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[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Lenin opposed the formation of immunization committees at district and upazila levels headed by DCs and UNOs as he feared that it may cause some sort of problems and lack of communication between the administration and the vaccine providers.He said that the vaccination activities should be carried out by an expanded program on immunization  ( EPI )  headed by civil surgeons and upazila health officers under the supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) . "The government has taken macro plans for the vaccination campaign, but some micro plans are also necessary to administer the vaccine. The manpower in the EPI has the skills to implement these micro plans," the health expert added.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Lenin said that people, aged between 55 and 65, should be given the vaccine on a priority basis as the mortality rate among this group is very high. “But, I think, it's the most challenging job to make the right lists of possible vaccine recipients based on priority". Besides, he also said that the government is going to launch an online registration drive using an app on January 26. “But many people, especially the elderly one and those living in rural areas, in our country are not friendly to technology. So, online registration will be difficult for them.'
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Professor Dr Mohammed Atiqur Rahman, a respiratory medicine expert and the treasurer of BSMMU, said the vaccine must be administered with ensuring all the necessary safety and precautionary measures so that no negative impression is created. "The government should not be in a hurry to begin the vaccination program at the mass level.' “I think we should first conduct some trials at different hospitals where doctors and nurses are available with other preparation to look after the vaccine recipients in case of any sudden side effect,' he said.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Atiqur said that those elderly people and patients who have comorbidities should not be selected for the vaccination at the initial or trial stage. “There's some sort of confusion among people about taking the vaccine. So, the government should be very careful in starting the mass campaign. We should earn people's confidence through successful trials before launching a mass inoculation campaign.'
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Faisel also talked about how the government should get ready to tackle any negative campaign and propaganda against the vaccine.“There should be a regular briefing by the DGHS on the vaccination program and thus remove people's confusion by giving them the necessary and right information.' “Public representatives, imams, alem ulema and NGO activists should be engaged in the vaccination drive to encourage people to receive the jabs', Faisel added.
[ 27th Feb, 2021 Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate stood at 13.54%. However, 496,107 patients – 90.89% – have recovered so far.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh launched its mass vaccination campaign for Covid 19 on February 7, with 736,680 people    513,621 men and 223,059 women    having inoculated as of Saturday, reports BSS. People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive the vaccine shots.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  People will be allowed to complete one online registration against one cellphone number for Covid 19 vaccines. Experts however said this process will make the online registration process more difficult for people who are poor or live in remote areas with limited access to ICT technology. The government needs to simplify the process to make it more accessible, they have advised. State Minister of Information and Communication Technology Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, while replying to a question during a press briefing at the Prime Minister's Office, said: “Families who have only one cellphone can take assistance from the over 6,000 digital centres throughout the country.'“We will not allow more than one registration against one cellphone number,' he added. “We will not allow more than one registration against one cellphone number,' he added.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest figure, the Covid 19 fatalities climbed to 8496 and total infections to 553,105, the handout added.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has inoculated over 900,000 people since it rolled out the vaccination campaign on February 7. A total of 169, 353 people   112,848 males and 56,505 females  got vaccine shots across the country on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 23rd February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A Mental Health and Psycho social Support  ( MHPSS )  centre for Rohingya refugees was launched at Kutupalong in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar on Tuesday. Syed Mahbubul Haque, assistant secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and in charge of camp 6, inaugurated the centre.
