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[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  In December, the government formed a 15 member committee to assure quality of Covid 19 vaccine. The health authorities said a nationwide vaccination program would start from the first week of February. On Monday, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  was expected to export its first lot of the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh by January 25 26.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Fatalities from the coronavirus infection have surpassed the grave 8,000 mark in Bangladesh as the government prepares to start the inoculation drive in a few days. The country recorded 22 more deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the latest figure, the number of total fatalities now stands at 8,003.It took Bangladesh 312 days to reach the grim feat, 270 days to surpass the 7,000 body count, and 232 days to top the 6,000 mark since confirming the first Covid 19 fatality on March 18.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, another 436 people tested positive for the virus over the same 24 hours, pushing up the tally to 531,326, The latest single day case count is the lowest since April 27. On April 27, it was 497. On April 26 it was 418.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  revealed the latest figures on Covid 19 in the country with a press release on Saturday. Meanwhile, the daily test positivity rate dropped below 4% again. The latest figures showed an infection rate of 3.92%. The daily infection rate was 3.96% on Thursday and 4.17% on Friday. The overall infection rate of the country now stands at 15%.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 22 deceased – 17 men and five women – 18 were from Dhaka division, three from Chittagong, and one from Barisal division. All the victims died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 6,064 men  ( 75.77% )  and 1,939 women  ( 24.23% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 4,452 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,466 in Chittagong, 456 in Rajshahi, 545 in Khulna, 241 in Barisal, 301 in Sylhet, 355 in Rangpur, and 187 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.51%.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 338 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 475,899 patients – 89.57% – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 vaccination campaign, to be launched on Wednesday, will be virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Meanwhile, the nationwide vaccination program will start after a week of observation following a dry run on 400 500 people in the capital. Md Abdul Mannan, secretary of the Health Services Division under the Health Ministry, revealed the information on Saturday at a program held at the National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology  ( NIKDU ) . The secretary said the inoculation activities would commence after the prime minister inaugurated the campaign on Wednesday.
[ 22nd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  With 15 fresh deaths from Covid 19 reported in the last 24 hours, Bangladesh is close to the 8,000 mark for the total death toll caused by the pandemic. The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , in its daily Covid 19 bulletin released on Friday, said the national death toll due to Covid 19, which was first detected in the country on March 8 last year, now stands at 7,981, as of Friday morning.
[ 22nd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 4,434 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,463 in Chittagong, 456 in Rajshahi, 545 in Khulna, 240 in Barisal, 301 in Sylhet, 355 in Rangpur, and 187 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.50%.
[ 22nd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged 619 fresh cases of the respiratory disease over the same time period, raising the total number of cases in the country to 530,890 coronavirus cases with 619 people. The latest figures show an infection rate of 4.17%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 15.04%.
[ 22nd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 15 deceased – 10 men and five women – eight were from Dhaka division; four from Chittagong; and one each from Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Mymensingh divisions. All the victims died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 6,047 men  ( 75.77% )  and 1,931 women  ( 24.23% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  After the dry run, the nationwide vaccination will likely begin on February 8, according to the Health Ministry.
