Covid-19: 1 more death, 211 cases reported

Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death while the daily-case positivity rate rose to 1.22 per cent with health authorities logging 211 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning. On Saturday, the daily-case positivity rate dropped below 1 per cent with the logging of 122 new cases. The total fatalities rose to 28,048

Covid-19: 4 more deaths, 297 more cases reported

Bangladesh reported four more Covid-related deaths with 297 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the latest cases, the daily-case positivity rate declined to 1.05 per cent from Tuesday’s 1.29 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The total fatalities rose to 28,038 while the caseload mounted

With Omicron on doorstep, new travel rules in the offing

Amid the global scare over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, Bangladesh has announced new travel rules, making a 14-day institutional quarantine mandatory for all travellers from seven African countries. The countries are Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said on

Covid-19: 3 more deaths, 243 more cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 3 more deaths and 243 more cases from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Friday morning. With the latest additions, the death toll reached 27,989 and the case tally increased to 1577,070 in the country so far, according to the daily statement

Covid-19: 3 more deaths, 261 new cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 3 more deaths and 261 more fresh infections from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Thursday morning, With the latest cases, the daily-case positivity rate declined to 1.24 per cent from Tuesday's 1.50 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services

Ports instructed to be cautious about Omicron: DGHS

Instructions have been given to all ports to take necessary steps against the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, said Nazmul Islam, spokesperson of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), Sunday. "A meeting of the National Technical Advisory Committee is underway. They are reviewing the Covid-19 situation in different countries," Nazmul

Covid-19: 3 more deaths, 239 more cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 3 more deaths and 239 more fresh infections from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Friday morning. With the latest additions, the death toll reached 27,973 and the case tally increased to 1575,424 in the country, said the daily DGHS statement. The current

Covid-19: 3 more deaths, 312 more cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have reported 3 more deaths and 312 fresh cases of infections across the country in last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With this, the daily case positivity rate rose to 1.49 per cent today from Tuesday's 1.45 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The

Bangladesh bracing for third Covid wave?

The current trend of plummeting Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh could well be the obvious calm before a cataclysmic storm. The warning has come from some of the leading public health experts in Bangladesh, who are apprehensive of a third wave of the Covid pandemic. At the heart of their fears are

Covid-19: 6 more deaths, 151 new cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 6 more deaths and 151 more infections from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the latest data, the official tally showed that the virus killed 27,918 people and infected 1572,278 so far, according to the statement issued by the