India has capped at 70 percent the trade margins of five medical devices commonly used by Covid-19 patients in order to bring down maximum retail prices.

Science and Technology Affairs Minister Yeafesh Osman today inaugurated the Covid-19 vaccination programme for project officials and employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Pabna.

The Covid-19 curve in the US is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings.

The Cabinet Division today asked people to strictly maintain health safety guidelines during the eight-day relaxation of restrictions.

Two hundred and ten 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 government is going to buy 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China at a lower price than mentioned in the previous agreement.

Migrant workers will get Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after the stock of Pfizer vaccine ends by today or tomorrow in seven Dhaka hospitals, health directorate officials said today.

There is a chance that Covid-19 transmissions will rise since the ongoing lockdown has been withdrawn for a week, health officials said today.

Twenty-five more people – 15 male and 10 female -- died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital's (RMCH) Covid unit in 24 hours till this morning.

Twelve patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Officials reported 203 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, taking the official death toll from coronavirus to 16,842.

The World Health Organization’s chief scientist advised against people mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health impact.

The current Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the country is set to get a boost with the expected arrival of around 1.6 crore vaccine doses by the end of August.

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

Malaysia reported 11,079 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the most number of cases recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic.

India’s first Covid-19 patient—a woman medico -- has tested positive again for the virus more than a year after recovering from the first bout of the disease in the southern state of Kerala, state health authorities said today.

At least 48 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals around the country in 24 hours till 8am today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today indicated that Bangladesh will soon receive large numbers of Covid-19 vaccine doses from several sources, including under the COVAX facility.

Global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 187 million, as the second wave of Covid-19 continues its onslaught across the world even with mass inoculations underway.

Nineteen patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.