[ 22nd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 487 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 475,561patients – 89.58% – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A Kurmitola General Hospital nurse would get the first jab of the vaccine, he said, adding that some 24 others from different professions and civil society would be inoculated on the first day as well. Several hundreds of people at different hospitals in the capital would be vaccinated afterwards and would be kept under observation. The nationwide vaccination would get underway after an observation of how the vaccine affected them, Mannan said.The health secretary, a couple of days ago, said the authorities would vaccinate 400 500 candidates at four hospitals   Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital and Kurmitola General Hospital.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Since then, the classes have remained suspended but administrative activities gradually resumed. The government then extended the closure on several occasions – first till April 9, then April 25, May 5, May 30, August 6, August 31, October 3, and finally until October 31.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “We need to vaccinate some 80 to 90 million people although we plan to vaccinate around 70 80% of the total population,' the secretary added. “The government has ensured vaccines for some 45 million people while we continue our search for a further supply of vaccines. We are hoping that we will get a local vaccine  [ Bangavax ]  by June or July. If that happens then our problem will be much easier to solve,' the government official said. The vaccination program inauguration Although the two million vaccines will arrive earlier, the vaccination program will start when the first consignment from SII arrives.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In a handout, the DGHS said the daily coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh fell to 2.67 percent from Tuesday's 2.68 percent, while the overall infection rate stood at 13.92 percent, a little bit lower than yesterday's 13.97.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccine would be administered to people at government hospitals up to the upazila level. At least 1,159,879 Bangladeshis have signed up to take the Covid 19 vaccine so far.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, Beximco Pharma Managing Director Nazmul Hasan Papon said Beximco had placed a purchase order of 30 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India and the first consignment would arrive within one or two days. The Information and Communication Technology  ( ICT )  Division will give a demonstration of the vaccine registration app, meant for registering candidates online, to the DGHS on Sunday.DGHS Director  ( Management Information System )  Dr Mizanur Rahman said: “They  [ the ICT Division ]  will show us the final interface and feature set of the app on Sunday.' Dr Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir, joint project director of partner organization a2i, said the app, Surakkha, would be ready for use once it passed the registration stage.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Initially, the vaccine will be stored at the Expanded Program on Immunization  ( EPI )  depot in Tejgaon. Later the vaccines will be transported to districts and upazilas in frozen containers. Dry run before nationwide vaccination 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.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  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.
Refugee:  [ 22nd January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Speakers at a webinar said that Rohingya community in the refugee camp should not be forgotten just because The Gambia set out its genocide case against Myanmar at the UN's International Court of Justice  ( ICJ )  in 2019. Justice is yet to be served and the Rohingya community in the camp need a dignified life in the meantime. They were speaking at a webinar titled, “Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar: A Path Forward to a Solution to The Crisis,' organized by Arakan Rohingya Union on Thursday marking the first anniversary of the ICJ ruling on provisional measures to protect Rohingya in Arakan.This case was brought against Myanmar by the tiny West African nation of The Gambia, acting with the support of the 57 member Organization for Islamic Cooperation  ( OIC ) , under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Both countries are signatories.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Asked about the possible complication of using the same apps for government and private vaccination programs, the secretary said private vaccination had not yet been approved. Several first tier medical hospitals like United Hospital, Square Hospitals, Lab Aid and so on are already taking preparation to be used as a private vaccination centre, he said. “We are imposing dozens of conditions like what would be the environment, if they have enough manpower, where the vaccine receiver would be taken, and who will take charge of overseeing the side effects. Still we have not approved them,' he added. A decision would be taken soon in this regard, the secretary said.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, although the private vaccination is yet to get approval, the first consignment of privately purchased vaccines will also arrive on Thursday. Adverse impact monitoring through apps 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.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  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.'
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  There will be sufficient Covid 19 vaccines in Bangladesh, with 3.5 million doses of Covishield coming from India to the country on Thursday, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said. He said India is sending two million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  as a gift to Bangladesh, while 1.5 million doses are coming through private sector.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded eight fresh deaths from Covid 19, bringing the overall death toll to 7,950. Besides, the daily test positivity rate for Covid 19 remained below the 5% mark for the second consecutive day. The latest figures showed an infection rate of 4.26% in the last 24 hours as of Wednesday morning, according to a Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  press release.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the eight deceased – all men – seven were from Dhaka Division and one from Chittagong. All of them died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 6,026 men  ( 75.8% )  and 1,924 women  ( 24.2% )  in the country have died of Covid 19. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.50%.