Moudud Ahmmed Sujan

At the beginning, there were only the three of us in the Covid-19 testing team, but sir always said we could do the highest number of tests. Despite underlying health condition, he forcefully stayed in the lab from early morning all the way up to 12pm.

Scientists have identified another new variant of novel coronavirus in the country with potentially worrying mutations.

With the number of new cases and the daily positivity rate sliding, experts said the novel coronavirus transmission has started to slow down due to the ongoing restrictions on movement.

While the transmission of the novel coronavirus has turned almost the entire country into a high-risk zone, the number of daily tests has been decreasing resulting in many people carrying the virus undetected – ultimately infecting others around them.

The number of adults suffering from depression and anxiety has increased in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

The rising coronavirus cases between April 6 and 13 have turned 54 districts of the country into high-risk zones.

Doctors have observed symptoms like severe fatigue, muscle pain, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, sleeplessness, and conjunctivitis in a large number of Covid-19 patients requiring medical treatment.

Health officials reported 78 deaths from Covid-19 yesterday, the highest in a day since the first three cases of coronavirus were detected last year.

The Chinese government will soon send five lakh jabs of Covid-19 vaccines, developed by their state-owned drug maker Sinopharm, to Bangladesh as gift, health officials said.

The government yesterday started administering the second dose of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine amid a steep rise in deaths and infections.

The South African variant of Covid-19 is dominant in Dhaka, revealed an icddr,b study last night.

A recent study by the icddr,b revealed that the South African variant of the novel coronavirus is dominant in Dhaka.

The Covid-19 infection rate hit a new record yesterday as a total of 7,087 people tested positive in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

With no sign of Covid-19 going away any time soon, accurate and sufficient surveillance data is more important than ever to help inform public health policy in fighting the pandemic, said Dr Nazrul Islam, member of the UN-WHO Technical Advisory Group on Covid-19 Mortality Assessment.

With the number of infections and deaths from Covid-19 getting bigger, inadequate high-flow oxygen support at public hospitals has become a serious cause for concern.

Experts say the 18-point directive that the government issued on Monday to curb the rapid surge in Covid cases is not only a delayed response but it also lacks clarity.

As the positivity rate jumped to 17.69 percent against 22,136 tests in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, there is no alternative to enforce transmission control activities immediately, experts have said.

In the wake of the second Covid-19 wave in the country, the government’s efforts to check virus transmission and ensure treatment are still inadequate in view of the ground reality.

The health directorate yesterday reported the highest number of new Covid-19 cases in nearly nine months.

As deaths from Covid-19 and the number of new cases continue rising, experts fear the transmission rate may rise further in the coming weeks.