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[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On December 28, Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Globe Biotech got approval from the DGDA for manufacturing Covid 19 vaccine for clinical trials. Dr Mohammad Mohiuddin, Manager of Globe Biotech Limited  ( Head of Quality Operation ) , said after completing the trial, Globe Biotech would start supplying vaccines following the protocol. “Hopefully, we'll be able to begin clinical trials in January. It'll take five months to finish,' he said. “Vaccine will be available by June if we can begin the clinical trial this month.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 473 people tested positive for Covid 19 over the same period, taking the total number of cases in Bangladesh to 531,799. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 14.96%. It saw a daily infection rate of 3.92% on Saturday, 4.17% on Friday and 3.96% on Thursday.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 514 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 476,413 patients – 89.59% – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  As many as 14,169 samples were tested in the 200 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. Currently, 10,740 people are in isolation and 35,534 are quarantined.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 5,927 men  ( 75.96% )  and 1,876 women  ( 24.04% )  have died of Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected currently stands at 1.49%. The DGHS said 14,181 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the 24 hour time frame. As many as 14,097 samples, including some pending ones, were tested at the 193 authorized labs   government and private   across the country.
[ 14th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday reassured the people that there won't be any problem in storing and distributing Covid 19 vaccines. “Bangladesh currently has the capacity to store up to 150 million vaccines. So, there won't be any issues when 40 50 million doses come from India,' he told the media after a meeting of the ministry on vaccination and distribution.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Another 917 patients recovered from Covid 19 through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the total recovery count to 467,718. Of the 22 deceased   15 men and seven women   18 were from Dhaka Division, two from Chittagong, and one each from Sylhet and Rajshahi. Of them, 21 died at different hospitals in the country while one died at home.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Among the total infections, 89.39% patients have recovered, while 1.49% died since Bangladesh detected its first three Covid 19 positive cases on March 8. Of the 22 victims, 15 of whom were male, 21 of them died in the hospital and one at home. Of the total deceased 17 were aged above 60, three were above fifty, and two were above 40, said the press release.
[ 14th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Each government hospital has been prepared to preserve 425,000 doses. Another 71,000 doses can be stored in the five six ice freezers at the hospitals,' the minister said.Initially, 7,344 teams, each with six health workers, have been prepared for vaccination drive, according to Maleque.He said the Directorate General of Drug Administration will strictly monitor the vaccination process to prevent irregularities. A ‘vaccine bulletin' will be published regularly by the Health Ministry with necessary information.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is seeing a sharp decline in the number of new Covid 19 cases over the past week. The health authorities announced the detection of 569 new cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning. During this time, 23 more coronavirus deaths were recorded, pushing up the country's death tally to 7,906. The mortality rate now stands at 1.5%, according to a handout from the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 17th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 569 new Covid 19 cases, taking the tally so far to 527,632. The death toll climbed to 7,906 after 23 fatalities were recorded in a 24 hour time frame until Sunday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a press release. Another 681 patients recovered from Covid 19 through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the total recovery count to 472,437.
[ 10th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 25 deceased   17 men and eight women   19 were from Dhaka Division, four from Mymensingh and one each from Sylhet and Chittagong. All of them died at different hospitals in the country. So far, 5,912 men  ( 76.98% )  and 1,869 women  ( 24.02% )  have died of Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected currently stands at 1.49%.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The division wise data shows that 17 deaths took place in Dhaka division, two each in Chittagong and Rajshahi and in Mymensingh Among the total 7,756 deaths, 4,279 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,430 in Chittagong division, 447 in Rajshahi division, 539 in Khulna division, 239 in Barisal division, 294 in Sylhet division, 350 in Rangpur division, and 178 in Mymensingh division.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the Covid 19 patients, the government has introduced round the clock telemedicine services, comprising 100 physicians, in the country. The DGHS said 23,342,812 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services. To receive information and treatment facilities on Covid 19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333 and 10655.
[ 8th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 785 people tested positive for the virus during the same period, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 520,690, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Friday. The test positivity rate stood at 5.74% on the day, the lowest since 5.50% was recorded on April 8. The test positivity rate of all tests conducted so far is 15.63% , added the release.
