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Refugee:  [ 22nd January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Minister of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia Dawda Jallow said member states which are committed to this case should stick to their commitment because this case needs resources for a successful prosecution. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh's permanent representative to the United Nations, said Bangladesh has been a recurring victim of Myanmar's discriminatory policy since Bangladesh has to shelter the Rohingya community who had been forcibly displaced.Wakar Uddin, professor at the Pennsylvania State University and director general of Arakan Rohingya Union, said: “I grew up in Arakan and went to school there. I have never imagined that my land would come to this state.'
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “All preparations have been taken to properly store and distribute the total seven million Covid 19 vaccine doses,' the minister added. Maleque told reporters that he hopes Bangladesh will get the second consignment of the ordered vaccines in February. “Permission to import vaccines through non governmental arrangements is yet to be given,' he further said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to virtually launch Bangladesh's Covid 19 vaccination campaign on Wednesday.The nationwide vaccination program will start after a week of observation and a dry run on 400 500 people in Dhaka.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Authorities have so far tested 4,197,970 samples, including 17,032 in the past 24 hours.
[ 25th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The death toll from the pandemic rose to 8,041 while the total caseload reached 5,32,401, said the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  in a handout.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Third phase The highest number of people in Bangladesh will be vaccinated in the third phase under two stages. As per the plan, a total of 10,36,84,000 people will be given the vaccine in the two stages of the third phase. Of them, 3,45, 61,000 will be inoculated in the first stage and 6,91,23,000 in the second stage.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Officials offload 167 boxes of Indian manufactured vaccines from Air India AI 1232 flight at Dhaka airport on Thursday, January 21, 2021Collected. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the vaccination drive on January 27 at Kurmitola Hospital. A nurse there will receive the first jab The government has worked out a plan for national vaccination against Covid 19 with a target to give two doses of jabs to each of 130 million people to eliminate the prevalence of the deadly virus.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS Director General Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam made the announcement on Wednesday The Directorate General Health  ( DGHS )  is thinking of conducting antibody tests to assess the level of effectiveness of the Covid 19 vaccine on Bangladeshi people. DGHS Director General Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam made the statement while replying to a question during a press briefing at the Prime Minister's Office  ( PMO )  on Wednesday morning, while giving updates on vaccine related development.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  By Monday, 39,06,500 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.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGDA Director General Maj Gen Md Mahbubur Rahman in an unscheduled press briefing said the authorities were yet to issue release certificates for the 2 million vaccine doses gifted by India, as the Central Medical Stores Depot  ( CMSD )  was yet to submit necessary documents. He added that CMSD had been asked to submit the relevant papers as soon as possible.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to a fresh survey, only 32% of general people want to get vaccinated for Covid 19 at the very beginning of the countrywide inoculation, which is slated to begin on February 7. Shockingly, 16% do not want to get immunized at all, said researchers on Tuesday.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the press conference, the drug administration chief said they could not issue another lot release certificate to the 2 million vaccines as the Central Medical Stores Depot  ( CMSD )  was yet to submit required documents. The CMSD was asked to submit the relevant papers in this regard, he added. The nationwide vaccination program will start after a week of observation and a dry run on 400 500 people in Dhaka.
[ 28th 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.
[ 26th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily detection rate fell to 3.58 percent while the current overall rate is 14.87 percent. Until this morning, 477,426 patients  ( 89.59 percent )  have recovered.
[ 27th January 2021, Banmgadesh ]  The Education Ministry has decided to revise the shortened syllabus for this year's Secondary School Certificate  ( SSC ) , Higher School Certificate  ( HSC )  and equivalent exams in the face of mounting criticism from examinees and teachers. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni issued the instructions on Wednesday following a meeting with the NCTB chairman and other officials and teachers involved with the syllabus to decide the next course of action. Students, parents and teachers informed the education minister that the curtailed syllabus rolled out by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board  ( NCTB )  could not be completed within the allotted time of three or four months, said NCTB officials.
[ 31st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On February 4, the “Surokkha app' will be available on the play store. Interested people will be able to register for vaccines online, the DG stated.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “They do little to cause climate change, but suffer the most from its impacts. Their increasingly common crop failures and livestock deaths put our entire food system at risk. It is imperative that we ensure they remain on their land and sustainably produce nutritious food. If not, then hunger, poverty and migration will become even more widespread in the years to come.'