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 656 people tested positive for Covid 19 during the time frame, taking the total number of cases in Bangladesh to 529,687.The overall test positivity rate now stands at 15.13%.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  "So, together we will get 35 lakh  [ 3.5 million ]  doses of vaccines on Thursday. There will be plenty of vaccines in the country, we are quite sure now. We can start the vaccination program ahead of the schedule," the foreign minister told reporters after attending a function in Dhaka on Wednesday. Asked whether Bangladesh would get vaccines as a gift from other countries, Dr Momen said he was not aware of it, but more countries including Russia and China were interested in providing vaccines. The vaccines that will come as a gift will be handed over at a program at state guest house Padma on Thursday afternoon.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has told the parliament that the government will gradually provide Covid 19 vaccine to all Bangladeshi citizens, above the age of 18, at free of cost. He also informed that the Health Ministry has approved the draft plan for vaccine distribution and preparations for successful inoculation have already been completed.The finance minister said this while presenting a report on budget implementation progress, trend of income, expenditure and economic analysis of the first half  ( July December )  period of the current fiscal at the parliament, media reports say.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the daily test positivity rate for Covid 19 has again sunk below 5% in Bangladesh in 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday. A total of 702 people tested positive for Covid 19 over the same period, taking the total number of cases in Bangladesh to 529,031. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 15.18%.nThe country has also registered 20 new deaths due to Covid 19 in the 24 hours, raising the total death tally to 7,942.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  But, following the Covid 19 pandemic, the high growth trend became a bit sloth, but still it posted the highest growth in Asia with 5.24% whereas the major Asian economies witnessed negative growth except China and Vietnam. He said the per capita income of the country has increased to $2,064, while the government has been implementing various short, mid term and long term plans giving priority on attaining high growth, maintaining the macroeconomic stability. The statement showed that the overall public expenditure in the FY20 stood at Tk4,15,548 crore, which is 6.03% higher than the previous fiscal year  ( FY19 ) .
[ 21st January 20211, Bangladesh ]  Bharat Biotech started a late stage trial for COVAXIN at home in November and a top Indian government vaccine official, Vinod Kumar Paul, has told Reuters that a smaller study involving 1,000 2,000 people could also be done in Bangladesh. Bangladesh started receiving millions of India made doses of another vaccine licensed from Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Thursday. It is being mass produced by the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker.
[ 6th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 has claimed 17 more lives and infected 978 more people in 24 hours across the country until Wednesday morning. The total number of deaths rose to 7,687 since the first case was reported in the country on March 8. With the new infections, the country's caseload stood at 518,898, said the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 374 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 486,767 patients – 90.1% – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Currently, 10,068 people are in isolation and 32,712 are quarantined. Meanwhile, 1,492,345 people have registered to get the vaccine as of 2:30pm on Saturday.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Fourth, students reported difficulties in getting further explanation from teachers outside of lessons when there was something they didn't understand, saying the same content was often repeated back to them by teachers who were unwilling to spend unpaid time finding a different way to explain a concept. Consequently, many students in the public sector have resorted to private tutors for tailored tuition. However, students liked the idea of an online messaging platform they could use to message their teachers if they needed further help.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS update said a total of 13,225 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 210 authorized labs across the country.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  34.33% of teachers said they needed better quality devices and equipment in order to take online classes. On the other hand, 43.28% of the teachers said they have trouble accessing better internet and network connectivity. Moreover, 16.79% of the teachers feel demotivated as they are overworked and under appreciated for all the effort they put in during this difficult time.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Therefore, teachers' capacity development in these regards is essential to enable them to build empathetic relationships and collective capacities. Next, we should integrate more voices from all the stakeholders in the education system to co design an education policy that can be beneficial and inclusive for all.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On the basis of these issues, Dr Marianne Juntunen expressed that the problems addressed by the students are quite universal in nature. According to her expertise, she feels that teachers should be kind and dynamic coaches for the students. She also put emphasis on how teachers should build a strong and empathetic relationship with the students in order to understand the mental health of the students.Sean Bellamy on the other hand truly appreciated how Sarah Carr and Sumaiya Binte Imad highlighted the drawbacks in the education sector that persist around the world. He believes that more voices from the stakeholders around the world will help make the education sector more responsive to the diverse needs of the students.
[ 25th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,555,558 tests, including 14,169 reported Sunday, have been carried out. The overall infection rate stood at 14.96%, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ 28th Jan, 2021 Bangladesh ]  The health authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday confirmed 15 new coronavirus related deaths and 509 new cases, raising the death toll to 8,087.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Ashraf said 157 expatriate Bangladeshis came to Sylhet on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from the UK. They were sent to institutional quarantine under the supervision of the army and police.