[ 23rd February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Huq said Rohingya refugees are the most oppressed people in the world and the centre was built for their mental health and psycho social support. On an average, 60 people are set to receive services at the centre from 8:30am to 3pm, daily. About 225,863 people have already received such services through nine other centres set up by Brac in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the list of the total number of people who received at least one vaccine dose, Bangladesh ranks 10th in the world with 2.08 million people brought under its vaccination efforts. Bangladesh ranks 14th in the world in the list that measures the share of the total population of one country that received at least one vaccine dose.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With Tuesday's inoculations, the health authorities have so far administered vaccine doses to 2,491,053 people across the country. Of them, 1,634,033 were men while 857,020 were women.Twenty one of Tuesday's vaccine recipients experienced mild side effects. To date, side effects have been recorded in 630 people.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, 86.8% guardians said they are aware about the government's Covid 19 health guidelines and 50.7% of them opined that their children won't be able to maintain the health guidelines at schools. Among the teachers, 68% opined that their institutions have the capacity to ensure health guidelines.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Several students from outside Dhaka have also been struggling to find adequate accommodations in the city amid the closure of residential halls. A significant number of these students find employment in the capital to help cover educational expenses, and returning home is not an option for them.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Students fear that the continuing closure will lead to them to fall further behind in academic activities, as online classes have either failed to engage or been inaccessible for many students.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A growing number of students at public universities are becoming disgruntled with the continuing closure of the educational institutions across Bangladesh, enforced due to Covid 19, when almost everything else has returned to a semblance of normalcy. All educational institutions have been closed for nearly a year   since March 2020   because of the pandemic.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Female students are feeling insecure off the campus out of fear of a fresh attack,' said Adiba, a student at the university's drama and dramatics department.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  “The government might decide to reopen the halls by March,' he said, adding that he would discuss the matter with the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, UNB reported.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily percentage of people testing positive for Covid 19 in Bangladesh on Sunday went below 3% after a two day hike. In the 24 hours to Saturday morning, 385 infections were reported with the daily test positivity rate standing at 2.87%.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said Bangladesh received Covid 19 vaccines earlier than many other countries in the world and all the people of the country will get vaccinated gradually.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  When Covid 19 hit Bangladesh and movement restrictions were imposed in March last year, a spike of SGBV cases were reported, showing again the extent to which domestic and intimate partner violence is widespread.
[ 23rd February 2021, Narayanganj ]  Benazir Ahmed Bhuiyan, director of NZ Group, said the fire had caused extensive damage to the factory. The amount of damage is being calculated. However, it is initially thought that a loss of Tk30 35 crore has occurred.
[ 27th Feb, 2021 Bangladesh ]  By Saturday, 2,984,773 people had received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.
[ 27th Feb, 2021 Bangladesh ]  And 4,030,616 tests, including 12,348 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On Monday, after several days of protests by students of a number of public universities across the country, the government decided to reopen all universities on May 24, and the residential halls of the universities a week before.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Rajshahi Civil Surgeon Dr Kayum Talukder said over 18,000 people had completed registration in Rajshahi city, but only 7,000 people had registered from outside the city.Manikganj Civil Surgeon Dr Anwarul Amin Akhand said lack of mobile phones and poor network connectivity were the main barriers to registration. Many people had also shown unwillingness to take the vaccine.
[ 20th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  But the mortality rate rose to 1.54% from 1.53% on Friday, the DGHS handout said. So far, 490,468 patients  ( 90.38% )  have recovered from Covid 19.
[ 19th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a decline in Covid 19 related deaths in the last 24 hours until Friday morning but the daily infection rate jumped slightly. Eight coronavirus related deaths and 406 new cases were recorded until morning. On Thursday, 15 deaths and 391 fresh cases were reported.
[ 19th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the latest figures, the overall infection rate stood at 13.83% which was 13.87% percent on Thursday. It is expected to fall further as a countrywide coronavirus vaccination drive is underway. But the mortality rate rose to 1.54% from 1.53% on Friday, the DGHS handout said.
[ 19th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 490,468 patients  ( 90.38% )  have recovered from Covid 19.
[ 19th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The authorities have tested 3,922,489 samples until today – 14,232 in the past 24 hours.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the seven deaths reported yesterday   all men   six were from Dhaka and one from Chittagong divisions. All of them died while receiving treatment at hospitals.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The World Bank considers people living on less than $1.90 a day  ( measured in 2011 prices, after accounting for price differences around the world )  as being in extreme poverty. Two less acute measures of poverty are daily incomes of less than $3.20 a day and less than $5.50.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,321 men  ( 75.71% )  and 2,028 women  ( 24.29% )  have died of Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected stands at 1.54%.
[ 21st Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 491,367 patients  ( 90.43% )  have recovered from Covid 19.
[ 21st Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate remained steady at 1.54% since Saturday, the DGHS handout said.
