Coronavirus Vaccine

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses US–Bangladesh Business Council at her palace of residence in New York on 22 September 2022

PM Hasina seeks larger US investments in Bangladesh

We would be happy to offer a dedicated ‘Special Economic Zone’ for the US investors, said Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina

An health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a six-year-old child

Covid-19 Vaccination of children aged 5-11 years from 11 October in districts

The government will start inoculating children aged between 5 to 11 years against Covid-19 in districts and upazilas from 11 October

Health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque

Covid vaccine First dose won’t be available after 3 October: Health minister

Almost 3.3 million people are yet to get the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, but the government has decided to stop administering the first dose by 3 October, health minister Zahid Maleque said on ...

Two Chinese people wearing masks on their way to office

End of Covid pandemic is near: WHO

The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed ...

A couple walk past closed shops in a quiet lane in central Sheffield, in northern England on 21 October 2020, prior to further lockdown measures to combat the rise in novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases. More than a million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under tougher new coronavirus rules announced by government minister Robert Jenrick on Wednesday

Global Covid cases top 610 million

The overall number of global Covid cases has surged past 610 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

An health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a six-year-old child

Covid-19 US donates another 10m Pfizer vaccine doses to Bangladesh

More than two-thirds of all international Covid-19 vaccine donations to Bangladesh have come from the United States and the American people

People get tested inside their vehicles at a Covid-19 testing station on 14 January, 2022 in Monterey Park, California. Americans can start requesting free at-home Covid-19 tests, limited to four free tests per home, when a federal website begins accepting orders on 19 January amid nationwide shortages

Global Covid cases top 584 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 584 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases top 576 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 576 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Govt to launch two liquid oxygen plants: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque said two liquid oxygen plants will be established in the country for more development of the health sector

A woman consults a doctor before swab testing at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 23 June 2020

Covid claims four more lives, infects 446 others in 24 hrs

Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 446 new cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning

Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs for nucleic acid tests during a city-wide testing following new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Qingdao, Shandong province, China 12 October 2020

Global Covid cases near 571 million

The overall number of Covid cases is now nearing 571 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

Medical workers administer tests at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing centre in the wake of new positive cases in Sydney, Australia on 17 June 2021.

Global Covid cases top 562 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 562 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases top 561 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 561 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

A man reacts before the body of his father, a ward master at Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka, who died under treatment at the hospital after showing coronavirus symptoms. The deceased was Covid-19 positive in the test report received after death.

Coronavirus: 32 died in five days

The country is seeing deaths from coronavirus every day now. Seven people died on Tuesday. The number was 12 a day before on Monday

Covid-19 infected Johara Begum has been taken to Dhaka North City Corporation hospital from Homna in Cumilla for better treatment as her condition deteriorated. The picture was taken from DNCC hospital on 30 July 2021

icddr,b study finds rapid rise in Omicron sub-variant in Dhaka

Dhaka has reported scores of Covid-19 cases traced to the BA.5 Omicron sub-variant, which appears to be more infectious than the past variants of the novel coronavirus, extending the current Covid ...

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