[ 31st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the new cases pushed up the national tally to 534,770 while the current overall detection rate is 14.69%. Until this morning, 479,297 patients  ( 89.63% of the total reported cases )  have recovered
[ 29th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a Covid 19 vaccination drive at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital on January 27. Health Minister ZahidMaleque said “70 lakh doses of Covid 19 vaccines are now available in the country. The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is the safest one in the world.'
[ 31st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,157 men  ( 75.76% )  and 1,970 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 1.52%.
[ 30th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 11,849 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients between Friday and Saturday mornings. As many as 12,084 samples, including those pending, were tested at 204 authorized labs across the country.
[ 31st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh received 7 million doses of the vaccine, 2 million as a gift from India free and five million as part of a contract with the Serum Institute of India. The government plans to inoculate 80 percent 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.
[ 30th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The results of last year's Higher Secondary Certificate  ( HSC )  and equivalent examinations have seen a 100% pass rate, as the government published them without holding the tests because of the Covid 19 pandemic. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially announced the results on Saturday. She had joined the results handover ceremony, held at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka, via videoconference from the Ganabhaban.A total of 1,145,329 students had registered last year and passed the HSC exams from nine general education boards, 88,302 passed Alim from the Madrasa Board, and 133,746 cleared the exams from the Technical Education Board.
[ 27th 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 ]  A trial run of the Covid 19 vaccine program in Bangladesh is set to get underway on Wednesdat, with 25 frontline workers inoculated in the first batch. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the trial virtually at Kurmitola General Hospital around 3:30pm. Three senior staff nurses and three doctors will receive the first six doses, according to hospital sources.
[ 1st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A new SARS CoV 2 variant, which was first detected in South Africa, has been found in Bangladesh, says a pool of experts. According to them, only one isolated case of the new variant was detected in the country and mutations of the variant take a lot of time to spread.The mass nationwide vaccination campaign, scheduled to start on February 7, will greatly help stop the spread of the mutations, said one of the experts.
[ 27th Feb, 2021 Bangladesh ]  Also, the country saw five new Covid 19 deaths, taking the national tally to 8,400. The fatality rate stood at 1.54%, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the five deceased – four men and one women – four were from Dhaka division and one from Chittagong division. All the victims died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 6,252men  ( 75.75% )  and 2,001 women  ( 24.25% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 31st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The priority list also includes 210,000 freedom fighters, 180,457 members of the military and civil defence forces, 25,000 government employees essential in running the state, 25,000 journalists, 89,149 public representatives, 75,000 officials and other employees of city corporations and municipalities, and 37,500 funeral workers will get the vaccine doses in the first month. The others who will get the vaccine in the first month include 200,000 workers of the utilities, sewerage services, fire service and airports, 75,000 of the ports, 60,000 unskilled expatriate workers, 200,000 government staffers engaged in emergency work at districts and Upazilas, and 10,932 from the national sports teams.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  When Beximco approached them to become their sole distributor in Bangladesh, they were reluctant. They themselves were unsure of timely delivery of vaccines. We insisted nonetheless, and they agreed to make us their sole distributor in Bangladesh under one condition. They told us since they needed to expand their production capacity, we must pay them some money in advance.We agreed and became the sole distributor accordingly.Then, we pushed for priority vaccines. Serum was then committed to providing the Indian government and GAVI or COVAX Alliance with the first batch of the vaccines.
[ 31st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  When asked about the adverse impacts of the Covid 19 forced closure, VC Prof Akhtaruzzaman said: "We have to face all these problems with patience. We cannot bring back the lost time but also cannot compromise with the quality of education. "However, we are taking effective measures through proper management to recover the lost academic time."
