More and more dengue patients are requiring hospitalisation as the number of dengue cases continues to rise across the country.

The government has decided to inoculate pregnant women and nursing mothers against Covid-19.

The government has politicised the mass vaccination programme by deceiving people, alleged BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

The third day of the latest phase of ongoing nationwide lockdown yesterday saw significant number of vehicles plying on the capital’s different streets.

The government has decided to lift most of the restrictions on people’s movement and public transport from Wednesday even as Covid-19 continues to exact a heavy toll on people’s lives with high death and infection rates.

Two hundred and forty-one people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government achieved the target of administering 32 lakh Covid vaccine jabs in just two days though it had fixed a six-day timeline for the mass inoculation drive.

The health directorate has decided to bring expecting and nursing mothers under Covid-19 vaccine coverage.

The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organization to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19. Some have equipped the virus with better ways of infecting humans or evading vaccine protection.

Two hundred and forty-one people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 24.52 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government has decided to allow all public transport to operate at full capacity across the country from August 11.

At least 224 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8 am today. Of them, only 13 are from outside Dhaka.

Fifteen people died of Covid-19 in Chattogram district in 24 hours till 8am today.

Eleven people died of Covid-19 and another with Covid-like symptoms in Kushtia in 24 hours till 8am today.

Eighteen people – 10 male and eight female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

Bangladesh yesterday recorded 261 deaths from Covid-19 to cap the deadliest week, ending yesterday, since the first confirmed cases of the coronavirus were announced on March 8 last year.

With an aim to help people in rural areas, a welfare organisation on Friday distributed 8 oxygen cylinders and other medical equipment in Moulvibazar. Hazipur Society handed over the equipment to local volunteer groups in post office area of Kulaura’s Hazipur union.

The number of death and positive cases of Covid-19 has been spiraling in Khulna division, turning the situation bad to worse.

The second day of the latest phase of ongoing nationwide lockdown yesterday saw significant number of vehicles plying on the capital’s different streets.

Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut microbiomes, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Bruce Vallance and colleagues at University of British Columbia, Canada.