Eleven people died of Covid-19 at two hospitals in Khulna in the last 24 hours till 8am today.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen is skeptical if procuring vaccines would be smooth at all, saying that bilateral cooperation is not the only deciding factor, but there are issues of global politics affecting vaccine supply.

​A total of 119 people died of Covid-19 in the country in 24 hours (till 8am) today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Around 93 percent of those who received both doses of Covishield vaccine have developed antibodies against Covid-19, according to a latest survey.

Fourteen people died of Covid-19 and three died with symptoms at three hospitals in Khulna in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today.

Ten people -- seven male and three female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till this morning.

Five patients of Covid-19 have died in Kushtia in 24 hours till this morning.

Steps have been taken to make Covid-19 vaccines at pharmaceutical factories around Gopalganj district, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque today.

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

Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech, or Moderna mRNA-based vaccines for Americans who received Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine due to the increasing prevalence of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant.

A total of 102 people have died of Covid-19 in Chapainawabganj so far, the district’s Civil Surgeon Zahid Nazrul Chowdhury said today.

“Covid has killed my parents. I've become an orphan,” said a distraught 14-year-old Sajjad Hossain.

The Covid-19 positivity rate in the Moulvibazar district currently stands at nearly 42 percent after 39 people tested positive out of the 93 samples collected and tested in 24 hours.

Nearly 40 cases of “Delta Plus” variant of Covid-19 have been reported from three Indian states, prompting the federal health ministry to ask them to step up surveillance and containment measures.

Authorities today extended the “strict lockdown” in Benapole municipality and Sharsha upazila for another week, from today.

Colombia reached 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 this week, becoming just the tenth country in the world to hit the grim milestone.

India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that killed hundreds of thousands.

Seventy-eight people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 19.27 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Eighty-two people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 16.38 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Sixty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 18.02 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).