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Reopening schools will remain a concern since children under 18 will not get vaccinated in the first phase. The Education Ministry has ordered educational institutes to take necessary preparations within February 4 to ensure a safe and suitable environment for students to attend classes in. Schools and colleges must be ready to reopen any time the decision is taken.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is also buying 150,000 tons of rice from India's state run firm NAFED in a government to government deal while it has issued a series of tender to buy the grain. “We could buy more rice from India in state to state deals,' Nazmanara Khanum said, adding that the Food Ministry was holding talks with several other Indian state agencies. Bangladesh, traditionally the world's third biggest rice producer with around 35 million tons annually, uses almost all the production to feed the people of the country. The country still often requires imports to cope with shortages caused by floods or droughts.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination will be done according to the protocol of the World Health Organization  ( WHO ) , Zahid Maleque said. “Most of those who will be immunized first are health workers. Frontline workers will be given priority. Then everyone will get the vaccine. We too will be given the vaccine,' the health minister further said, referring to himself. Moreover, the mobile application, meant to register vaccine candidates online, will be handed over to the Health Services department on Monday by the Information and Communication Technology  ( ICT )  department, said Prof Khurshid Alam, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  after holding a meeting with ICT department's parliamentary committee.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  More than 60% respondents of an online survey opined that the schools of the country should be reopened in a short time.The Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh conducted the survey titled "Finally schools will reopen: How much we are prepared" from February 17 to 22, 2021. The total number of respondents is 1960 people  576 ( 29.4% )  guardians, 370 teachers  ( 18.9% )  and 1014 others  ( 51.7% ) .Among the guardians, 54.7% have said that they do not feel safe to send their children to schools now, according to the online survey.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Member Secretary of the committee, GM Jahangir Kabir Rana, in a written statement, said due to the Covid 19 pandemic, educational institutions had been closed for 11 months, leading to about one million teachers and staff not being paid their salaries and deprived of other facilities. Unable to cope with the financial pressure, many educational institutions had closed down, he added.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Rehabilitate trafficking victims to get them back to normal life. Provide training for trafficking victims so that they do not become traffickers to cope with financial losses ● Build social resilience to prevent human trafficking ● Implement laws to bring the traffickers, including masterminds, to book ● Decrease the migration costs
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  One 45 year old sex worker, who did not want to be named, had her first jab on Wednesday and said that she was trying to encourage other women in the brothel to follow suit. "I am telling the girls that they won't be able to get the needle  ( vaccine )  even if they have a 100,000 taka  ( $1200 ) , that's how precious and important this is," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Highlighting Bangladesh's success in vaccination, Shahriar Alam said: "Many countries in the world have not yet started vaccination programs at this level. We have already vaccinated over 100,000 people till Tuesday." "We expect to receive a large number of vaccines under the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization  ( GAVI )  in the coming days," he said.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily test positivity rate for Covid 19 in Bangladesh has remained below the 3% mark for seven consecutive days. The latest figures showed an infection rate of 2.65% in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to a Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  press release.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The test positivity rate has also been below 5% for the last 22 days and under 3% for the last five days. This rate was last shown over 10% on December 19. Between June and August last year, a rate over 20% dominated most of the days.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS update said a total of 14,402 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 206 authorized labs across the country. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 14.22% from 3,792,241 tests that have been conducted so far.
[ 24th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 493,798 patients  ( 90.68% )  including 911 in past 24 hours have recovered from Covid 19.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 claimed seven more lives and infected another 366 people in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, showing a slight rise in infection rate than that of Sunday. With the latest figures, the death toll from Covid 19 in the country rose to 8,356 and the caseload to 543,717, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 10, the country last recorded a higher single day caseload above the 1,000 mark  ( 1,071 cases ) . Since then, the number remained below the 1,000 mark, until Wednesday when it shot to 1,018. The month of March has been witnessing an upward trend of rising cases day by day. On March 1, 585 new  ( above 500 )  Covid 19 cases were recorded, after almost a month of a lower rate of infections.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday said teachers of all educational institutes would receive Covid 19 vaccination on a priority basis, in a bid to expedite the government's move to reopen schools and colleges soon. The minister was speaking as the chief guest at the Vice Chancellor's Award  ( gold medal )  giving ceremony for students obtaining the best results at the affiliated colleges of the National University, said a press release. “All the educational institutions have been prepared for reopening,' she stated.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  People have been registered through visiting http://www.surokkha.gov.bd website to receive Covid 19 vaccination. Emergency hotline numbers for taking vaccines are 16263, 333 and 10655. Health Ministry sources said people aged 40 years and above will be allowed to receive Covid 19 vaccines.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.92% from 3,893,654 tests that have been conducted so far. The total number of identified cases in the country stands at 541,877.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Some 736,680 have been immunized against Covid 19 so far in the country. Of them, 513,621 were men and 223,059 were women. Meanwhile, the number of adverse events was 31 on Saturday, compared to 86 on Thursday. A total of 394 adverse events have been recorded since the nationwide vaccination drive started on February 7.
