The numbers related to Covid-19 infections and deaths in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan disguise both widespread undercounting and a rate of growth that was frightening even before the recent lifting of restrictions, the Economist reported.

In the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections across the country, the government today starts enforcing containment zones on a pilot basis in some areas of four districts, including Dhaka.

With people struggling to get tested in time and new cases rising sharply, experts said rapid test kits are now the only answer to the testing crunch.

Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has tested positive for Covid-19.

To stem the spread of coronavirus, the government has set different parameters to designate areas according to coloured zones -- red, yellow and green.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested positive for coronavirus, received plasma therapy for the third time on Friday night alongside the regular kidney dialysis.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) today issued four directives to hospital authorities over collecting samples from patients for Covid-19 tests.

Although the coronavirus situation in Cox’s Bazar is deteriorating with sharp rise in the number of detected cases, no step has yet been taken to install intensive care facility at the dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the district, with the hospitals ill-equipped for oxygen supply and ventilator support in treating patients in critical condition.

A 55-year-old man with Covid-19-like symptoms died today after reportedly being denied treatment at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) in Bogura.

A sub-inspector of Chattogram’s Sitakunda Police Station, who had been suffering from fever and cough, was found dead at his home in Sitakunda upazila this morning.

Thirty-five people have died, 2635 were infected and 521 recovered in last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

India overtakes Italy to become the sixth worst-hit country by the Covid-19 pandemic, registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushes the total nationwide tally to 2,36,657.

The World Health Organization changes its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

Patients who died or were admitted to intensive care units with Covid-19 were found to be deficient in Vitamin K, which is found in spinach, eggs, and hard and blue cheeses, according to a study.

We are horrified by the flagrant disregard for proper disposal of medical waste at a time when Covid-19 infections are increasing along with the

The condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury is “not fully stable”, an official of Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital said yesterday.

The GAVI vaccines alliance has raised $8.8 billion from international donor governments, companies and philanthropic foundations to fund its immunisation programmes through to 2025.

A team comprising academics and professionals has alleged that widespread human rights violations were taking place in the country amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has already completed trial of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed antibody test and may submit its report to the drug administration by Wednesday.

In a negative development, Bangladesh has become one of the top 20 countries in the world in terms of the number of population infected with Covid-19 as the country reported 60,391 positive cases until yesterday.