[ 8th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Division wise data shows that 12 deaths took place in Dhaka division, two in Chittagong, and one each in Khulna and Mymensingh. Of the total 7,734 deaths, 4,262 deaths took place in Dhaka division, 1,428 in Chittagong division, 445 in Rajshahi division, 539 in Khulna division, 239 in Barisal division, 294 in Sylhet division, 350 in Rangpur division, and 177 in Mymensingh division.
[ 8th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  In order to make healthcare services easily accessible for Covid 19 patients, the government has introduced round the clock telemedicine services comprising 100 physicians, the DGHS said. The DGHS further said 23,336,041 people have received healthcare services through the hotline, mobile numbers and health web portals, so far. To receive information and healthcare services on Covid 19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333 and 10655.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government on Thursday approved the emergency use of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine. The approval will allow Beximco Pharmaceuticals to bring doses from the Serum Institute of India, which is manufacturing the vaccine, Mohammad Salahuddin, deputy director of the Directorate General of Drug Administration, said. On December 13, the government signed an agreement with Serum Institute for procuring Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine.
[ 8th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a daily infection rate of 5.74% with 785 new cases reported until early Friday. The rate dropped to 7.52% on Monday. However, the country has recorded cases 5,20,690 so far. Also, Bangladesh reported 16 Covid 19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the country's fatality number to 7,734 and death rate to 1.49 percent since the first death was reported on March 18.
[ 8th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On December 13, the government signed an agreement with Serum Institute for procuring Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine. Under the deal, Bangladesh will import 3 crore doses of SARS Cov 2 AZD 1222  ( Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine )  from Serum in the next six months. “If everything goes well, then we'll get the vaccines in mid January,' Health Minister Zahid Maleques said.
[ 21st January 20211, Bangladesh ]  India's Bharat Biotech has applied to conduct trials in Bangladesh for its coronavirus vaccine recently approved for emergency use at home, a senior official at Bangladesh's main medical research body told Reuters. If allowed to go ahead, this would be the first trial of any coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh and could give the densely populated country of more than 160 million faster access to the shot for mass use. The vaccine, developed with the Indian Council of Medical Research, was given the green light for restricted use in India this month without any efficacy data from a late stage trial. Early tests, however, found it to be safe and generating an immune response in humans. “We have received their proposal,' said Mahmood uz Jahan, a director at the state run Bangladesh Medical Research Council, adding that its ethics committee would review the application.
[ 7th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,317,810 tests, including 15,634 new ones, have been carried out. The overall infection rate now stands at 15.67 percent and the mortality rate is 1.48 percent. However, 464,446 patients – 89.33 percent – have so far recovered. The country's infection number reached the 500,000 mark on December 20. The first cases were reported on March 8. The death toll exceeded 7,000 on December 12.
[ 7th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On October 5, the Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company said they have completed all the necessary preparations for making their vaccine initiative a success, but they said everything depended on the government's cooperation in completing the required processes. Meanwhile, Bangladesh is also set to purchase Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd.
Refugee:  [ 28th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Bangladesh has begun moving the second group of Rohingya refugees from crammed camps in Cox's Bazar to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, in defiance of safety and security concerns from international rights advocates. Groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch  ( HRW )  have urged the Bangladeshi government to halt the relocation of Rohingya to Bhasan Char, which is hours by boat from the mainland, flood prone, vulnerable to frequent cyclones and could be completely submerged during a high tide.
Refugee:  [ 28th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  There are also concerns that the Rohingya, already displaced from Myanmar by ethnic cleansing, may have been bribed to relocate to the island, or that they have faced intimidation tactics to persuade them to do so. International right agencies suspect that refugees have been listed without their consent and have called on Bangladesh to allow an independent inspection of the island. The first group of 1,642 Rohingya refugees were relocated to the island earlier in December.
Refugee:  [ 28th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Mohammed Shamsud Douza, the deputy government official in charge of refugees, said that a 12km long embankment had been built to protect the island from floods, along with housing for 100,000 people. Relocation was voluntary, he said. “No one is forced to go there,' he said, adding that people can live a better life there with greater access to healthcare and education.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The recovery count rose to 471,756 after another 633 patients were discharged from hospitals. A total of 12,215 samples were tested at 194 authorized laboratories across the country in the 24 hours till Saturday morning. A total of 3,444,007 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid 19 cases in the country on March 8.
