The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting Covid-19 as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads, but WHO-approved vaccines remain effective, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Wednesday was a nightmare for Shipra Baidya and her family.

The Covid infection rate has increased in 42 districts in the fourth week of this month compared to the third week.

The government has decided to inoculate at least 60 lakh people against Covid-19 in just six days starting from August 7, in what officials said would be a special campaign mainly targeting the elderly individuals in rural areas.

Major terminals and depots in the capital have become ideal breeding grounds for Aedes mosquito, the carrier of dengue virus, thanks to puddles formed in discarded tyres and plastic containers.

A fire gutted two deep freezers which used to preserve Covid vaccines at the civil surgeon’s office in Barguna yesterday morning.

Compared to other days, roads of the capital were relatively quiet yesterday, the eighth day of the countrywide “strict lockdown”, as it was a weekend.

The second consignment of Japan-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow.

The government’s decision to reopen garment factories and other export-related industries from August 1 will increase the risk of Covid-19 transmission, said the chairman of the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19.

A mobile court of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today fined a bakery in Old Dhaka Tk 50,000 after finding Aedes mosquito larvae at the site.

Asian countries from Australia to Japan and the Philippines announced tighter Covid-19 restrictions on Friday, as they battle worsening coronavirus outbreaks, driven by the more contagious Delta variant.

At least 170 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8am today. Of them only six are from outside Dhaka.

Two hundred and twelve people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics.

In 24 hours till this morning, 21 people died of Covid-19 and related symptoms while undergoing treatment at the coronavirus units of different hospitals in Bogura.

A total of 30 lakh Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses arrived in Bangladesh between this morning and last night.

A total of 802 new Covid-19 cases and 17 deaths were recorded in Sylhet division in 24 hours till this morning, breaking previous records of infections.

Britain's UN ambassador warned on Thursday that half of Myanmar's 54 million people could be infected with Covid-19 in the next two weeks as Myanmar's envoy called for UN monitors to ensure an effective delivery of vaccines.

Israel’s prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated.

A doctor from Bogura died with Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital on Wednesday noon.