[ 25th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to WHO's guidance to governments from May 2020, a daily positivity rate below 5% for two consecutive weeks is indicative that the epidemic is under control in a jurisdiction.
[ 25th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Eighteen more people died of Covid 19 in Bangladesh and another 602 got infected by the deadly virus in the past 24 hours till Monday morning.
[ 25th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until this morning, 476,979 patients  ( 89.59 percent )  have recovered. “The mortality rate is now 1.51 percent,' the DGHS said.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Twenty eight Bangladeshis, who arrived in Sylhet from the UK four days ago, have tested positive for coronavirus. They have been hospitalised under government management, Sylhet Metropolitan Police's Additional Deputy Commissioner BM Ashraf Ullah Taher said Monday night. All of the UK returnees were in quarantine at various hotels since their arrival on Jan 21.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 1,72,80,939 people will be inoculated in the two stages of the first phase. In the second phase, 1,72,80,000 people will be vaccinated while 10,36,84,000 people in the third and final phase under two stages.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 326 new infections were reported from 12,900 samples tested in the 24 hours till Sunday morning. At the same time, eight people have died across the country from the infection, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,274.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the first stage of the first phase, a total of 51,84,282 people, including 10,52,000 health workers and health assistants, 2,10,000 freedom fighters, 9,07,532 members of law enforcement officials, army and other forces, 50,000 government officials and 50,000 frontline journalists, will get the vaccine.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Those who will get the vaccine in the third phase include 6,67,204 teachers and employees of the educational institutions left out in the second phase, 38,15,201 pregnant women  ( based on approval ) , 12,17,062 other government employees, 43,00,000 other members of the law enforcement agencies, 6,00,000 excluded employees of the city corporations and municipalities, 22,00,000 employees of the autonomous and semi government organization staff, 20,81,884 workers of export and industrial establishments, 25,00,000 workers of private power plants and ports and 1,00,586 prisoners and jail workers.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The second phase Another 1,72,80,000 people will be vaccinated in the second phase, including 55,66,757 citizens aged up to 55 years, 30,21,936 elderly people having comorbidities, 17,88,053 teachers and workers of all types of educational institutions, 50,000 media personnel left out in the first phase, 10,11,228 citizens living in the remote areas, 10,00,000 members of indigenous community, 5,00,000 workers of public transport, 2,42,964 workers of hotel, restaurants, and medicine shops, 36,00,000 RMG workers, and 1,50,000 sex workers and members of the third gender.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, 22,32,114 urban slum dwellers or floating people, 16,50,000 people engaged in agriculture and food supply, 5,00,000 dormitory residents, 2,00,000 homeless people, 51,54,844 workers of different other industrial establishments, 3,00,000 other public transport workers left out in the first two phases, 65,46,323 excluded citizens aged 50 to 54. About 4,96,6594 other workers engaged in emergency and pandemic management, 3,22,34,000 young citizens excluded in the previous phases, 3,22,47,157 children and school students and 8,42,597 people left out in the previous phases will be vaccinated in the final phase.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  2 million vaccines received The country has so far received 2 million doses of Covid vaccine as the Indian government sent the jabs as a gift to Bangladesh on Thursday. Bangladesh also signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  through Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd to procure 30 million doses of Covishield  ( Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine ) .
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  To mark the International Day of Education on Sunday  ( January 24 ) , the Spain based INGO Educo warns that Covid 19 puts children's right to education at risk According to Educo, a development organization, the five challenges currently faced in education are reversing the increase in school drop out rates, ensuring the quality of learning, preventing further inequity in education, keeping schools open and providing socio emotional support for children
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami hands over vaccine to Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, at Padma State Guest House in Dhaka on Thursday.Facebook/India in Bangladesh Indian envoy hands over the vaccine to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the Padma State Guest House India has officially handed over 2 million doses of Covid 19 vaccine as a gift to Bangladesh.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS data, 89.59% patients out of 530,271 infected people have recovered from Covid 19 as of Thursday, while the recovery rate was 79.64% in the first week of November.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier, a shipment carrying 2 million doses of Covid 19 vaccines from India arrived in Dhaka airport around 11.15am on Thursday. The vaccines were then taken from the airport area for Tejgaon district EPI cold storage around 12:30 noon. DGHS official said the vaccines came in two cargo frights, one carrying 60 boxes while the rest was carried by the other. Every box has 1,200 vials of vaccine. One vial means 10 doses of vaccine.