[ 21st Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The authorities have tested 3,947,673 samples until today – 14,036 in the past 24 hours.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Over that period, the richest households saw their monthly income increase by nearly a quarter to over Tk 77,000. In contrast, the poorest households saw their monthly income decline by a third to less than Tk 700.
[ 21st Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 2,082,877 people have received the first shot. The second one has to be taken within 8 to 12 weeks of the first dose.
[ 21st Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate was 2.33% on Sunday which was 3.14% on Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) . So far, 543,351 Covid 19 cases have been confirmed, including 8,349 fatalities.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The devastating impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on the global economy may fuel human trafficking in the years to come, speakers at the webinar said.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The pandemic is driving more people into poverty and there is a high possibility that human traffickers will take advantage of people who grow desperate. As a result, Bangladesh needs to gather specific data on human trafficking to make better policies and laws against it.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The pandemic has made people more vulnerable. People will look for opportunities to get out of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic by migrating to different countries. Human traffickers may take advantage of poverty stricken people who try to migrate.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  It is a good sign that Bangladesh has been upgraded to tier 2 but we need to do much better than that. Civil society organizations should come forward to build awareness of human trafficking. Increasing social resilience is one of the main weapons to combat human trafficking in Bangladesh.
[ 27th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As many as 12,348 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 214 authorized labs   government and private   across the country.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Prevention is not the only way to deal with human trafficking, as many victims are at risk of revictimization. Rescuing a trafficking victim is not enough. If we cannot rehabilitate them, there is a high possibility that they will become a victim again.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladeshi embassies in foreign countries should cooperate if law enforcement agencies need support. ● Collect more data on human trafficking to make informed decisions on policies
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government on February 14 last extended the closure of all educational institutions in the country, except Qawmi madrasas, till February 28 due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On March 16 last year, the government ordered all educational institutions closed to contain the virus. Later, the closure was extended in several phases.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily Covid 19 test positivity rate in Bangladesh has remained below 3% for the second consecutive day after going over the mark for two days. A total of 410 new infections were reported from 15,560 samples tested in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, resulting in a daily test positivity rate of 2.63%.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 15,883 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 214 authorized labs across the country. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.61% from 4,003,236 tests that have been conducted so far.
[ 27th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 609 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 496,107 patients – 90.859% of all infected – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 20 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  While UNFPA is still in the process of evaluating the success of the programme, the results of the mock licence exam the 3rd year students took at the end of 2020 are promising. With about 75% of the results in, only 7 schools scored worse in the exam than in 2018 or 2019, which is impressive considering the lack of clinical education the students had during the entire year of 2020.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has started inoculating older sex workers at the country's biggest brothel in a push to protect the most vulnerable in the pandemic, officials said on Wednesday. At least a dozen women, all over 40, in the Daulatdia brothel, about 100 km  ( 60 miles )  west of Dhaka, were inoculated this week, according to workers at the brothel.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Any Bangladeshi over 40 can register for the vaccine, according to Bangladesh's Health Ministry. Frontline workers   be it nurses, police or journalists   can get a Covid 19 jab at any age. Among the 1,400 sex workers who live in the brothel, one of the biggest in the world, few knew how to register for the jab, workers said.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of Sunday, 906,033 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered, it said in a media statement. Meanwhile, 32 people have reported of minor side effects after getting their shots.The government is administering the Oxford University AstraZeneca vaccine doses, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, for free.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dhaka University  ( DU )  VC Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman said that the precondition for students to stay at the university halls is to get vaccinated. However, if someone has a physical condition that interferes with the vaccine, they will be excused based on a doctor's prescription. He made the remarks at a press conference after a meeting of the Academic Council on Tuesday.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has reported 326 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 540,592. Eight deaths were recorded in the 24 hours to 8am on Sunday, taking the death toll to 8,274.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  "We made the decision as the government said teachers and students are likely to be vaccinated by May 17. We learned that the antibodies start working four weeks after the first dose of vaccine, for that reason we urged the government to vaccinate teachers, students, staff and employees by April 17," he added.