[ 17th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On December 28, Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Globe Biotech got approval from the DGDA for manufacturing Covid 19 vaccine for clinical trial
[ 14th January 2021 , Bangladesh ]  Of the 16 deceased – 11 men and five women – nine were from Dhaka division, five from Chittagong, and one each from Barisal and Sylhet divisions. All 16 of the victims died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 5,954 men  ( 75.86% )  and 1,895 women  ( 24.14% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 14th January 2021 , Bangladesh ]  In the last 24 hours, Bangladesh also registered 16 more deaths from the deadly virus – taking the number of total fatalities to 7,849. With the latest figures, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 525,723, according to the daily virus update released on Thursday by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 14th January 2021 , Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Thursday recorded its lowest daily test positivity rate since April 5. In the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, another 813 cases were detected, at a 4.90% infection rate. On April 5, the daily test positivity rate was 4.90% as well. On April 4, it was 2.07%. This development also marks the continuation of the ongoing trend of single digit percentage test positivity rate in the country.
[ 17th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded a daily infection rate of 4.90 percent on January 14, 8.29 percent on January 10, 7.52 percent on January 4, and 8.18 percent on January 1.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Each government hospital has been prepared to preserve 425,000 doses. Another 71,000 doses can be stored in the five six ice freezers at the hospitals.' Initially, 7,344 teams, each with six health workers, have been prepared for vaccination drive, according to Maleque.
[ 15th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The total number of coronavirus cases in the country has now crossed 526,000, with 762 people testing positive in the past 24 hours. The number of confirmed cases now stands at 526,485, according to the daily virus update released by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Friday.
[ 15th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 13,652 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours. As many as 13,678 samples, including those pending , were tested at the 199 authorized labs across the country.
[ 15th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 13 more deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours until Friday morning, taking the total number of fatalities to 7,862. The latest single day death toll is the lowest since November 12, when the same number of fatalities were recorded. On November 11, the number of daily fatalities stood at 19. The highest number of Covid 19 deaths on a single day in Bangladesh was 64 on June 30.
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded its lowest daily test positivity rate since April 6. In the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, another 718 cases were detected, at a 5% infection rate. On April 5, the test positivity rate was 4.90%. This development also marks the continuation of the ongoing trend of single digit percentage test positivity rate in the country.
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  In the last 24 hours, Bangladesh also registered 16 more deaths from the deadly virus – taking the number of total fatalities to 7,819. With the latest figures, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 524,020, according to the daily virus update released on Tuesday by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  The recovery count rose to 468,681 after another 963 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period. A total of 14,363 samples were tested at 194 authorized laboratories across the country during the time. A total of 3,385,779 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid 19 cases in the country.
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the Covid 19 patients, the government has introduced round the clock telemedicine services, comprising 100 physicians, in the country. The DGHS said 23,363,523 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services. To receive information and treatment facilities on Covid 19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333 and 10655.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  will begin nationwide emergency Covid 19 vaccination from the first week of February after receiving the first lot of the vaccines between January 21 to 25. Candidates eligible for vaccination can start registering online via the vaccine app from January 26. The mobile application that is near completion is scheduled to get permission from the ministry concerned on the same day.
Refugee:  [ 22nd January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Gregory H Stanton, founding president and chairman of Genocide Watch, said: “The ICJ case will take time and during the time we cannot forget the Rohingya community in the camps. We need to pressure our governments to help them, make their life easier, and to give them all they deserve.' They deserve justice because justice is stronger than genocide, he added.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Within that time we hope to complete our necessary preparations, such as training the volunteers and vaccinators and will start the nationwide vaccination from the first week of February,' he said, adding that the candidates would need to sign or give consent by using a thumbprint before vaccination. Prof Khurshid Alam earlier said that the registration for vaccination would start on January 26.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “If they  [ Beximco ]  manage to bring more, they will supply it to private facilities,' the Directorate General of Drug Administration  ( DGDA )  let it be known last week. Line director of MNC&AH unit of DGHS, Shamsul Haque, in his presentation over the plan, said after the vaccines were received by January 25, they would be distributed to the health authorities at the district level within January 27. “In one week we will provide some vaccines to the health workers in some tertiary level treatment facilities,' he said.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Sharing similar sentiments, DGHS Additional DG Meerjady Sabrina Flora said as there was scientific proof that the vaccine worked better if it was administered after 8 to 13 weeks, the DGHS was taking the opportunity and trying to vaccinate more people in the first few months.Covax and other possible sources of vaccine were also being considered for the vaccination program, she added.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “One vial means ten doses of vaccines and we have done district level planning so that they could send the required volume of vaccine at the right time,' Line director of MNC&AH unit of DGHS Dr Shamsul said. Some 7,344 teams will vaccinate people nationwide and each team would be formed to vaccinate 100 150 people in a day.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the line director of the DGHS, they would provide vaccines to some 120,000 expatriates. Dr Shamsul said they were keeping the provision considering the probable demands of migrant destination countries. Expatriates will have to show their passport and necessary documents to get the vaccine. And the candidates would only avail the certificate if they completed the doses, and they would have to stay in their home country for two months  ( between the two jabs )  to complete the process, he added.
Refugee:  [ 22nd January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Dr Hassan Abedin, former director of Muslim Minority and Community Department of Organization of Islamic Corporation shed light on the role of civil society to make the Rohingya community's voice heard internationally. “Civil society organizations have helped restore the rights of the Rohingya community,' he said. Arsalan Suleman, counsel of law firm Foley Hoag, said: “Our commitment on this case is unshakable and we are going to see this case through no matter what.' He also said the aim of this case is to get Rohingya community justice and help them get back to their home to live a life with dignity.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Around 42,000 health workers are being trained for vaccination and an app for vaccine registration and distribution is in its final stage of completion under the ICT ministry.'
[ 12th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Reza said Beximco had also had preliminary discussions with other Indian vaccine developers such as Biological E and Bharat Biotech, whose shot was approved this month by India as a backup to the one developed by AstraZeneca with Oxford University. “As of now, our partner is Serum and we will continue with them, that's our goal,' the COO said in a phone interview. “If the government wants more vaccines, we can discuss other vaccines too that Serum is working on – if the government wants something other than the AstraZeneca one.'
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health secretary said a dry run would be conducted on 400 500 people at four tertiary level hospitals in the capital to observe if there were any adverse side effects. The dry run will be conducted on January 27 or 28, as per primary decision, at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital, and Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital. Vaccine recipients under the dry run program will be kept under observation for a week, Abdul Mannan said. If everything went according to plan, the government would be able to start the vaccination drive from the first week of February, the health secretary said.
[ 12th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  One of the sources said the price for Bangladesh would “eventually average out to $3'per dose, without giving details. All the sources declined to be named ahead of an expected official announcement by the Bangladeshi government. Bangladesh's health minister and the health secretary did not answer calls to their mobile phones late in the day.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh between January 21 to 25. ABM Khurshid Alam, director general of Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , revealed the matter at a press briefing. “We will bring five million doses of vaccines and distribute all of them. We will get eight weeks' time to provide a second dose of vaccine to the people. Hopefully, the second consignment will arrive before that,' he said. The initial plan was to use 2.5 million doses and store the rest for the second dose.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Some six million people will be vaccinated in the first month and five million in the second. Then the first six million people will receive their second dose of vaccination in the third month,' he added. The vaccination deployment plan would be finalized by today  [ Wednesday ] , Abdul Mannan mentioned. The health secretary said the authorities were only using the hospitals as vaccination centres to ensure anyone experiencing an adverse impact after receiving the vaccine got immediate treatment. A physician would also be assigned at every hospital to look after them, he added.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Mushtuq Husain, who is former principal scientific officer  ( PSO )  of IEDCR, said although the authorities had made it mandatory to use NID information for online vaccine registration process, it would be eased during the procedure as it could cause technical hazards. "The registration procedure will follow previous vaccination registration methods," he added. He also said a person would be vaccinated once he/she gave consent for it. An individual has to stay at the vaccination camp under observation for at least 30 minutes to determine if he/she has any adverse impact, the former PSO said.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Covax program would provide vaccines for 20% of the total populations  ( estimated over 34 million people ) . For receiving further vaccines, depending on availability, the Bangladesh government would need to pay $5  ( Tk425 approximately )  for each dose, he added. According to the IEDCR adviser, the government has to spend $290.3 million, or more than Tk2,464 crore, to vaccinate the 20% of the population. Dr Mushtuq also stated that a separate committee would be formed to vaccinate the forcibly displaced Rohingya people from Myanmar. Ensuring equity in the vaccination program urged. In the program, speakers also voiced for ensuring equity in the vaccination program.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Unicef Consultant Engineer Md Hamidul Islam said ensuring an organized, effective distribution of Covid 19 vaccine could prevent huge wastage. In the discussion, Action Aid Bangladesh Country Director Farah Kabir urged the authorities to address discriminatory practices in a dispensation of the vaccine. Corruption related to vaccines must be checked, she added.