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The ministry said no more than five people from an organization and no more than two visitors at a time would be allowed to pay homage to the language martyrs on the given day. People coming to pay their respects will not be allowed to enter the premises without masks and hand washing facilities will be made available at the entry points, the notice said.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  People with controlled chronic diseases, taking homeopathic and or traditional medicine can now receive the Covid 19 vaccine, an official release said on Wednesday. Apart from controlled chronic diseases, people with controlled respiratory disease also would be eligible for receiving coronavirus inoculations, it said adding along with a priority group of people, different professionals including teachers at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, cleaners and transport workers will also be able to get the vaccine, the statement read.
[ 27th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall positivity percentage on Saturday was, however, 13.54% with a total of 4,030,616 tests being conducted across the country till now.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital on Saturday, the DGHS said, adding that the immunization program will begin at 8 am and will continue till 2:30 pm every day. But some hospitals will continue the vaccination program throughout the day, the health official said.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Only 328,000 people registered for the Covid 19 vaccine from the opening of registration on January 27 till the start of the campaign on February 7. However, an average of 200,000 people have registered for the vaccine each day since the start of the campaign. The registration rate had increased significantly because people are now convinced that there are no significant side effects, experts said.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a total of 204,540 people were administered the Covid 19 vaccine on Thursday, the fifth day of the countrywide vaccination drive. Among them, 140,152 were men and 64,388 were women. People aged 40 years and above can now sign up to receive the Covid 19 vaccine, Health Ministry sources said.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded nine fresh deaths from Covid 19, bringing the overall death toll to 8,248. A total of 418 people tested positive for the infectious disease during the 24 hour time frame, taking the total number of cases in Bangladesh to 539,571. The overall test positivity rate now stands at 14.17%.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque said the decision was taken to ensure that the ongoing vaccination campaign ran smoothly as huge numbers of people had started gathering at the vaccination centres to complete registration. “We saw that the number of on the spot registrations was increasing recently. As a result, those who registered online were facing problems due to the chaos at the centres,' he said. He made the announcement while speaking at a program in the capital on Thursday.
[ 10th February 20221, Bangladesh ]  In Bangladesh, Facebook has worked closely with the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  and the ICT Division to provide health awareness information and connect to government resources, such as corona.gov.bd. The Covid 19 Information Center is available in Bangla to ensure people can easily access and avail accurate information shared by the World Health Organization and health experts.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Awami League lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif inaugurates the Covid 19 vaccination drive at Kushtia General Hospital on Sunday, February 7, 2021 |CollectedMeanwhile, around 55,000 people registered in the last 24 hours; that sums it up to 100,000 for the last two days. The DGHS said around 418,000 people completed online registration till 7pm yesterday.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque once again announced that on site registration at the vaccination centre would be allowed and people can get the vaccine immediately. This time he added one more terminology, calling it, “manual registration.' He, however, could not explain what it meant. Asked about the matter, Additional DG prof Sabrina Flora said they are yet to come to any conclusion regarding “on spot registration' and were still working on methods on how to approach the matter.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 16,435 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the past 24 hours for testing at 214 authorized labs across the country. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.66% from 3,987,676 tests that have been conducted, so far.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  People aged 40 years and above can register to receive Covid 19 vaccines, health ministry sources said.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 spared no industry in 2020, and the Bangladesh RMG industry was no different. However, with about 85% of the country's export earnings coming from the RMG industry, and with cancellations and delays worth billions of dollars due to Covid 19 in 2020, it was a particularly difficult time, not just for the industry but, as a result, for the entirety of the Bangladesh economy.
[ 1st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, 369 new cases were detected during the same period, increasing the national tally to 535,139.
[ 20th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  And the daily infection rate rose to 3.14%, which was 2.85% on Friday and 2.68% on Thursday.
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Nur Islam, 45, from Assasuni upazila, in Satkhira district, says his business is dead. “I have been making a living by shrimp farming for several years. There are small problems at different times. Losses occur when shrimp farms are infected with a virus. But if one year goes bad, the next year it makes up for the loss again,' he says. “But this time I was completely finished.'
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 543,717, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Monday afternoon.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, 388 fresh cases were detected, pushing up the national tally to 539,153. The daily detection rate fell to 2.59 percent while the current overall rate is 14.22 percent. So far, 3,792,241 samples, including 14,999 in the past 24 hours, have been tested. So far, 485,290 patients  ( 90.01 percent )  have recovered.
[ 18th February, Bangladesh ]  Of the 15 deaths – 12 males and three females   11 were from Dhaka, two from Chittagong, and one each from Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions. All the victims died at hospitals.
[ 18th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to Bangladesh's demographic data, 40% of the population is below the age of 18, thus excluding them from the vaccination program. Now, assuming that 10% of the population cannot be vaccinated due to a variety of reasons  ( pregnant women, women nursing babies, very sick, and elderly ) , only 50% of the population can be vaccinated.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh reported five new Covid 19 deaths until early Friday, including four in Dhaka, taking the national tally to 8,253. The fatality rate stood at 1.53%, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said. However, the daily infection rate fell to 2.82% with 404 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 539,975.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Women and girls are the main targets of such violence. Despite efforts of governmental and non governmental organizations, detecting violence and providing life saving services is not always possible. Women and girls who experience violence in the household are taught to endure it, and despite campaigns and awareness raising efforts, seeking support from specialized service providers seems not to be an option for many of them. Women and girls living in rural areas are among those facing the largest difficulties in accessing support. Structural barriers exist in families, communities, and in institutions, in urban and rural areas. Deaths resulting from SGBV are tragically common.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Hasina said the government has already procured 3 crore doses of vaccine and paid in advance for that. "We've made the advance payment when the research was going on and the World Health Organisation  ( WHO )  did not give approval, but I made the advance so that we can get it early," she said.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  After the first shot, three months is the time limit for receiving the second one, Minister Maleque said, noting that the vaccine is more effective when you wait longer to receive the second jab. He said text messages are sent to people according to a particular centre's capacity to inoculate within a day. “There's nothing to be worried about as the country has no shortage of doses," he said
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A recent study by a rights body found that 30% children in Bangladesh were abused online during the Covid 19 pandemic. On Sunday, Ain o Salish Kendra  ( ASK )  revealed the findings of its survey, conducted in 2020, during a media call at the National Press Club.
[ 4th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily detection rate fell to 3.18 percent while the current overall rate is 14.48 percent. So far, 3,708,907 samples have been tested, including 15,273 in the past 24 hours.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Physicians and nurses have been trained to carry out the vaccination drive. So far, top government officials, Cabinet members, judges, policemen, along with general people, have received the vaccine.
[ 5th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,724,473 tests, including 15,566 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8. The overall infection rate stood at 14.43%. However, 482,424 patients – 89.76% – have recovered so far, the DGHS said.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate stood at 1.53 percent on Sunday the handout said adding that 487,229 patients  ( 90.13 pc )  have so far recovered from the virus infection so far. As of now, 3,848,116 samples have been tested, including 12,900 in the past 24 hours.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As per the research findings, the malnourished children had two meals a day instead of three. Also, almost 60% of their families also took two meals a day for at least four months.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque said: "The way people are going to Cox's Bazar, Sylhet and the way social events are going on without people wearing masks or maintaining social distancing, the infection rate was bound to rise. Recently, the number of patients in the hospital has increased too.'
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  To date, 4,197,970 tests have been conducted in the country, leading to an overall test positivity rate of 13.18%.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged more than 543,000 coronavirus cases with 327 people having tested positive over the same period. With this development, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 543,351.
[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  On Wednesday, the rate was 5.98% and it went down slightly to 5.82% on Thursday. But, the rate bounced back to 6.62% on Friday. Of the deceased of the last 24 hours, nine were men and three were women   all from Dhaka Division. Among the total deceased since March last year, 6,451 were men and 2,076 were women.
[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, 16,206 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in 219 labs across the country in the past 24 hours. Also, 1,138 patients were declared free of Covid 19 at the same time, raising the total to 510,310 with a 91.74% recovery rate. Currently, 9,648 people are in isolation and 32,319 are quarantined around the country, according to DGHS.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the country registered 18 more deaths from Covid 19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,374. Of the 18 deceased – 10 men and eight women – 12 were from Dhaka division, two each from Chittagong and Rajshahi, and one each from Khulna and Rangpur divisions. Of the victims, 16 died at different hospitals across the country while 2 died at home.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily test positivity in the country has been in single digits since December 19. A total of 366 new infections were reported from 11,103 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh was supposed to receive five million vaccine doses each month for six consecutive months but the number has now decreased in the second month. Bangladesh is receiving the second consignment in reduced volume as the CEO of Serum Institute said their supply for foreign governments may be delayed as it had been directed to prioritize India's requirements. However, Indian health authorities said that they have not given any such directions to the Serum Institute and other countries would get the vaccine eventually but in smaller consignments.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is all set to receive the second batch of Oxford University AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  on Monday. Beximco Pharmaceuticals Managing Director Nazmul Hasan Papon confirmed the matter on Sunday, reports Bangla Tribune. Earlier on February 15, Papon, also the president of Bangladesh Cricket Board  ( BCB ) , had said: “Bangladesh will get around 0.3 million more doses of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine in the second consignment. However, the quantity may vary depending on need, as we have six million vaccine jabs in stock right now. So there will be no crisis.' He made the remarks after being administered with the Covid 19 vaccine at Dhaka's Kurmitola General Hospital.
[ 20th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The total number of people administered with the Covid 19 vaccine in Bangladesh has crossed the two million mark, with 234,564 people vaccinated at centres across the country on Saturday. The number of people vaccinated in the country stood at 2,082,877, including 1,378,935 men and 703,942 women, on Saturday afternoon, according to a DGHS press release.
[ 20th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said a total of 11,022 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 now stands at 13.80% from 3,933,637 tests conducted so far.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall positivity percentage till Sunday was, however, 13.51% with a total of 4,044,027 tests being conducted across the country till now. As many as 13,411 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 215 authorized labs   government and private   across the country.
[ 20th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Currently, the Covid 19 vaccine is administered at medical college hospitals, specialized hospitals and district and upazila level government hospitals.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination drive is being conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital, the DGHS said, adding the immunization program will begin at 8am and will continue until 2.30 pm every day.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The survey also found that 88% of the respondents, who were abused online, had been harassed mostly by strangers. Among them, only 41% reported it to their parents and family members. A meager 6% of the respondents initiated legal actions against offenders.
[ 1st March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Eight more Covid 19 related deaths and 585 new cases were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, showing a substantial rise in its daily infection rate.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  About 2,400 Rohingya attempted the sea crossing last year, and 200 died, according to the UN refugee agency.
[ 19th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate jumped to 2.85% on Friday which was 2.68% on Thursday, according to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 21st Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a rise in Covid 19 related deaths and a decline in new cases in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning. Seven coronavirus related deaths and 327 new cases were reported. On Saturday, five deaths and 350 fresh cases were confirmed.
[ 2nd March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Authorities have so far tested 40,72,922 samples, including 15,325 in the past 24 hours.
[ 24th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a fall in Covid 19 related deaths and a rise in new cases in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Five Coronavirus related deaths and 428 new cases were reported during the period while 18 deaths and 399 fresh cases confirmed on Tuesday.
[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, more than 5.6 million people registered around the country to get the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine till Sunday afternoon, said the health directorate. Until Saturday, over 4.3 million people have been vaccinated nationwide since January 27.
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  But 507,920 patients  ( 91.66 percent of the total cases )  have recovered.
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The month of March is seeing an upward trend of rising cases day by day. On March 1, 585 new Covid 19 cases were recorded, after almost a month of a lower rate of infections. Meanwhile, the death toll climbed to 8,502 after six fatalities were recorded in the 24 hour period.
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  As many as 18,058 samples, including pending ones, were tested in the 219 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 5.82%.
[ 2nd March 2021, Bangladesh ]  By Monday, 3,226,825 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.
[ 1st March 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%.
[ 5th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  On Friday, it stood at 4.63%, up from 3.87% on Thursday, while it was 3.74% on Wednesday, 3.36% on Tuesday, and 4.31% on Monday. The recent increase in infection rate clearly shows an upward trend as before Monday it went above the 4% mark on January 25.
