The United States is shipping another 2.5 million Covid vaccine doses to hard-hit Bangladesh, a White House official told AFP on Thursday, after the Biden administration announced a ramping up of global donations.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has recorded the lowest Covid-19 daily infection rate in the last six and half months -- 4.54 percent -- yesterday.

Two weeks after the reopening of schools in the country, five students of classes IV and V have tested positive for coronavirus at a primary school in Thakurgaon town.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said people will be able to fly to the United Arab Emirates from today if there are flights.

Dengue cases outside Dhaka have crossed the 2,000 mark this year.

The United States is shipping another 2.5 million Covid vaccine doses to hard-hit Bangladesh, a White House official told AFP on Thursday, after the Biden administration announced a ramping up of global donations.

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

At least 189 dengue patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today of whom 25 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older and some adults with underlying medical conditions that put them at risk of severe disease.

Fifty lakh more doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine reached Dhaka from China early yesterday.

The rt-PCR testing facility for outgoing passengers inside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will be available from tomorrow, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

At least 254 patients were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday of which 57 are from outside Dhaka.

Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Thursday.

UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo has appreciated the joint efforts in testing, tracing and treating patients and thus keeping the pandemic under control in Bangladesh.

At least 254 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today of whom 57 are from outside Dhaka.

Twenty-four 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).

Fifty lakh more doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine have reached Dhaka from China early today.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for those 65 and older and some high-risk Americans, paving the way for a quick rollout of the shots.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to global leaders to declare Covid-19 vaccines as a “global public good” and allow developing countries and LDCs that have the capacity to produce vaccines.

The daily death toll caused by Covid-19 increased as the health directorate reported 36 deaths in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday.