military said on Friday, adding that no one will be left behind in its inoculation campaign.
27 August 2021

Mexican researchers say they created facemask that neutralizes COVID-19

Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have created a facemask using silver and copper nanolayers that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the university's official gazette said on Thursday.
27 August 2021

Covid symptoms last a year for many patients: study

Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's long-term health effects.
27 August 2021

Produce Covid jabs in 6 to 9 months

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly recommended that Essential Drugs, a government-owned company, take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccines within six to nine months so that all citizens can be brought under vaccination as soon as possible.
26 August 2021

Covid Pandemic: Infection rate drops to 13.77pc

Bangladesh, currently seeing a downtrend in Covid-19 cases, detected 4,698 fresh cases in 34,111 samples in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.
26 August 2021

Urgent search for Covid-19 origins ‘stalled’

The search for the origins of the Covid pandemic that has killed millions and crippled economies is at a standstill even as time is running out, scientists charged with the task by the UN warned.
26 August 2021

Dengue cases cross 9,000 mark

At least 267 more dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 50 of these cases are from outside Dhaka.
26 August 2021

JS body urges govt owned company to take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccine

The parliamentary body on health ministry today strongly recommended Essential Drugs, a government owned company, to take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccine within six to nine months in order to bring all citizens of the country under vaccination as soon as possible.
26 August 2021

267 hospitalised with dengue in a single day

At least 267 more dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
26 August 2021

Covid-19: 102 deaths recorded in a day, positivity rate down to 13.77%

One hundred and two 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).
26 August 2021

Japan stops use of 1.63 million Moderna doses over contamination

Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said Thursday.
26 August 2021

Covid Inoculation: Special drive for 2nd shots from Sept 7

The government will replicate the first special mass vaccination drive all over the country to administering the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from September 7, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, yesterday.
25 August 2021

Covid vaccine: Protection starts fading within six months

Protection against Covid-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain.
25 August 2021

Dengue claims two more lives

Two more dengue patients died while at least 278 more were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday which points to the fast-rising trend of the disease, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
25 August 2021

Covid-19: 114 deaths recorded in a day, positivity rate down to 14.76%

One hundred and fourteen 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).
25 August 2021

Dengue fever: 2 more die, 278 hospitalised in a day

Two more died while at least 278 more dengue patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
25 August 2021

Mass vaccination drive for second dose from September 7

Covid-19 mass vaccination drive for the second dose will begin on September 7, Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general (Health) of DGHS, announced today.
25 August 2021

Death row convict dies at DMCH

A death row convict in a murder case died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early today.
25 August 2021