[ 17th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country's Covid 19 caseload stood at 527,063 with 578 new cases during the period.
[ 16th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Country's Covid 19 caseload stands at 527,063 with 578 new cases during the period.
[ 17th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 7, the government approved the emergency use of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque had stated that the imported lot of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, however, is scheduled to arrive between January 21 to January 25. Bangladesh has purchased 5 million doses. He also added the vaccines will be administered in hospitals in order to treat any side effects from the vaccine. The government will bear the expense for any treatment of side effects in a patient. At least 42,000 health workers are being trained for the nationwide vaccination program. People will be vaccinated across 300 centres in Dhaka, he added.
[ 16th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 7, the government approved the emergency use of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine. The approval will allow Beximco Pharmaceuticals to bring doses from the Serum Institute of India, which is manufacturing the vaccine, Mohammad Salahuddin, deputy director of the Directorate General of Drug Administration  ( DGDA ) , said.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government decided not to hold the Higher Secondary Certificate  ( HSC ) , and equivalent examinations, in light of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic. Junior Secondary Certificate  ( JSC )  and Primary Education Completion  ( PEC )  also followed suit due to the pandemic.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Schools have been closed since March 17 last year amid the coronavirus outbreak Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury has indicated that schools and educational institutions could be reopened in February after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
[ 16th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Hopefully, we will be able to begin clinical trials in January. It will take five months to finish. The vaccine will be available by June if we can begin the clinical trials this month.'
[ 17th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities soared to 7,883 as the country's health authorities confirmed 21 more deaths in 24 hours until Saturday. The fatality rate now stands at 1.49 percent, according to the Directorate General of Health Services
[ 16th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Bangladesh currently has the capacity to store up to 150 million vaccines. So, there won't be any issues when 40 50 million doses come from India,' he told the media after a meeting of the ministry on vaccination and distribution.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  the wearing of masks, he said: “All of us must wear masks and maintain social distancing.' The health minister also talked about the economic situation in Bangladesh and how it compared with other countries. “Bangladesh is good ... the economy is good. While all the countries in the world have gone into minus, our economy is in plus.'
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Educational institutions   schools, colleges and universities   have been closed since March last year due to the Covid 19 pandemic, aimed at curbing the transmission of the highly contagious disease. In the face of growing demand, the government gave the Qawmi madrasas permission to reopen in August last year. On January 30 this year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government would monitor the Covid 19 situation during the month of February before reaching a decision on a reopening of educational institutions.
[ 15th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla while making comments on export of Indian vaccines told media recently that Bangladesh had nothing to be worried as India would provide the Covid 19 vaccine to Bangladesh on a priority basis. He added that Bangladesh, as a priority country to India, will receive the vaccine produced in the country from the very beginning. Drug Controller General of India  ( DCGI )  on January 3 approved two Covid 19 vaccines – Covishield and Covaxin – for their restricted emergency use. Covishield is jointly developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  and Covaxin by Bharat Biotech Ltd.
[ 14th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Medical Education and Family Welfare Division Secretary Md Ali Noor and several other high officials of the Health Ministry were present at the Secretariat meeting and also the press briefing. Five million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India are expected to arrive in Bangladesh by January 25. If everything goes according to the government's plans, the vaccination program will begin from the first week of February, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Talking about the overall coronavirus situation in Bangladesh, Maleque said: “On average, 20 25 people are dying every day in the country, but we don't want a single person to die.' “The test positivity rate is now 5.5%, while the recovery rate is 90%. The death rate has also come down. Around 4,000 people die in the US every day, more than 10,000 die globally. Considering that, the death rate in our country is very low,' he added.
