Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said anyone aged 18 and above will get Covid-19 vaccines from now on.

The fatalities from Covid-19 and new infections have dropped in the country last week compared to the previous week, according to data of the Directorate General of Health Services.

One more dengue patient died while 255 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8am yesterday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, among the new cases, 22 are from outside Dhaka.

One more dengue patient died while 255 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am today.

Seventy people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Already armed with four fully-approved Covid-19 vaccines, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the phase-three human trial of yet another vaccine, Corbevax, by private pharma major Biological E’s for adults, children and adolescents.

The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved the emergency use of Moderna's Covid-19 doses for children ages 12 to 17, the agency's chief said.

Expecting and nursing mothers will be able to take the Covid-19 vaccine without confirmation SMS after registration.

Wearing masks reduces the chances of contracting Covid-19 up to 34 percent, and the government should act aggressively to force people to wear masks, says a recent study on 3.5 lakh people in rural Bangladesh.

Three more people died of dengue, while 330 more dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday.

They used to target people travelling abroad and make promise of expediting their Covid-19 vaccination process. By doing so, they have deceived a good number of people.

Three more dengue patients have died while a record 330 patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today.

Eighty-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said the government has purchased Covid-19 vaccines worth about Tk 3,000 crore within a short time.

Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh, Ambassador Rensje Teerink, has said that they have promised 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for Bangladesh, mentioning that it is not justified to say the EU is not generous enough in terms of vaccine-sharing.

Expecting and nursing mothers will be able to take Covid-19 vaccine without confirmation SMS after registration.

Despite a steady dip in infection and death rates over the last three weeks, experts fear another wave of Covid-19 might be around the corner and say there is no room for complacency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that the government has made arrangements to get more than one crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines every month.

The country recorded the deaths of 79 Covid-19 patients yesterday, the lowest in more than two months.

The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January.