[ 5th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  IOM and PULSE Bangladesh provide a wide range of services there, including individual case management. Women and girls can also access counseling and psychosocial support, recreational activities, information on health, childcare guidance, legal rights, as well as core humanitarian items.
[ 8th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Fourteen Covid 19 related deaths reported during this period pushed up the local fatalities to 8,476. At the same time, 1,117 people recovered from the virus infections, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) . So far, 504,120 patients  ( 91.46 percent )  have recovered.
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Thursday completed administering the Covid 19 vaccine to over 4.2 million people. From February 7 till now, a total 4,218,127 healthcare professionals, frontline fighters, and people aged above 40 years old have been immunized against the deadly virus. They include 2,688,462 men and 1,529,665. A total 881 people have experienced adverse effects.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate jumped to 5.98 percent from 5.13 percent on Tuesday. But the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.54 percent for the past few weeks, the DGHS said in a handout.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, it said, 1,264 people recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 506,613 patients  ( 91.59 percent )  have recovered.
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a total 180,265 people have been inoculated in Mymensingh division, 878,560 in Chittagong, 458,192 in Rajshahi, 388,942 in Rangpur, 553,212 in Khulna, 190,256 in Barisal, and 234,513 in Sylhet division.
[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Lenin said all, including those receiving the vaccine, must wear masks to protect themselves from the virus. “The government should carry out a campaign to encourage people to wear masks and maintain the health safety rules.' He also said the government should now conduct mobile courts immediately to force people to wear masks. Besides, the expert said, the government should increase its monitoring so that all the public and private offices strictly follow the physical distancing and the health safety rules. He also suggested the government intensify its campaign of “No mask no service.'
[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest figures, the Covid 19 fatalities climbed to 8,515 and the total infections to 555,222, the DGHS said. However, 1,252 people recovered from Covid 19 during the period.
[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily percentage of people testing positive for the virus surged past 5% a few days back after a month of downtrend. The infection rate stood at 6.26% on Saturday after a slight fall from 6.62% on Friday.
[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Twelve more Covid 19 related deaths were reported during the period, putting the mortality rate at 1.53%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 15th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, 1,385 people recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 511,695 patients  ( 91.80 percent )  have recovered, according to the DGHS.
[ 5th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  COVID 19 related mobility restrictions, coupled with a lack of income generating opportunities, have significantly affected the most vulnerable, particularly single female headed households, and the pandemic has impacted their safe access to GBV and Sexual and Reproductive Health  ( SRH )  services.
[ 23rd April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health authorities have so far confirmed 739,703 cases. Among them, 647,674 people   87.56 percent of all patients – have recovered.
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate jumped to 5.98% from 5.13% on Tuesday. But the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.54% over the past few weeks, the DGHS said in a handout. With the latest figure, the Covid 19 fatalities climbed to 8496 and total infections to 553,105, the handout added.
[ 18th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Initially, this meant using radio, videos and posters in Rohingya, Burmese and Bengali languages to share information about how people could protect themselves from the virus. The outreach campaign also included hundreds of volunteer community health workers, many of them refugees, carrying out door to door visits to share information, and support local health care facilities to identify and treat COVID 19 cases.
[ 18th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Following discussions between UNHCR, health sector partners and national health authorities, the government has now confirmed that Rohingya refugees will be included in the national vaccination roll out using the same criteria for prioritizing the most vulnerable as for Bangladeshi nationals. This includes older age groups, frontline health workers, volunteers, and teachers, among others. Refugees are expected to start receiving vaccinations in the coming weeks.
[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh reported its first death on March 18 last year. Since then, 8,462 people have died after 11 fatalities were recorded in the 24 hours to 8am on Sunday. Less than a year after the pandemic unfolded in the country, Bangladesh kicked off a nationwide vaccination campaign in February 7 this year. As of Sunday, over 3.68 million people have been inoculated.
[ 25th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has so far tested 5,345,501 samples including 21,922 in the last 24 hours.
BDRCS continues sharing flood and concurrent COVID 19 awareness messages through RCY volunteers and its social media platform.
In response to the looming threat posed by COVID 19, the government of Bangladesh imposed a total lockdown on the Cox's Bazar district  ( which, in addition to the Rohingya camps, is home to 2.3 million people ) .