[ 9th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said the Covid 19 infection rate had declined in Bangladesh. “There is no wave  [ second wave of the coronavirus pandemic ]  in our country,' he added. The health minister made the remarks at a blanket distribution program among cold stricken people at Shuvro Centre in Manikganj Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. He attended the program as its chief guest. Maleque said: “We hope that we will get  [ Covid 19 ]  vaccines by the end of this month or early next month; all preparations for inoculation have been completed.'
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Indian high commissioner said their prime minister assured that neighbours will get the vaccine first and in that list Bangladesh is a priority country. “Bangladesh will get it urgently as we rolled out the vaccination program,' he said, mentioning that the process is underway. The envoy said as soon as the government indicates everything is ready, they will work accordingly. The high commissioner said vaccination is everybody's right and they will make sure their partners get it quickly.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On Friday, the education ministry extended the ongoing shutdown of educational institutions to January 30.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has a deal with Serum Institute, India  ( SII )  SII through local pharma giant Beximco Pharmaceuticals for 30 million doses of the said vaccine.
[ 7th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  All the preparations, including the arrangements of equipment and booths, have been taken across the country for carrying out the vaccination drive. Healthcare workers have been working to implement the vaccination drive.
[ 7th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said 70 lakh doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine are currently available in Bangladesh. "The  [ Oxford AstraZeneca ]  vaccine is the safest in the world. The treatment facilities are there in case any side effects of vaccination is seen," the minister said Wednesday.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  ICT Division Senior Secretary NM Zeaul Alam said the vaccine registration app, meant for registering candidates online, will be handed over to the Health Ministry on January 25. The programmers of the ICT Division present at the briefing said they were working to incorporate monitoring patients experiencing adverse impact of the vaccine through the app. “We are hoping to finish it within January 31,' said Harun or Rashid, programmer of the division. Earlier, in his speech, the health secretary said government officials would check up on the vaccine recipients to ensure they were not facing any side effects during the interim period of the two doses of the vaccine. The Director General of Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, said: “It is normal for some side effects to occur after vaccination … the media must play a vital role in dispelling mistrust.'
[ 7th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh first received two million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from India as a gift and then imported five million more doses from the Serum Institute of India directly.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily Covid 19 test positivity rate in Bangladesh has remained below 3% for the last five days. A total of 387 new infections were reported from 14,468 samples tested in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, resulting in a daily test positivity rate of 2.67%.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The infection rate was over 15% on September 5 but then started to go down. The daily test positivity rate climbed to 15% again in late November and continued to rise till December 7.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The infection rate then started to decrease after December 7 and later it came down to 10% for the first time since April 6.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Additionally, as the daily test positivity rate remains below 5% for three days straight, some experts think Covid 19 could probably become endemic in Bangladesh.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Finally, since January 6, the positivity rate has remained between 6% and 4%.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the last two and a half months, some 119,661 people were infected while some 147,835 people have recovered from the infection.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has defied experts' forecast by crossing 8,000 Covid 19 deaths after 312 days – much slower than several other countries around the world.
[ 13th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to BRICM, clinical trials for this potential life saving drug were conducted on a total of 200 Covid 19 patients undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital  ( DMCH )  from May 1 and till October last year.
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  Among the total infections, 89.44% patients have recovered, while 1.49% died since Bangladesh detected its first three Covid 19 positive cases on March 8. Of the 16 victims, 10 of whom were male, all of them died in the hospital. Of the total deceased 14 were aged above 60, one was above fifty, and one were above 30, said the press release.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to data from the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , Covid 19 daily test positivity rate was 20% or higher in August.
Refugee:  [ 11th January 2021, Bhasan char ]  I feel sad and guilty about my parents. I guess I also abandoned those kids I used to give private tuition to. I worry about them. If I hadn't fallen into debt and if the thugs in the camp didn't harass me like they used to – so much so that I feared for my life – I guess I wouldn't be here. God knows. Most of all, I hope my parents will forgive me some day.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to worldometer, Bangladesh ranked 37th in total deaths among nations with a significant number of infections as of 4pm on Saturday. In South Asia, the country ranked third. The data said there has been one death for every 66 cases in Bangladesh, while there has been one death for every 69 cases in India.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On February 10, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said educational institutions would not reopen even in March if health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic continued. "A reopening of educational institutions will depend on the real situation. We are trying to do whatever we can,' she said at the inauguration of the “Safe back to school' campaign, launched by several NGOs.