[ 21th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government shut all educational institutions on March 17 last year. A writ was filed with the High Court  ( HC )  on Thursday, seeking directives to reopen all the educational institutions across the country. Supreme Court lawyer Faruk Alamgir Chowdhury filed the writ petition on behalf of Principal of Mirzapur Public School and College in Gazipur.
[ 21th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier on January 11, a legal notice in this regard was sent to the secretary of the Education Ministry but no measure has been taken so far.The notice had sought no further extension of the closure of educational institutions after January 16 as it has been extended 11 times last year due to coronavirus pandemic, said Faruk Alamgir. The closure of educational institutions is casting a negative impact on the students, he said.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate in the country stands at 14.05% from 3,848,116 tests that have been conducted so far. The total number of identified cases in the country stands at 540,592.
[ 19th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said a total of 14,438 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 214 authorized labs across the country.
[ 21th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 15, the government extended the closure of educational institutions until Jan 30 as the coronavirus situation shows no sign of improvement. The government shut schools and educational institutions on March 17 last year after the country confirmed its first Covid 19 cases on March 8. The closure was extended several times, most recently until Jan 16 this year. Friday's circular said the closure has been extended to protect the students from the coronavirus infection.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 25, Bangladesh received the first consignment of 5 million doses of Covishield, the Covid 19 vaccine developed by Oxford AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) .
[ 30th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities in Bangladesh confirmed 17 more new coronavirus related deaths and 363 new cases in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Saturday.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the new infections, 546,216 people have now tested positive for the virus in the country since the start of the pandemic.
[ 27th January 2021,Bangladesh ]  With the January 25 ones, 7 million doses of vaccine are now there in government hands for launching the national vaccination against Covid 19. Bangladesh signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  through Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd to procure 30 million doses of Covishield.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Among the total infections, 89.59% patients have recovered, while 1.51% died since Bangladesh detected its first three Covid 19 positive cases on March 8. Of the 14 victims, 12 of whom were male, all of them died in the hospital. Of the total deceased 10 were aged above 60, two were above fifty, one was above 40 and one above 30, said the press release.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The recovery count rose to 477,426 after another 447 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period. A total of 14,696 samples were tested at 200 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  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%.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 3,584,788 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid 19 cases in the country. 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.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the new cases, the total number of cases surged to 532,916 according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Tuesday. With the 14 people who died from the disease in the same period, the overall tally went up to to 8,055. So far, 14.87% cases were detected from the total tests conducted, added the release.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 23,460,371 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.
[ 29th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has recorded 534,407 infections so far since it reported the first cases on March 8.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Keeping up with the low number of new Covid 19 cases, Bangladesh recorded a 3.58% test positivity rate in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning. The last time the test positivity rate went below 4% was on Sunday when it was 3.34%. On Monday, the percentage was 4.06%. During the last 24 hours Bangladesh has logged 14 deaths and 515 new Covid 19 cases.
[ 27th January 2021,Bangladesh ]  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday outlined who will get how many Covid 19 vaccine doses among the priority groups. She placed the statistics in this regard in Parliament replying to a tabled question from Awami League MP Ahsanul Islam Titu  ( Tangail 6 ) . According to the statistics, the possible vaccine recipients are all the 452,027 government health workers and 600,000 private health workers  ( of approved private entities ) , who are directly engaged in providing Covid 19 health services.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate stood at 13.51%. However, 496,924 patients – 90.98% – have recovered so far.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the country registered seven more deaths from Covid 19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,356.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the new deaths – five males and three females   five were from Dhaka, one each from Rajshahi, Barisal and Mymensingh divisions. All the victims died at hospitals.
