India is considering resuming exports of COVID-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute Bill, 2021 was passed in the parliament today, aiming to improve healthcare services for children.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today sounded hopeful regarding procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, saying that Bangladesh is on track to get 24 crore doses by March-April next year.

More than 140 former heads of state and Nobel laureates today called on the German chancellor candidates Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz, and Armin Laschet to declare themselves in favour of waiving intellectual property rules for COVID 19 vaccines, transferring vaccine technologies, and “to make these the policies of any future coalition government”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that her government has plans to bring students aged 12 and above under the vaccination programme gradually.

Three more dengue patients have died while 288 more were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday.

The government has formally approved a project to build a 200-bed Covid Field Hospital at Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Convention Center under Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

A study of 614 fully vaccinated health workers in India found a “significant” drop in their Covid-fighting antibodies within four months of the first shot.

The mass exodus of people from Dhaka city and surrounding areas last year was the primary reason behind the countrywide spread of novel coronavirus, reveals a study recently published in Nature Microbiology, a UK-based scientific journal.

Although the government had planned to resume in-person classes at universities and their affiliated colleges from mid-October after vaccinating all students by September, about 60 percent of the tertiary-level pupils have not even registered for vaccination yet.

The first Covid-19 case was detected on March 8 last year and eventually spread all over the country due to people leaving Dhaka en masse after the March 26 to April 4 “national public holiday” was declared by the government in 2020, according to a recent study.

Around 84 per cent of the garment workers are concerned about the current state of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, according to a survey revealed today.

Three died while 288 more were hospitalised with dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8 am today.

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

A 200-bed Covid Field Hospital will be built at the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Convention Center under Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

Students of all public and private universities will need to complete registration for getting Covid-19 vaccine by September 27.

All children aged 12-15 will be offered Covid-19 vaccinations, Britain announced Monday, following the advice of four top medical officers.

The supply of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine from India may resume next month, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

After the emergence of the pandemic, several repurposed antiviral drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, favipiravir, remdesivir, nitazoxanide, and lopinavir/ritonavir were provided emergency authorisation approval as there was no direct antiviral drug for Covid-19

The number of dengue cases crossed 14,000 marks yesterday.