Bangladesh reported one more COVID-19-linked death and 49 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,492 and caseload to 2,048,847 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate stood at 6.46 percent as 758
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Bangladesh reports zero Covid-19 death, 51 positive cases
Bangladesh today recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 51 coronavirus positive cases. "Bangladesh reported 6.53 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 781 samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. During the period, the combined figure of coronavirus infection
Bangladesh reports one Covid-19 death, 34 positive cases
Bangladesh today recorded one Covid-19 death while it reported 34 coronavirus positive cases. "Bangladesh reported 5.92 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 574 samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. During the period, the combined figure of coronavirus infection
COVID-19 vaccination campaign to be launched soon: DGHS
The National Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday suggested launching vaccination programme as infection rate of COVID-19 has increased across the country. In a statement, the National Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce made the suggestion issuing a fresh directive for launching vaccination campaign to
Covid-19 :5 new cases reported
Bangladesh reported 5 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,046,056, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,477 as no new fatalities were reported during this
COVID-19 Vaccine: Sharing real-time’ data, consistent, simple messaging helps
After months of warding off appeals from his employers to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 disease, Mohammad Yusuf, 24, working as a live-in domestic worker in Karachi’s Clifton area, finally relented and got his first shot. “I believed that anyone who took the vaccine would die within two years,” he told
WHO declares end to Covid global health emergency
COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities. The WHO's Emergency Committee met on Thursday and recommended the UN-agency declare
Stop political manipulation on COVID origins tracing China urges US
China once again urged the U.S. side to immediately stop political manipulation on COVID origins-tracing, voluntarily share the data of suspected early cases in the United States with the WHO, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday. Mao's remarks came after the U.S. Senate passed the COVID-19 Origin Act
The value of strong multilateral cooperation in a fractured world
The multilateral system, even in the face of heightened geopolitical tension and big power rivalry, remains the uniquely inclusive vehicle for managing mutual interdependencies in ways that enhance national and global welfare. The complex challenges of a global pandemic, climate emergency, inequality and the risk of nuclear conflict cannot be
WHO urges China to give more COVID-19 info
The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening.The announcement Saturday was the first official death toll