[ 27th January 2021,Bangladesh ]  The prime minister said Bangladesh will get 68 million doses of vaccine for 20% of its population that means for 34 million people from the World Health Organization  ( WHO ) , Covax facility. Sheikh Hasina said the list of the vaccine recipients of priority groups was prepared considering the guidelines of the Scientific Advisory Group of Experts  ( SAGE )  of the WHO and the country's context. In the first phase of vaccine distribution, 15 million people  ( 8.86% of population )  will get two doses of inoculation over a span of two weeks in Bangladesh, she added. The vaccine will be preserved in 64 district EPI stores and 483 EPI stores of the country, said the prime minister.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dhaka Medical College Hospital Director Big Gen Nazmul Huda said around 100 frontline workers, including 20 doctors, 20 nurses and other government staff at the hospital, would get the vaccine on Thursday. During the actual vaccination program, altogether 294 teams will administer vaccines at 45 healthcare centres in Dhaka city. A further 6,431 teams will administer vaccines at 5,268 centres outside the capital, according to the DGHS.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Drug Administration  ( DGDA )  has already cleared use of the first shipment of 5 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) . India's gift of 2 million vaccines to be used in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj The DGHS has altered its vaccine distribution plan slightly to include the 2 million Covid 19 vaccines gifted by India, DGHS Line Director  ( MNC and AH )  Dr Shamsul Haque has said.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The original vaccination plan was announced on January 25. According to the plan, 10 districts of Dhaka division will get 626,109 doses of the vaccine from the first shipment, Barisal division 335,857 doses, Chittagong division 1,248,825 doses, Mymensingh division 484,560 doses, Khulna division 591,309 doses, Rajshahi division 693,972 doses, Rangpur division 606,116 doses and Sylhet 413,250 doses.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A survey by the Institute of Health Economy  ( IHE )  has found that 84% of respondents are willing to take the vaccine if it is free, but most would rather wait than take the vaccine immediately. The survey was conducted on 3,560 randomly selected respondents from January 10 25. IHE Director Dr Syed Abdul Hamid presented the findings. “Among people willing to take the vaccine, 52% said they would prefer to wait a few months before taking it,' he said.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, over 80% of the respondents said they would be willing to take the vaccine immediately if all information on the vaccine was presented to them in a satisfactory way. As things stood, only 32% were willing to take the vaccine immediately, Dr Syed Abdul Hamid added. Surprisingly, more residents of rural areas were willing to take the vaccine than residents of urban areas, the IHE director said.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until Tuesday morning, Bangladesh recorded 8,055 deaths from Covid 19    after the first cases.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dhaka University's  ( DU )  Institute of Health Economics  ( IHE )  and Bangladesh Como Modeling Team jointly conducted the study – which had a total of 3,560 participants from 16 upazilas of eight divisions and two Dhaka city corporations – from January 10 to January 25. They also found that around 52% of the respondents did not want to take the vaccine immediately as they were skeptical over the efficacy and safety of the vaccine doses and wanted to wait for a few weeks or months and if possible for a year following the start of the vaccination effort.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Researchers said they would continue the study to explore the aftermath of the first vaccination run scheduled for launch on Wednesday in Dhaka and on February 7 across the country. Dr Shafiun Shimul said that this was the first round of their study, adding, “We will start the second round of the study after vaccination starts.'
