Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren’t safe.

The mass vaccination of Covid-19 is expected to resume in July as the government is making an all-out effort to collect vaccines, Principal Secretary to the prime minister Dr Ahmad Kaikaus said today.

A 34-year-old Covid-19 patient who has recovered was diagnosed with “Green Fungus” (Aspergillosis) in central Indian state Madhya Pradesh's Indore city. This is possibly the first case of this type of virus in the country, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

The National Research Ethics Committee of Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) today decided to approve Globe Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine, Bangavax, for human trials.

Amid a surge in the Covid-19 cases, the government has decided to extend the ongoing countrywide restriction on public movement and transport till July 15.

Sixty 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 International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said it is working closely with the government and the humanitarian community to ramp up the delivery of a wide range of support services for Rohingyas and host communities in Cox's Bazar district to fight Covid-19.

A group of researchers detected Chattogram's first cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant, which was first found in India.

Vaccine maker Novavax said Monday its shot was highly effective against COVID-19 and also protected against variants in a large, late-stage study in the U.S. and Mexico.

The Covid-19 infection rate is gradually declining in Chapainawabganj district due to the 14-day strict lockdown in two phases from May 25 and strict restrictions from June 6 to June 16, said Dr Nahid Islam, medical officer of the Chapainawabganj Civil Surgeon's Office.

Forty-seven 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).

South Korea will provide $200 million in aid through next year to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in lower-income countries, President Moon Jae-in said Saturday.

Two aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force will leave Dhaka for China tonight to bring 6 lakh Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine shots, said an Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) press release today.

Thirty-nine 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).

Jatiya Party Chairman and deputy leader of the opposition in parliament GM Quader today said irresponsible decision of the government has led to the uncertainty in crores of people getting their Covid-19 vaccine shots.

China's government said on Friday that it welcomed Taiwanese to come and get vaccinated against COVID-19 and called on Taiwan to remove obstacles and allow its people to receive the "highly effective" Chinese shots.

Although free from post-Covid complications, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is at health risk due to old age complications, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today.

UN human rights experts today called on leaders of the world’s largest economies to make sure people in the Global South get equal access to Covid-19 vaccines and not to allow the profit motive to undermine global health and equity.

Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.

The district administration in Naogaon is imposing a seven-day restriction with a 15-point directive from tomorrow till June 16, said Naogaon Deputy Commissioner Harun-ur-Rashid at a press briefing today.