With the season of major religious festivals across India amidst concerns of a possible third wave of Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed the need for constant genome sequencing in order to monitor emergence of new variants of coronavirus.

Top US health officials believe that Pfizer Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine could be authorized for children aged 5-11 years old by the end of October, two sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.

The government plans to administer two crore shots of Covid-19 vaccine each month to ramp up the ongoing vaccination drive as it hopes to get around 20 crore doses by the end of this year.

The country recorded 38 deaths from Covid-19 in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the lowest daily death toll in the last three months.

At least 248 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday.

The head of the WHO Europe was pessimistic yesterday about vaccines’ ability to put an end to the Covid pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday  expressed hope that India would be able to supply Covid-19 vaccines to  Bangladesh as per the agreement once the neighbouring country’s  production rises. 

54 lakh doses of Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Dhaka early tomorrow morning.

Thirty-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).

At least 248 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8am today.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said schools and colleges will be closed again if coronavirus infection rate increases.

The transmission of novel coronavirus continues to decline as the health directorate reported 8.76 percent positivity rate yesterday.

The World Health Organization has urged countries to avoid giving out extra Covid jabs until year-end, pointing to the millions worldwide who have yet to receive a single dose.

Dengue cases in the country have crossed the 13,000 mark yesterday, pointing to the worsening situation.

One more died while at least 317 new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today. With the new cases, a total of 13,007 people were hospitalised with dengue fever this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Fifty-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).

An estimated 66 to 70 percent of India’s 1.3 billion population have been infected with Covid-19, concluded a sero-survey conducted in July.

A woman has been "mistakenly" administered two doses of Covid-19 vaccine at Baliadangi Upazila Health Complex in Thakurgaon, health officials said today.

As the number of people who registered for Covid vaccine is much higher than the capacity of vaccination centres, people are receiving texts late, Nazmul Islam, spokesperson for the health directorate, said yesterday.

Getting tested and vaccinated for Covid-19 was no less than a trauma for Tanisha Yasmin Chaity, a young transwoman and a development worker based in Cox’s Bazar.