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Speaking to Dhaka Tribune, Dr Shafiun Nahin Shimul, a member of the study team and an associate professor at DU's IHE, said that 84% of the respondents said that they wanted the Covid 19 vaccine. The study showed that rural people were more eager for the vaccine than those living in the urban areas.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  With seven million vaccine doses in stock and over 8,000 pandemic deaths recorded, the government is planning to start the Covid 19 vaccination program across Bangladesh from February 7. Trial run of the vaccination drive will also begin at Kurmitola General Hospital at 3:30pm on Wednesday, with 25 people getting the first jabs. Health Minister Zahid Maleque came up with the development on Tuesday after visiting the hospital.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the vaccination drive on Wednesday. A nurse is supposed to receive the first jab there. Soon after the inauguration, the vaccination app, Surokkha, and also the website,www.surokkha.gov.bd, will be launched, where people will be able to register for getting the vaccine.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On Monday, five million doses of the vaccine, invented by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) , arrived in Dhaka via an Air India flight. Five more batches – each containing five million vaccines – are scheduled to arrive in phases over five months.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  India also gifted another two million vaccine doses to Bangladesh, which arrived on Thursday. The vaccine doses   called AZD1222 under SII's brand name Covishield   are stored in a warehouse of Beximco Pharma, which is the exclusive distributor of the vaccine, at Tongi for now.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's daily Covid 19 positivity rate has dropped below 3% after going over the mark for two days. The daily Covid 19 infection rate was 3.30% on Saturday and 3.13% on Friday.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The report estimated the country's economic growth to have declined to 4.3% in the 2019 2020 fiscal year. It also projected the economic growth to grow at 5.1% in the 2020 2021 fiscal year and further 7.6% in the 2021 2022 fiscal year. Earlier, the government announced that Bangladesh achieved 5.2% growth in the 2019 2020 fiscal year while the World Bank estimated the economic growth at only 2% and the International Monetary Fund  ( IMF )  at 3.8%.
[ 29th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country saw a daily infection rate of 3.34% on January 24, 5.49% on January 18, 4.90% on January 14, 7.52% on January 4, and 8.18% on January 1.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGDA director general said: "Vaccines from the 5 million lot will be used in the inaugural vaccination program at Kurmitola General Hospital."
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On November 5 last year, the Bangladesh government, SII, and Beximco had signed a tripartite agreement to import the vaccine developed by Oxford University and British Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. According to the agreement, SII would deliver 30 million doses of vaccines over a period of six months   five million a month.The vaccines are supposed to be handed over to the government by Wednesday for distribution among the district and upazila level cold storages under the health directorate's EPI  ( Expanded Program on Immunization )  in line with the Health Ministry's deployment plan.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Drug Administration  ( DGDA )  has given clearance for the use of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccines in Bangladesh. The drug administration on Tuesday issued a lot release certificate to the 5 million vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) . "Now it is ready to use," DGDA Director General Maj Gen Md Mahbubur Rahman said at a press conference in the afternoon.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the vaccination drive virtually on Wednesday at the hospital. A nurse will receive the first jab there. Earlier on Thursday, Bangladesh received 2 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine as a gift from the Indian government. That was the first ever consignment of vaccines that arrived in Bangladesh.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health workers, freedom fighters, law enforcement agencies, military and other forces, government officials, journalists, public representatives, employees of city corporations and municipalities, and religious leaders will get the shots initially.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,264 men  ( 75.71% )  and 2,010 women  ( 24.29% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected in the country stands at 1.53%.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Education Minister Dipu Moni moved the bills in the House and they were then passed by voice vote. It was proposed to promulgate three ordinances amending "Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961," "Bangladesh Technical Education Board Act 2018," and "Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board Act 2020" to publish the results of the HSC and its equivalent examinations. As per the existing laws, there is no provision to publish the HSC results without holding examinations. Since it was not possible to hold examinations amid the Covid 19 pandemic, the amendment bills were placed.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded 407 more Covid 19 infections until early Saturday, meaning 545,831 people have now tested positive for the virus in the country since the start of the pandemic.
[ 31st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities in Bangladesh confirmed 17 more new coronavirus related deaths and 363 new cases in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Saturday.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Authorities have so far tested 4,180,938 samples, including 17,973 in the past 24 hours.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So, the examination and normal class activities will be scheduled two weeks after the students get into the halls on May 17. The residential halls were scheduled to open on March 13 and the final examination was scheduled for later, but that has been changed as per the recent decision.
[ 27th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier, the six doses arrived at the hospital at 11:30am. The condition of all the initial recipients of the vaccine will be monitored for seven days, before the nationwide vaccination campaign begins on February 7, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.
[ 27th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  In a continuation of the trial run, a further 690 people will be vaccinated at the five government hospitals in Dhaka on Thursday. DGHS sources said lists with names of all the recipients of the vaccine in the trial run had already been prepared.
