Bangladesh today confirmed 7 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,182. According to the Health authorities, 435 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

Pfizer Inc has withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India that it has developed with Germany’s BioNTech, the company told the Reuters news agency on Friday. The United States company, which was the first drugmaker to apply for

Bangladesh today confirmed 13 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,175. According to the Health authorities, 485 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,90,183 with 12,899 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,80,455, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death count increased to 1,54,703 with 107 daily new fatalities,

Bangladesh today confirmed 13 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,162. According to the Health authorities, 438 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday banned expatriates from traveling to the Kingdom from 20 countries to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Exceptions to the ban, which begins at 9 pm on Wednesday, are diplomats, and medical staff and their families. Travel will be banned from the UAE, Egypt,

India recorded 11,000 fresh Covid-19 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).  The total number of active cases in the country has fallen to 161,865, while the caseload tally stands at 10,778,206. Globally, more than 104.3 million people have been infected by the virus. 

Bangladesh today confirmed 12 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,149. According to the Health authorities, 525 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

With 8,635 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India recorded the lowest single-day rise in its tally in nearly eight months, the government data this morning showed.  In a boost to the fight against the pandemic, the country has been vaccinating its citizens much faster

Bangladesh today confirmed 10 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,137. According to the Health authorities, 443 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

The EU says UK-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca will now supply an additional nine million Covid vaccine doses by March, after days of criticism of the bloc's vaccination programme. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was a "step forward". But the 40m doses

Bangladesh today confirmed 16 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,127. According to the Health authorities, 369 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

The Covid vaccine for babies is likely to be ready by October this year and the first dose can be given in the same month of their birth, said P C Nambiar, director, Group EXIM at Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd, which manufactures the Covishield vaccine.  While addressing a

India added 13,052 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to more than 1.07 crore in the world’s second-worst infected country, according to the Health Ministry The country also reported 127 deaths in the last 24 hours.  With 13,965 recoveries, the total

Bangladesh today confirmed 17 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,111. According to the Health authorities, 363 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised the EU's announcement of export controls on vaccines produced within the bloc, saying such measures risked prolonging the pandemic. The EU introduced the measure amid a row with vaccine manufacturers over delivery shortfalls.

The EU has reversed its decision to temporarily override part of the Brexit deal amid an ongoing row over Covid vaccine supplies in the bloc. The move could have seen checks at the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland to prevent shipments entering the UK. The Brussels' U-turn

With 11,666 new Covid-19 cases getting reported in the last 24 hours on Thursday, India has continued its streak of low single-day cases, even as the overall tally mounted to 1,07,01,193, health officials said. In January this year, the daily deaths have been reported below the

Bangladesh today confirmed 7 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,094. According to the Health authorities, 454 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country

The Indian government has extended the ban on international commercial flights till February 28, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular on Thursday.  The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end on January 31 after a ten-month gap. Dedicated