Covid-19: Country reports 18 new cases, no death

Bangladesh reported 18 new Covid cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning, taking the total recorded cases to 1,952,957.
13 May 2022

Bangladesh, a Covid vaccination success story, says UNICEF

UNICEF has listed Bangladesh, Peru, Vietnam and the Philippines as "Covid-19 Vaccine Success Stories" in their recent report, noting that Bangladesh's vaccination rate has risen sharply.
13 May 2022

No Covid-19 deaths in 23 days straight, current positivity rate 0.45%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
13 May 2022

North Korea reports 6 Covid deaths as thousands report fever

Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after acknowledging a Covid-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic.
13 May 2022

US to share Covid vaccine technology through WHO: Biden

The United States will share technologies used to make Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working to expand rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
13 May 2022

No Covid-19 deaths in 22 straight days

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 22nd consecutive day, while 51 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.
12 May 2022

WHO chief's remarks on China's Covid policy removed from social media

A United Nations Weibo post on the World Health Organization chief's comments that China's zero-tolerance Covid-19 policy is not sustainable was removed from the Chinese social media platform on Wednesday morning shortly after being published
11 May 2022

No Covid-19 deaths for 21 straight days

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for 21 consecutive days in Bangladesh, while 33 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.
11 May 2022

No Covid-19 death for 20th consecutive day; positivity rate 0.54%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 20 days straight in Bangladesh, while 26 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.
10 May 2022

No Covid-19 death in 24 hours, positivity rate 0.40%

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
9 May 2022

No Covid-19 death in 18 days straight; positivity rate 0.41%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 18 consecutive days in Bangladesh, while 23 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.
8 May 2022

Covid recovery index: Bangladesh ranks first in South Asia

Bangladesh is now ranked first out of eight countries in South Asia and fifth out of 121 countries across the globe on Nikkei’s Covid-19 Recovery Index.
7 May 2022

No Covid-19 death for 17th straight day; positivity rate 0.38%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 17th consecutive day in Bangladesh, while 10 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.
7 May 2022

Bangladesh 5th in world in Covid Recovery Index, top in South Asia

Bangladesh has advanced eight notches to rank 5th out of 121 countries across the globe on Nikkei’s Covid-19 Recovery Index.
7 May 2022

Omicron as severe as other Covid variants: US study

The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, according to a preprint version of a large US study that counters assumptions in other studies that it was more transmissible but less severe.
6 May 2022

No Covid deaths in 24 hours, current positivity rate 0.55%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
6 May 2022

Covid Pandemic - 13.3 to 16.6 million died in 2020-21: WHO

The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated yesterday -- up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.
5 May 2022

Global Covid-19 deaths nearly 3 times higher than reported: WHO

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as the official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.
5 May 2022

No Covid-19 death for 15th consecutive day

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 15th consecutive day in Bangladesh, while four new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.
5 May 2022

Bangladesh WHO’s top Covid-19 vaccine recipient: Health Minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said Bangladesh ranks at the top among the countries that received free Covid-19 vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO).
4 May 2022