Dengue death toll crosses 300 as 4 die, 2,193 hospitalised in 24 hours
11 October 2026
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Seven more die with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours
11 October 2026
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Four more die of dengue, 1,631 hospitalised in 24 hours
10 October 2026
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Eight more die with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours
10 October 2026
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3 more die with measles symptoms
10 October 2026
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3 more die with measles-like symptoms, combined toll now 1,147
9 October 2026
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Dengue claims 5 more lives, 1,935 hospitalised in 24 hours
8 October 2026
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Six more die with measles, symptoms in 24 hours
7 October 2026
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8 more die of dengue, 1,860 hospitalised in 24 hours
7 October 2026
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Explainer / Dengue’s danger often begins as the fever fades
7 October 2026
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No Covid-19 death recorded in 24 hours; positivity rate 0.52%
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).
14 April 2022
2.3 million city residents to get cholera vaccine
A total of 2.3 million people, aged one year and above, will get oral cholera vaccines from next month in five diarrhoea-prone areas in the capital.
13 April 2022
‘Not yet time’
The World Health Organization’s emergency committee unanimously agreed that now is not the time to lower the guard on Covid-19, the group’s head told a press conference yesterday.
13 April 2022
No Covid-19 death reported in 24 hours; positivity rate 0.58%
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).
13 April 2022
4 dead from diarrhoea this year; 23 lakh Dhaka residents to get cholera vaccine: DGHS
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today reported that four patients have died due to diarrhea in Bangladesh during this year’s outbreak since the second week of March.
13 April 2022
No Covid-19 death reported in 24 hours
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).
12 April 2022
Covid-19 variant XE: Japan reports its first case
The Japanese health ministry on Monday reported the country's first case of coronavirus variant XE, in a woman who arrived at a Narita airport from the United States on March 26.
11 April 2022
WHO tracking cases of 2 new Omicron sub-variants to assess whether they're more infectious
The World Health Organization said on Monday it is tracking a few dozen cases of two new sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the coronavirus to assess whether they are more infectious or dangerous.
11 April 2022
One Covid-19 death reported after 6 days
After six days of no reported Covid-19 deaths since April 5, Bangladesh reported one death from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today.
11 April 2022
Covid-19 left one 'very tired': Queen Elizabeth
Britain's Queen Elizabeth said Covid-19 had left "one very tired and exhausted" as she talked to health workers and a former patient about her own experience of "this horrible pandemic".
11 April 2022
No Covid-19 death since April 5
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).
10 April 2022
No Covid-19 death for fifth consecutive day
No deaths were reported from Covid-19 for the fifth consecutive day today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
9 April 2022
Covid-19 vaccination: Bangladesh a role model
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign has so far turned out to be quite a triumph.
8 April 2022
Two thirds of Africans may have had Covid: WHO study
More than two-thirds of Africans may have contracted Covid-19 over the past two years, around 97 times more than reported infections, a World Health Organization report suggested on Thursday.
8 April 2022
India to administer booster dose to all above 18 from April 10
India today announced its decision to expand the coverage of Covid-19 “precautionary dose”, also known as a booster dose, to all adults from April 10 at private vaccination centres.
8 April 2022
No Covid-19 death reported in 24 hours
No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
8 April 2022
No Covid-19 death in 24 hours
At least 44 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
7 April 2022
1st case of XE Covid-19 variant in India? Govt labs say no evidence yet
After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation today (April 6, 2022) reported India’s first case of XE variant of Covid-19 infection in Mumbai, a consortium of government-owned labs, which monitor genomic variations of the virus, have said scientific evidence so far does not indicate it to be so, Indian news agencies said quoting official sources.
6 April 2022
Diarrhoea Cases: 57 admitted to icddr,b every hour in a day
The number of diarrhoea patients have continued to rise at the International Center for Diarrheal Disease (icddr,b).
6 April 2022
Covid-19 variant ‘XE’: India reports 1st case
India today reported its first case of the new Covid-19 variant “XE” when a 50-year-old woman who reached Mumbai from South Africa was found infected with the strain, said India’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body of Mumbai.
6 April 2022