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DU VC further said that the precondition for returning to DU hall is to get vaccinated. Those who have physical problems will be considered on the basis of showing doctor's prescription.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate in the country stands at 14.05% from the 3,848,116 tests that have been conducted so far. Meanwhile, a total of 462 patients have successfully recovered from the infection across the country, taking the total number of recovered case to 487,229. The country's recovery rate now stands at 90.13%.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily test positivity rate for Covid 19 in Bangladesh was below 3% again in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The latest daily infection rate was recorded at 2.65% while it was 3.13% on Tuesday.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, Bangladesh had administered 2.67 million vaccine doses till Wednesday while some 216,167,273 doses of vaccines have been administered globally. According to global media, 95 countries in the world are administering the vaccine currently, with at least 15 countries having begun administering a second dose of the vaccine.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country, which aims to inoculate 80% of its population of about 170 million, launched a vaccination drive in the first week of February and has since vaccinated nearly 2.5 million people. Sex work is allowed in brothels but most women work on the streets or in private homes, often risking police detention. About 8,379 people have died in Bangladesh since the pandemic began in March, according to government data.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh will get 131,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine under Covax program at the end of February, Health Services Division Secretary Md Abdul Mannan has said. Besides, the second consignment of the same vaccine will reach the country from the Serum Institute of India in late February, he told reporters on Tuesday while visiting the vaccination program at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Under the Covax program, Bangladesh will get 12,792,000 doses of the Covid 19 vaccine in the first half of 2021.
[ 12th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  On Friday, the health authorities confirmed 1,066 new cases and 13 more coronavirus related deaths. The mortality rate is 1.53 percent.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh received 7 million doses of the vaccine, 2 million as a gift from India and 5 million as part of a contract with the Serum Institute of India.The government plans to inoculate 80% of the country's population. According to the national vaccine distribution and preparation plan, the doses will be administered in five stages under three phases.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection surpassed 1000 mark only twice this year. Although over 14,000 samples were tested, 525 infections were reported on February 2 and since then the daily infected total did not go beyond the 500 mark till now.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate in the country stands at 14.01% from 3,862,254 tests that have been conducted so far.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 681 people recovered from Covid 19 over the preceding 24 hours. Up till now, 485,971 patients   90.07%   have recovered from the disease caused by coronavirus.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As many as 15,776 samples, including some pending ones, were tested at the 210 authorized labs   government and private   across the country.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 388 new infections were reported from 14,999 samples tested in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. At the same time, 10 people have died across the country from the infection, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,239.
[ 26th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  “The daily infection rate jumped to 3.13% and the overall rate stands at 13.57%,' the DGHS said.
[ 24th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, the overall infection rate slightly fell to 13.66%, which was 13.70 % percent on Tuesday.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Quoting an IEDCR icddr,b study conducted on samples collected till July 15, Dr Nazrul, also the former vice chancellor Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, said that 6% of the people living in slum areas were infected with Covid 19 while 74% had the antibody to fight that. However, in non slum areas, 9% of the people got infected while antibodies grew in 48% of the people in those areas. As the slum areas are comparatively unhygienic, the old four kinds of viruses ruled there and lowered the infection rate as well as increased antibody among them.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the new deaths    seven male and three female    six were from Dhaka, one from Chittagong, one from Rangpur, and two from Mymensingh. All the victims died at hospitals.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country registered 10 more deaths from Covid 19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,239, some 1.53% overall mortality rate. So far, 485,290 patients   90.01% of all infected   have made full recoveries across the country.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the nine deceased   five men and four women   four were from Dhaka Division, two each from Chittagong and Khulna and one from Barisal. All nine died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 6,248 men  ( 75.75% )  and 2,000 women  ( 24.25% )  have died of Covid 19 in the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.53%.
T [ 7th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  he overall infection rate stood at 14.39%. However, 482,841 patients – 89.79% – have recovered so far, the DGHS said.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has begun administering Covid 19 vaccines to foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka. The vaccination program for foreign diplomats was inaugurated at Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Mohakhali on Wednesday. Around 30 diplomats – from the Vatican City, India, the European Union such as Germany, France and Italy, Turkey, Australia and many other countries – received their first dose of the vaccine on the first day, according to media reports. State Minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen also received their jabs on the occasion.
[ 7th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,736,608 tests, including 12,135 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8.