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 8,055 on Tuesday as the health authorities recorded 14 more coronavirus related deaths in 24 hours till morning.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded 385 more Covid 19 infections from 13,411 samples tested until early Sunday, resulting in a daily test positivity rate of 2.87%.
[ 27th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily test positivity rate for Covid 19 in Bangladesh has remained below the 4% mark for two consecutive days. The latest figures showed an infection rate of 3.36% in the last 24 hours as of Wednesday morning, according to a Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  press release.
[ 27th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 17 deceased   eight men and nine women   13 were from Dhaka Division, two from Chittagong and one each from Barisal and Rangpur. All 17 died at different hospitals across the country.
[ 27th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,115 men  ( 75.76% )  and 1,957 women  ( 24.24% )  have died of Covid 19 in the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.51%.
[ 27th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Drug Administration  ( DGDA )  has already cleared use of the first shipment of 5 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) .
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ] “The mortality rate is now 1.51 percent,' the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a handout.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Also, the country saw five new Covid 19 deaths, taking the national tally to 8,400. And the fatality rate stood at 1.54%, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ] Meanwhile, 515 new cases identified pushing up the national tally to 532,916.
[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  By Sunday, 3,110,525 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.
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Drug Administration  ( DGDA )  have cleared Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine for use after testing samples of the 5 million doses brought from India on Monday. “We've thoroughly tested samples from the consignment,' DGDA Director General Maj Gen Mahbubur Rahman told a press briefing in Dhaka on Tuesday. He said the vaccine would be used in the coronavirus vaccination campaign scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a study of Dhaka University's Institute of Health Economics found that only 32 percent of Bangladeshis want to take the COVID 19 vaccine at the moment partially due to doubts over the vaccine's effectiveness and concerns over side effects. Overall 84 percent people showed interest to take the vaccine at some stage – after a few weeks, months and years   but did not want to take the vaccine right now as they have doubt about efficacy, side effect and some even believe the vaccines do not work, the study found.
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ] “The mortality rate is now 1.51 percent,' the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a handout. Meanwhile, 515 new cases pushed up the national tally to 532,916.
[ 28th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A fire broke out at Cox's Bazar District Sadar Hospital on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 6pm in an abandoned room of the ground floor of the hospital. Upon receiving the news, two units of fire fighters rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control. Hospital Nurse Jayanti Dey said a plume of smoke was seen from an abandoned room on the east side of the hospital.
[ 28th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  When the news of the fire spread, the nurses, doctors, patients, their relatives and concerned people left the hospital and started running in different directions. At that time, a Rohingya patient named Golbahar Begum, 60, died due to lack of oxygen. More than 20 patients were injured in the incident. Many suspected that the fire was a sabotage move.
[ 28th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Patients were taken out of the hospital due to power cuts. As there was no electricity for hours, the hospital staff struggled to provide treatments to the patients. The hospital activities returned to normal at around 7pm when electricity came back.
[ 28th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Farid Alom, grandson of the rohingya patient Golbahar Begum, said: “The patients and relatives at the hospital started fleeing upon the news of the fire. At that time, Golbahar was on oxygen support. When she  [ Golbahar ]  was taken out of the hospital, her oxygen supply ran out and she died soon after.' Hospital staff Estafiz said everyone was shocked when the fire suddenly broke out. This caused a frightening atmosphere in the hospital.Many suspected that the fire was a sabotage move.
[ 27th January 2021, Banmgadesh ]  During the meeting, Dr Dipu Moni directed the preparation of a short syllabus that could be completed in three months for SSC and equivalent exams and four months for HSC and equivalent exams, according to media reports. She asked the relevant authorities to prepare a short syllabus within a week to make sure students developed core competency in the subjects and became eligible for the next class. The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, published the curtailed SSC, HSC syllabus on Monday. SSC and equivalent examinations are scheduled to be held in June this year after the completion of the shortened syllabus.
[ 29th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's health authorities on Thursday confirmed 15 new coronavirus related deaths and 509 new cases, raising the death toll to 8,087.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh witnessed trebling extreme poor  ( lower poverty line )  from 9.4% in 2018 to 28.5% in 2020, a survey released on Saturday by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling  ( Sanem )  said.