Bangladesh wants four to five crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Battered by a severe second Covid-19 wave, India today said an early trend of fall in daily new Covid-19 cases and related fatalities has been noted across several parts of the country.

Thirty-three people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force went to China this morning to bring five lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine.

A 23-year-old Italian woman was under observation in a hospital in Tuscany after receiving six doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in error, news agency AGI reported on Monday (May 10).

Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off Covid-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases.

US regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation’s adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities.

Deaths from Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar today reached 100 and 11 among them are Rohingyas, according to the district Civil Surgeon’s office.

Thirty-eight people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today officially announced the arrival of 5 lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine on May 12.

Fifty-six people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) agree that the COVID-19 vaccines should be offered to pregnant individuals who are eligible for vaccination.

May 8 is World Thalassemia Day - celebrated every year to raise awareness among the people about the prevention of thalassemia. Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation (BTF), Sandhani, Medicine Club and Platform observed the day like every year, says a press release. This year’s theme was “Addressing Health Inequality in Thalassemia Patients Worldwide.”

Blood pressure (BP)–lowering treatment is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular (CV) events across a wide range of BP levels and in patients with and without CV disease, according to a meta-analysis in The Lancet.

Fasting means avoiding food for a particular time. Fasting customs are common in almost all major religions globally. There is fasting in animals too. Observation shows dogs, cats, ants, even yeast sometimes reduce their calorie intake by 40%. Fasting makes some of their physical symptoms go away and live longer.

Thalassaemia is an inherited disorder that is passed down through parents to offspring and results in inappropriate structure or fewer amounts of red blood cell (RBC) in the body.

Bangladesh’s healthcare expenditure is the lowest in South Asia, former governor of Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahman said at a pre-budget webinar yesterday, demanding that the allocation for the sector be increased.

The Indian variant of Covid-19 was found in samples taken from two Bangladeshis, who returned from India and are now in institutional quarantine in Jashore.

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

The highly contagious Indian variant of Covid-19 has been found in Bangladesh.