A Bangladesh Biman flight left the Beijing International Airport for Dhaka today with 10 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines bought from the Chinese state-owned enterprise Sinopharm.

Sumon Hossen, a student of Dhaka University, died of Covid-19 in his village home in Jhenaidah yesterday. He was a student of the Anthropology Department of Dhaka University.

British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for Covid-19, but added that his symptoms were mild and he was thankful to have had had two doses of vaccine against the disease.

Oxygen crisis at the privately-owned Sylhet Community Based Hospital led to the death of a Covid-19 patient early Friday.

France will allow international travelers who have had AstraZeneca’s Indian-manufactured vaccine into the country starting Sunday.

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

Amid a rise in the number of dengue patients, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 81 more new cases across the country in 24 hours until this morning.

Sixteen patients died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital till 8 this morning.

Four people died of Covid-19 and rest with Covid-like symptoms in Barishal division in 24 hours till this morning.

US President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform, as the administration continued criticizing the company.

Eleven patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of two Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

The doses for Bangladesh will arrive on Monday, a White House official said.

The Delta variant of Covid-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the United States almost entirely among unvaccinated people, US officials said Friday.

Does the Bangladesh government have a comprehensive plan to combat Covid-19 by now? Not really.

At least seven people tested positive for coronavirus every minute in the last 16 days as the health directorate recorded 1,70,664 new cases during this period.

Largely ignoring the health safety rules, people in their thousands left the capital for their village homes yesterday to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha with their loved ones.

Twenty lakh doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine for Covid-19 will arrive in Dhaka tonight.

Global infections soared to half a million daily, largely driven by the virulent Delta strain as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “more dangerous” variants of Covid-19 could tear across the world.

An additional superin-tendent of police, who was infected with Covid-19, died at the capital’s Central Police Hospital early yesterday.

Professor Emeritus Dr Abdul Matin of Dhaka University died from Covid-19 yesterday.