[ 13th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Speaking to Dhaka Tribune, Dr Mala Khan, acting director general  ( DG )  of BRICM said: “The nasal spray has been prepared by using a molecule that is virucidal to CoV viruses and can destroy the virus or reduce the viral load that increases the chances of a patient being saved.'
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh will receive a total of 2 million additional vaccines as a gift from the Indian government. The Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a letter signed by the Senior Assistant Secretary  ( Public Health 2 )  in this regard to DGDA to take necessary steps to administer the vaccine in Bangladesh on Monday. As per the letter, the Indian High Commission has already submitted an application in this regard to the ministry.
[ 12th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Serum Institute will begin deliveries of the shot later this month, both those for state and private use, Reza told Reuters news on Tuesday. The vaccine is administered in two separate doses per patient, typically with weeks between them. The delivery of the shots to India's eastern neighbour, the world's eighth most populous country with more than 160 million people, comes as India tries to meet global demand for vaccines and bolster its reputation as a pharmaceutical powerhouse.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 14,578 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 206 authorized labs across the country.The overall infection rate in the country stands at 14.26% from 3,777,242 tests that have been conducted so far
[ 12th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Serum Institute of India will sell the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh at $4 a dose, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, about 47% more than India will pay for its inoculation campaign. The pricing for Bangladesh, the world's eighth most populous country, provides a first glimpse of what it will cost other low  and middle income countries that are seeking to secure the vaccine developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca with Oxford University.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Among the total infections, 89.51% patients have recovered, while the overall mortality rate is 1.49%. Of the 21 deceased, 13 were male. In terms of age, 12 were over 60, four were in their fifties, three were over 40 and one was over 30. All of them died at hospitals.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has decided to vaccinate people according to their age, prioritizing it over co morbidity, even though most of the patients who died of Covid 19 in Bangladesh had co morbid conditions. The decision was announced at a virtual panel discussion organized by Bangladesh Health Watch  ( BHW )  on Monday. During the discussion, IEDCR adviser Dr Mushtuq Husain said: "Selecting people with co morbidity is a difficult and complex procedure. That is why, as per the latest decision, we  [ the authorities ]  are going to vaccinate using age criteria."However, in the draft of the National Vaccine Deployment Plan, vaccinating people with co morbidity had been prioritized.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  In January, the death rate began decreasing. Fewer than 200 deaths were recorded from January 4 13, and the death toll in the nine days till Saturday stood at 148. In line with the global trend, urban areas of Bangladesh, particularly the capital Dhaka, have been the chief contributors to the country's Covid 19 death toll.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has recorded 578 new Covid 19 cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning   the lowest in more than eight months   taking the total to 527,063. The last time fewer than 600 new infections were reported was 552 on May 2 last year. The death toll climbed to 7,883 after 21 fatalities were reported.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said, the government has introduced round the clock telemedicine services, comprising 100 physicians, in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the Covid 19 patients in the country. A total 23,390,907 people have received healthcare services through hotline mobile numbers and health web portals. To receive information and treatment facilities for Covid 19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333 and 10655.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Division wise data shows that 13 deaths took place in Dhaka division, six in Chittagong, and two in Rangpur. Among the total 7,883 deaths, 4,368 deaths have occurred in Dhaka division, 1,447 in Chittagong division, 450 in Rajshahi division, 542 in Khulna division, 240 in Barisal division, 300 in Sylhet division, 353 in Rangpur division, and 183 in Mymensingh division.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami on Saturday reiterated that Bangladesh will receive its supply of the coronavirus vaccine from an Indian manufacturer “quickly and urgently' as per previous assurances. “....Bangladesh is our priority, that assurance you have already. The exact schedule, we'll communicate with your government first. That's being done,' he told reporters after attending a function in the city. Reiterating the highest priority India attaches to Bangladesh under India's Neighbourhood First Policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a Summit meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on December 17 last year, assured that vaccines would be made available to Bangladesh as and when produced in India.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A study, published in October last year by the National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine  ( NIPSOM ) , said around 80% of the patients in the country, who died of Covid 19, had diabetes, lung diseases and hypertension – the top three factors for the fatalities. Meanwhile, the DGHS daily press release said around 58% patients aged above 60, died of the deadly disease.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  is the local manufacturer of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine. An inter ministerial meeting was held on Monday regarding the matter. Concerned ministries and law enforcement agencies will provide security to the vaccine lot from the Dhaka airport to the rural areas. The DG sought help from the media to build awareness among the people so that unwanted gathering of onlookers can be avoided while providing the vaccine to the masses.
