coronavirus situation
DNCC operates drives to ensure mask use, remove illegal establishments
Separate mobile courts of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) operated drives to evict illegal establishments and ensure use of masks by city dweller to curb the transmission of Covid-19.
Vaccine should be free for all: GM Quader
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Wednesday urged the government to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all free of cost whenever Bangladesh gets an effective one.
With hope high for vaccine, Britain prepares to roll it out
With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 39 die, 2,156 infected in 24 hrs
Bangladesh saw a spike in daily Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday as health authorities registered 39 deaths with 2,156 new infections and 2,302 recovery in 24 hours.
Russian virus vaccine to cost less than $10 per dose abroad
Russia released new results Tuesday claiming its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective, and promised it would cost less on international markets than vaccines by some of its Western competitors.
Covid cases in Bangladesh exceed 4.5 lakh with 32 new deaths
Bangladesh on Tuesday saw a further spike in Covid-19 cases as the country’s health authorities detected 2,230 new patients across the country in 24 hours, taking the total to 451,990.
Oxford vaccine, for which GoB signed deal, shown to be effective
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to distribute than some of its rivals.
Tougher punishment if one doesn’t wear masks: Cabinet Secy
The government has planned to go for tougher punishment like raising the pecuniary fine by mobile courts to force people to wear masks to stop the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
UNICEF plans to deliver around 2bn doses of COVID-19 vaccines
UNICEF is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to deliver close to 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 to over 92 countries around the world as soon as vaccines become available.
Bangladesh sees spike in daily Covid-19 cases, deaths; over 200 die in 7 days
Bangladesh reported 2,419 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours until Monday, pushing up the total tally to 449,760.