[ 24th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The authorities have so far tested 3,987,676 samples, including 16,152, in the past 24 hours.
[ 24th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Some 2,491,053 people have received the first shot until Tuesday. The second dose has to be taken within 8 to 12 weeks of the first shot.
[ 3rd March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate also remained static at 13.40 percent on Wednesday as on Tuesday.
[ 12th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  revealed the latest figures on Covid 19 in the country via a press release on Friday. Of the 13 deceased – 12 men and one woman – nine were from Dhaka division, three from Chittagong and one from Barisal division. So far, 6,442 men  ( 75.65% )  and 2,073 women  ( 24.35% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 3rd March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Authorities have so far tested 40,89,336 samples, including 16,414 in the past 24 hours.
[ 4th March 2021, Bangladesh  ]  841 people have recovered from the virus infections during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 1,029,457 people have registered through surokkha.gov.bd. Among them, 14,676 have already received messages for their first shots, he said.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In a handout, the DGHS said the daily coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh increased to 3.30 percent from Sunday's 2.33 percent, while the overall infection rate stood at 13.73 percent, a little bit lower than yesterday's 13.76.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd, the world's largest vaccine maker, for 30 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. Serum will send five million doses each month between January and June. Five million doses arrived in January and India gifted another two million doses as gift.
[ 13th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  "The mortality rate is now 1.53 percent," the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government brought down the age to 40 for registration to get jabs. The doses are being provided for free. Some 2,082,877 people have received the first shot until Sunday. The second one has to be taken within 8 to 12 weeks of the first dose.
[ 4th March 2021, Bangladesh  ]  By Wednesday, 3,460,159 people received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.
[ 13th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, 291 new cases were detected, pushing the national tally to 540,266.The daily infection rate fell to 2.26 percent while the overall rate stood at 14.09 percent.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With these, the Covid 19 fatalities climbed to 8,374 and fresh infections to 544,116. According to the latest figures, the overall infection rate stood at 13.70% which was 13.73 % percent on Monday. The mortality rate remained steady at 1.54% for past few days, the DGHS handout said.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 492,887 patients  ( 90.58% )  including 828 in past 24 hours have recovered from Covid 19. The authorities have so far tested 3,971,524 samples including 12,748 in the past 24 hours.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Five million doses arrived in January and India gifted another two million doses as gift. The government brought down the age to 40 for registration to get jabs. The doses are being provided for free. Some 2,491,053 people have received the first shot until Sunday. The second dose has to be taken within 8 to 12 weeks of the first shot.
[ 14th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government shut all the schools and educational institutions on March 17 last year after the country confirmed its first Covid 19 cases on March 8.
[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has administered Covid 19 vaccine to less than 100,000 people for the last three consecutive days. This happened for the first time since the nationwide inoculation drive began on February 7.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Confirming the matter, Director General  ( DG )  of Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  Prof Dr Khurshid Alam, while speaking to the media yesterday, said: “According to Beximco Pharma, the possible date for the arrival of the second consignment will be February 22.' He, however, said the DGHS had not been informed about the amount of the vaccines but was told that the number would be less. The DGHS DG could not specify the reason behind the reduced number of vaccines in the second consignment. He, however, said that it might be because of a mismatch in production and global demand.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine was proven to be safe with no major side effects reported throughout human trials. It generates strong antibody and T cells response for long term immunity against the novel coronavirus SARS CoV 2. In June 2020, SII signed an agreement with AstraZeneca, the Gates Foundation and GAVI to produce 1 billion doses of AZD1222 under the brand name Covishield, mainly for supply to developing countries.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government will allow private hospitals to conduct inoculation very soon. Around 20 private hospitals across the country will likely receive the permission to vaccinate. The Bangladesh Private Medical College Association  ( MPMCA )  has appealed to the Health Ministry to incorporate private entities in the nationwide vaccination process. Health Ministry sources said top officials in the government had already hinted at a green signal regarding vaccination at the private hospitals.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the Health Ministry, the government is yet to decide the price for private hospitals. The Health Minister said: “If private hospitals purchase vaccines from the government, they can sell the vaccines to consumers. If they receive the vaccines for free from the government, they can only ask for the service charge from consumers. However, the process is yet to be determined.' The MPMCA has demanded a swift settlement of the price and service charge, as the private hospitals would like to begin the vaccination process immediately.