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Communication on the risks of COVID 19 disseminated across all mechanisms for host communities needs to include information on available support from the government and humanitarian organizations, as well as how to access it.
[ 2 September 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Health: All health facilities in the camps are fully operational.
▪ Activate Health Emergency Operations Centre and Control Room of DGHS for cyclone / flood /landslide response. ▪ Deploy Mobile Medical Team/Rapid Response Team with emergency drugs and equipment to the affected areas ▪ Distribute emergency drugs, PPE, medical and lab supplies in affected areas for replenishment ▪ Establish Temporary/Makeshift hospital
▪ Distribution of reproductive health  ( RH )  kits and menstrual health management  ( MHM )  kits to implementing partners, female health workers, and to those who are quarantined for prevention, screening, and treatment in affected areas, with particular attention on areas with high rates of child marriage and adolescent pregnancies. ▪ Provide PPE to midwives and HCW to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID 19 and to protect health care staff and patients
▪ Support national government and local authority in strengthening SRH services, including adolescent/youth friendly health services, in disaster affected locations and prioritize the health needs of women and girls of reproductive age, pregnant women and lactating mothers, adolescents and youth, as well as SRH and GBV cross cutting areas such as clinical management of rape  ( CMR ) . ▪ Support the Ministry of Health to deliver innovative, online, and mobile SRH, including adole scent and youth SRH, and family planning education and counselling with particular attention on areas with high rates of child marriage and adolescent pregnancies
34 SMSD staff received orientation training for the Health Sector's Rapid Response and Investigation Team initiative. The SMSD Sector finalised a referral system for home based care workers in collaboration with other Sectors and ISCG.
Emergency construction/rehabilitation of sanitation facilities  ( latrine & bathing chamber )   ( All beneficiaries have access to adequate sanitation facilities and need separate bathing place f or adolescent girls and women thereby ensuring their security )  ▪ Emergency construction/rehabilitation of water facilities  ( raised platforms, operation & maintenance and established water treatment plants )
Capacity building of Women affairs officers and social welfare officers so that they can influence and contribute to inclusive local level COVID response and recovery plan ▪ Develop prevention messages on COVID 19 from the perspective of women and girls, including addressing prevetion of GBV, hate speech and advocating for shared care burdens ▪ Awareness building on psychosocial needs for the special groups.
UNHCR and its partners are exercising care in conducting activities in the camps with as low a footprint as possible, as the risk posed by the virus to the refugee community and humanitarian staff remains high.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The biggest obstacle for Rohingya women in accessing health facilities was overcrowding. Other barriers mentioned included insufficient income to pay for health care, distance of travel involved and cost of transport.
Furthermore, the funding supports the continuation of ensuring sustainability of gender transformative, accessible, and quality sexual and reproductive health services that midwives are providing for women in targeted districts of Bangladesh, thereby reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among communities most left behind.
Since its inception, the COMs have conducted over 3,800 training sessions that reached 8,700 refugees from more than 4,800 households. Over 6,000 masks were made by the refugee community for family members and other members of the community
19 incidents of lightning took place in 12 districts i.e. Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Tangail, Moulvibazar, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Feni, Thakurgaon, Chuadanga and Panchagarh in which 24 persons killed and six persons injured. In Lalmonirhat, on July 02, 2020, four persons killed and two persons injured in two incidents in a single day
Two of UNHCR's partners supporting livelihood initiatives have started cash distributions to the host community as part of the COVID 19 response. Some 3,600 local Bangladeshi households out of a target of 6,000, received 2,500 Bangladesh Taka  ( about US$ 30 )  each.
[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Among the deceased, 37 people died in Dhaka division, three in Chattogram, two in Rajshahi, two in Khulna and one in Sylhet. So far, 5,118 coronavirus patients died in Dhaka division, 1,631 in Chattogram, 501 in Rajshahi, 579 in Khulna, 273 in Barishal, 318 in Sylhet, 373 in Rangpur and 201 in Mymensingh.
Further, the lack of privacy at home, and the risks of using shared, unsafe, and unclean toilets and bathing facilities could act as a barrier for the women to change their menstrual materials as frequently as required, and to wash and store them in a hygienic manner.