[ 15th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  India considers Bangladesh as a priority country among its neighbours to receive Covid 19 vaccine, a government official said on Thursday as India is set to launch its world's largest massive vaccination drive on Saturday. “In line with India's First Neighbourhood Policy 2021, the neighbouring countries will receive India's vaccines on priority basis…among the neighbours, Bangladesh will certainly get first priority to this end,' he added, BSS reports. When asked about specific date of exporting India's vaccines to Bangladesh, the official familiar with the developments and preferring not to be named avoided giving a direct reply saying: “Bangladesh will get the vaccine soon as it is a priority country for India'.
[ 14th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government is in the process of formulating a policy on the participation of the private sector in Covid 19 vaccination in the country. Health Minister Zahid Maleque was speaking at a press briefing after a meeting on Covid 19 vaccination plans at the Secretariat on Thursday afternoon. From the process of vaccination to pricing   everything will be included in the policy, he said. “We will also fix which vaccines will be provided by which hospitals,' the health minister added.
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  The test positivity rate did not go below double digits from May 3 to October 23 and again from October 25 to December 14. This clearly depicts a downward trend in the test positivity rate, where the average figure to date stands at 15.48%.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS Director General  ( DG )  Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said: “Beximco Pharmaceuticals has informed us that the vaccines will arrive in Bangladesh between January 21 to 25. We will start the vaccination program a week from that. That means the vaccination process will begin across the country in the first week of February.' He was addressing a press conference on Covid 19 vaccine implementation plan at the DGHS headquarters in Mohakhali. It would be stored in Beximco's warehouse, he added. Beximco will bring the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India and deliver the first 30 million doses to the government.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, the vaccination process will start with online registration once the vaccination of particular professionals of a certain sector starts. According to the DGHS, it will take 4 to 5 minutes to register depending on technological fluency. After successful registration, the person will get a vaccination card where his vaccination centre and time will be notified. He will receive another text message before the first date of the jab. After the first dose, he will be given the date and time of the second jab by the vaccinators. After completing the second dose, the person will get a certificate as a proof that he or she was vaccinated.
[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh  ]  Since the beginning, 4,406 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,457 in Chittagong, 454 in Rajshahi, 544 in Khulna, 240 in Barisal, 301 in Sylhet, 354 in Rangpur, and 186 in Mymensingh.
[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh  ]  The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.50%.
[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Zahid Maleque said the government is also discussing with Russia, China, and others for collecting more vaccines. The minister also said they have already trained up to 4200 people to push the vaccine properly. " We have also made a high powered national committee and also made a list of those who will get the vaccine first. Every journalist will get the vaccine as they work with risk," he also said.
[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the first phases, the government is procuring three crore doses of the vaccine while the rest will be imported in phases within six months, he added. “If everything goes well, then we'll get the vaccine in mid January next.'
[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh  ]  The country has also registered 20 new deaths due to Covid 19 in the 24 hours, raising the total death tally to 7,942. Of the 20 deceased – 14 men and six women – 11 were from Dhaka division; six from Chittagong; two from Rajshahi, and one was from Khulna division. Of the victims, 18 died at different hospitals and two at home. So far, 6,018 men  ( 75.77% )  and 1,924 women  ( 24.23% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Experts claim the data provided by health authorities have not been depicting the actual scene as there is insufficient testing, research and follow up. Professor Sultana Shahana Banu of the virology department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital said Bangladesh needed to follow the example of India and ramp up testing as well as research into Covid 19.“The socio economic and ecological conditions of Bangladesh and India are very similar, but India has been able to maintain fewer deaths per cases as they have been testing more,' the professor said. Professor Banu also called for measures to detect the new variant of Covid 19 in the UK, as it was significantly more contagious than the older variants.