[ 13th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 8,266 on Saturday as the health authorities recorded 13 more deaths in 24 hours until morning.
[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  press release, issued Saturday afternoon, the infection or test positivity rate from the last 24 hours was 7.15% and the overall rate to date stood at 13.07%. Of the deceased over the last 24 hours, 12 were men and six were women. Ten were from Dhaka Division, five from Chittagong, two from Rajshahi, and one from Barisal divisions. Of the total deceased since March 18 last year, 6,463 were men and 2,082 were women.
[ 20th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded 350 more Covid 19 infections until early Saturday, meaning 543,024 people have now tested positive for the virus in the country since the start of the pandemic.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Civil Surgeon of Munshiganj, Dr Abul Kalam Azad, told Dhaka Tribune that they deployed fewer teams than their initial plan as the number of registrations were lower than expected. “We will deploy more teams if the number of vaccine candidates increase,' he said.For the first day, the vaccination drive continued till 4pm. For the next few days, it's scheduled to be held from 8am till 2:30pm, except on holidays and weekends.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Mass vaccination campaign for Covid 19 kicked off on Sunday with no reports of any major adverse side effects from anywhere in Bangladesh. According to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , 31,160 people were vaccinated throughout the country in around 1,000 centres. With this, the number of vaccinated in Bangladesh stands at 31,727. Among the vaccine recipients, only 21 people experienced mild common side effects while the rest showed no signs of illness.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  After taking the vaccine shot on Sunday, Health Minister Zahid Maleque, encouraging others to get vaccinated as well, said: “Vaccine is for victory  [ sic ] . There is nothing to worry about.' Narayanganj Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Imtiaz takes his shot of Covid 19 vaccine at Narayanganj General Hospital on Sunday, February 7, 2021 |Dhaka TribuneNoted virologist, Prof Nazrul Islam, who also got vaccinated on Sunday, said several misinformation – such as, infections during vaccination, Indian vaccine is less effective, and so on – spread over time which needs to stop
[ 10th February 20221, Bangladesh ]  Accurate data is critical in informing the fight against Covid 19, and Facebook has released new insights from global surveys conducted by the University of Maryland, in partnership with Facebook. The survey shows that over 64% of people in Bangladesh responded to the survey, intended to take the Covid 19 vaccine.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is set to start administering the second dose of the Covid 19 vaccine from March 25, following the government decision to administer them eight weeks after the first shot. DGHS Director  ( Disease Control )  and spokesperson Dr Nazmul Islam told Dhaka Tribune they are counting the eight weeks to the start of the second dose phase from January 28, when 541 health professionals received their first shots as part of a dry run of the nationwide vaccination campaign.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS Additional DG Meerjady Sabrina Flora said vaccine recipients would get SMS reminders on their second dose when it was due. "The process will not be complicated. What we need to do is to give an input to Surokkha  ( the online vaccine management platform )  to send the reminder message eight weeks after the first dose. Everyone should go to the vaccination centres after getting the message,' she added.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, 226,678 people were vaccinated on Monday, taking the total number of people vaccinated in the country to 1,132,711. Vaccine recipients have reported a total of 455 adverse events so far, including 29 reported on Monday. DGHS DG Dr Khurshid Alam said all the adverse events were only mild side effects.“There were 426 adverse events reported from 906,033 vaccinations. This is only 0.04% of the total number,' he added.The professor said the most common side effects reported to DGHS were a low fever, headache, pain in the areas of the body where the vaccine was administered, low pressure and body aches.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS DG Dr Khurshid Alam said the authorities had directed the removal of vaccine registration quota on hospitals as there was no risk of a vaccine shortage under the revised plan to vaccinate 3.5 million in the first month. “More doses will be available and there will be no risk of shortage under the revised plan, so we will write to hospitals to lift the vaccine registration quota,' he said, adding that people would be able to register wherever they wanted.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 544,954, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Thursday afternoon.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,343 men  ( 75.66% )  and 2,041 women  ( 24.34% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected in the country stands at 1.54%.
[ 16th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 751 people have recovered from Covid 19 over the last 24 hours. So far, 488,621 patients   90.25% of all infected   have made full recoveries across the country.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health authorities had vaccinated as many as 542,309 people against Covid 19 till Thursday, according to data provided by the Management Information System of the DGHS. No fewer than 1.37 million people had signed up to receive the Covid 19 vaccine as of Friday evening.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the last 24 hours, the system registered around 150 registrations per minute, according to the DGHS. Some 512,000 people had registered till 6:30pm on Monday, and the number reached 718,202 within 7pm on Tuesday.The Information and Communications Technology  ( ICT )  Division said the number of registrations went up in the afternoon.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dhaka Medical College Hospital  ( DMCH )  on Wednesday administered 960 vaccine shots. However, only 400 people were registered online while 560 individuals received their jabs after on the spot registration, according to hospital officials. This created a rush in the hospital.
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Restrictions on movement due to the Covid 19 pandemic will remain in effect at the Central Shaheed Minar on the Dhaka University campus on February 21. The Culture Ministry issued a notice in this regard on Monday, reports Bangla Tribune.
[ 16th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, 226,902 people received vaccines yesterday. Of them, 149,892 were men and 77,010 were women. Some 35 people went through some common adverse events yesterday.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Prof Nazrul Islam, member of the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid 19, said: “We have already noticed the rising trend in people signing up for the Covid 19 vaccine and recommended that the government increase the number of vaccination centres. “It  [ increasing centres ]  will be done, as far as I am aware,' he added.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  While Dhaka and Sylhet saw an upward trend in daily immunization numbers, the national daily inoculations have dropped a little. As many as 194,371 people received the Covid 19 vaccine on Saturday, while the number was 204,540 on Thursday. It is to be noted that vaccinations centres had remained closed on Friday.
[ 1st February, Bangladesh ]  Until this morning, 480,216 patients  ( 89.66 percent of the total reported cases )  have recovered. So far, 3,664,197 samples were tested, including 12,556during the past 24 hours.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, 54,069 people received vaccines in Dhaka Division on Saturday, while 51,159 were inoculated on Thursday. In Sylhet, 16,087 and 15,739 people were administered the Covid 19 vaccine on Saturday and Thursday, respectively.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the inoculation plan of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , around 150,000 doses of the Covid 19 vaccine will be dispensed every day through 50 hospitals in Dhaka and 1,005 outside the capital.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  When the nationwide vaccination drive got underway on February 7, only people aged 55 or above were allowed to register for the vaccine. The number of vaccine seekers and pressure on health authorities increased significantly when the government opened registration for people aged over 40 on Tuesday.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Many centres remain idle as most people only choose the popular centres. We suggested that the government operate 300 vaccination centres in Dhaka and urge people to take vaccines at the centres closest to them,' Mushtuq said.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Mohammad Mushtuq Husain, adviser at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research  ( IEDCR ) , said people are also being motivated to take the vaccine after seeing eminent politicians, cabinet members and senior citizens get the shot.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Services Division Secretary Md Abdul Mannan said Bangladesh would get 131,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine  ( Covishield )  under the Covax program at the end of February. Besides, he held out the assurance that the second consignment of Covishield vaccines that the authorities purchased from Serum Institute of India would also reach the country this month.Under the Covax program, Bangladesh will get 12,792,000 doses of the Covid 19 vaccine in the first half of 2021.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The current trend of the Covid 19 vaccination drive – on its third day – suggests that people are finally overcoming their initial fears surrounding the vaccine and are showing interest in getting vaccinated. Thrice as many people got vaccinated on Tuesday  ( 101,082 )  compared to the first day  ( 31,160 )  and more than double of the second day  ( 46,509 ) .
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  An official at the ICT division said that the registration process from mobile phones was better suited for the “super responsive' website, surokkha.gov.bd.“We have witnessed that during daytime, mobiles and laptops or desktops were used for registration almost equal number of times while only 1% used tabs for registration.“During the evening, however, some 80% of people used cell phones, 19% used laptops and 1% used tabs for registration,' the official added.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Reports on severe side effects of the Covid 19 vaccine in the international media and misinformation made many people distance themselves from the vaccination drive initially. The dry run started on January 28 and reports from the first two days with no major adverse events inspired people to get the vaccine, the health authorities have said. And, therefore, the country witnessed the highest number of registrations from 6:30pm Monday to 7pm on Tuesday, as over 206,000 people got registered during the time.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, a number of people were seen coming to the vaccination centre without even trying online registration even once and creating chaos. Many senior citizens were seen leaving a centre as this was very time consuming.According to volunteers at the DMCH centre, some 34 people completed manual registration till 1pm. Among them, at least 10 of them were very young, aged not more than 50.This correspondent talked to some of them. They said that they had not tried registering online at all.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 27, Prime Minister Hasina launched the Covid 19 vaccination programme at Kurmitola General Hospital through videoconference.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Our correspondents reported a significant rise in the number of vaccine takers across the country. The number in Dhaka city, however, showed relatively slow progress.Rangpur Divisional Director  ( health )  Dr Ahad Ali said almost twice as many people took vaccines on Tuesday.It was a tough day for the health professionals to vaccinate all but as they had made proper preparations, it did not cause any problems. “The number of booths will be increased tomorrow  [ today ] .'Chittagong Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi also expressed similar views as they had to administer 600 doses at Chittagong General Hospital on Tuesday instead of their targeted 300.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Maleque said Bangladesh currently has seven million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine brought from India's Serum Institute.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Bangladesh government is thinking of resuming on the spot registration facilities for Covid 19 inoculations, but only for senior citizens, according to Health Services Division Secretary Md Abdul Mannan. The secretary said this on Sunday following his visit to the vaccination centre at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. “On the sport registration for the elderly may resume soon. They will have to sign up using their NID cards … We are pondering this move,' Secretary Abdul Mannan said.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Secretary Md Abdul Mannan said some 1.4 million people had registered to receive the Covid 19 vaccine till Saturday morning. The health authorities would assess the overall situation once the vaccinations reached 3.5 million, he mentioned. “If people in the rural areas are uninterested in receiving the jab, we will have to motivate them,' the secretary remarked.
[ 14th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government launched a countrywide Covid 19 vaccination drive on February 7 to tackle the spread of the virus.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination drive is underway at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital starting from 8am till 2.30pm, but some hospitals will continue the vaccination programme throughout the day. The inoculation would be administered among people in government hospitals up to upazila level while 9.7 lakh people so far have registered to be inoculated, according to Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 957 people have recovered from Covid 19 over the last 24 hours. So far, 494,755 patients   90.79% of all infected   have made full recoveries across the country.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities recorded nine Covid 19 related deaths and 418 fresh cases in the last 24 hours until morning.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On February 9, registration crossed 100,000 mark for the first time and around 200,000 registrations have been completed each day since then, except on the holidays. ICT Division sources said on the last three Fridays, some 65,790, 116,144 and 85,000 people completed their registration. Again, the number was only 91,392 on February 21, which was a national holiday. The highest number of registrations was 305,205 on Tuesday, until this record was broken again on Wednesday, with over 327,500 registrations till 8:30pm.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received her first shot of Covid 19 vaccine. She received the shot on Wednesday morning, the press wing of the Prime Minister's Office confirmed.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The nationwide vaccination in Bangladesh began on February 7. As of Tuesday, February 23, more than 2.49 million people have received the first shot of the vaccine – developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca – in the country.
[ 27th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also registered five more deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally up to 8,400. With the latest developments, the number of all confirmed cases now stands at 545,831, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  released on Saturday afternoon.
[ 27th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the five deceased – four men and one woman – four were from Dhaka division and one from Chittagong. All of them breathed their last while undergoing treatment at different hospitals across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.54%.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest developments, the number of all confirmed cases now stands at 545,424, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  released on Friday afternoon.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The as 2.63% on Thursday, which marked the continuation of the ongoing trend of single digit percentage test positivity rate in the country.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall positivity percentage on Friday was, however, 14.57% with a total of 4,018,268 tests being conducted across the country till now.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also registered 11 more deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally up to 8,395.