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[ Mais ]  Les prix élevés sont une conséquence des longues séquences sèche et d'inondations qui ont impacté négativement sur la production de l'année précédente dans certaines régions productrices.
En effet, sur les marchés des zones de collecte, le prix moyen du maïs est de 180 FCFA en juillet 2021 contre 129 FCFA en juillet 2020. Ce niveau de prix élevé se transmet des marchés de collecte aux marchés de consommation.
Le porte parole a indiqué que le HCR et ses partenaires, travaillant en étroite collaboration avec les autorités locales, montent 200 abris et assistent les personnes déplacées, tout en indiquant que « plus de ressources sont nécessaires pour augmenter l'aide ».
Des attaques ont occasionné de nombreuses violations des droits humains notamment les violations du droit à la vie, du droit à la propriété, du droit à l'intégrité physique et psychique, du droit à la liberté et à la sécurité dont les principaux auteurs présumés sont des GANE
Dans le domaine de la documentation bien que les services de la Préfecture et de la mairie soient fonctionnels dans la ville de Sebba, les parents ont des difficultés pour avoir les extraits de naissance de leurs enfants.
The assailants struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province, near the eastern border with Niger. They also burned homes and a market, the government said, describing the attackers as terrorists.
Les conflits fonciers résultent des confrontations liées à l'accès et/ou à l'exploitation des terres et des ressources naturelles  ( végétaux, eau, cure salée, etc. ) . Ils traduisent les difficultés de la cohabitation des activités productives dans l'espace rural.
Les conflits relatifs aux ressources minières sont principalement liés à l'exploitation de l'or qui ne tient pas compte des besoins des autres utilisateurs des ressources naturelles. Pour l'essentiel, il s'agit:  ( i )  des conflits entre les orpailleurs et les sociétés minières;  ( ii )  des conflits entre les orpailleurs et les populations locales; et  ( iii )  des conflits entre les sociétés minières et les populations locales.
Dans la matinée du jeudi 24 juin 2021, quatre femmes qui s'étaient rendue au marché de Tchela localité située à 5km de Mansila pour l'achat de vivres, ont été victime de viol de la part d'un GANE.
Dans la soirée du lundi 17 juin 2021, un corps sans vie a été retrouvé aux environs de Sissarka, secteur 4 de Sebba dans la province du Yagha. Selon les informations, l'incident serait l'œuvre d'un GANE qui avait arrêté trois hommes. Ce GANE a tué un des hommes enlevé et relâché les deux autres. La victime serait l'aide soignant du centre de santé de Solhan.
Enfin, les 21 et 22 juin 2021, s'est tenu à Dédougou un atelier de renforcement des capacités en assistance humanitaire, initié par l'Institut de Stratégie et de Relation Internationale  ( ISRI )  en partenariat avec le Centre International de Formation au Maintien de la Paix Kofi Anan et la Coopération autrichienne. A cette session de formation qui a regroupé plusieurs catégories d'acteurs  ( autorités administratives, coutumières et religieuses, responsables des services techniques déconcentrés, membres des forces de défense et de sécurité, représentants des femmes et des jeunes, responsables d'ONG humanitaires ) , INTERSOS a été sollicitée pour présenter une communication sur la situation de protection dans la Boucle du Mouhoun.
En effet 11 causeries éducatives ont été réalisées dans les centres communautaires de Ziniaré et Nagréongo afin de renforcer la dynamique de la dénonciation au sein des communautés ; Ces causeries ont porté sur les thèmes suivants : la violence psychologique et le déni de ressources. Ces causeries ont touché 100 personnes dont 35 hommes et 65 femmes qui ont manifesté leurs satisfactions pour de telles activités et profiter demander une assistance pour les différents besoins.
Certes INTERSOS apporte une réponse mais elle demeure insuffisante et limité alors face à cette précarité une réponse doit être apportée pour limiter les risques de vulnérabilité.
La situation sécuritaire a des impacts sur le fonctionnement de l'Etat et de ses structures déconcentrées. L'absence totale du service de sécurité dans certaines localités telles que Logobou, Tansarga, Botou, Bartiébougou, Foutouri, Liptougou, expose les populations à d'énormes violations au droit de l'homme. La production des documents d'état civil est tout à coup devenue difficile en termes d'accessibilité dans les provinces sauf celle du Gourma qui dispose depuis le mois d'Avril une antenne de délivrance de la carte nationale d'identité.
Poursuite de la coordination de la réponse humanitaire des partenaires santé sous le leadership de l'OMS : organisation des rencontres bimensuelles, coordination des groupes thématiques santé  ( Santé mentale, Santé sexuelle et reproductive, Cash en santé, WASH en santé ) .
Dans la région du nord, afin de renforcer les compétences des acteurs communautaires pour la réalisation des accouchements hygiéniques à domicile et la référence des cas compliqués et les VBG dans le District sanitaires de Titao, Tdh L a procédé au renforcement de capacités de 40 accoucheuses villageoises avec l'appui du District sanitaire ; elles seront dotées de kits d'accouchement par le DS. Par ailleurs, 40 ASBC provenant des formations fermées et/ou fonctionnant à minima ont été formés sur la PCIME Communautaire; ils auront donc pour taches de dépister et traiter les cas de paludisme, d'IRA et de diarrhée au sein de leurs communautés respectives et aussi d'identifier les signes de danger et référer les cas graves afin de réduire la létalité et les incapacités dues à ces pathologies.
Pour la polio, il s'agit des cas de Polio virus dérivé du vaccin qui ont été confirmé dans la Région du Centre Est. Le 1er janvier 2020, un cas de poliomyélite  ( cVDPV2 )  a été détecté dans le District Sanitaire de Ouargaye, Région du Centre Est. Le Round 0 de la réponse à cette épidémie qui s'est déroulé du 07 10 février 2020 avait touché 17 437 enfants de 0 59 mois dans 5 formations sanitaires du District de Ouargaye. La réponse est en cours.
Durant le mois d'Avril et de Mai 2021, en réponse à l'épidémie de rougeole, 227 149 enfants de moins de 5 ans ont bénéficié de vaccination contre la rougeole dans la région du Sahel à travers des journées de ratissage mensuel ciblant les zones à faible couverture et abritant des PDIs ;
Some displaced people said they fear issues of sexual abuse and exploitation will be further ignored and marginalised since the central government has banned journalists from visiting and reporting in displacement camps.
En cette fin du premier semestre de l'année 2021, la situation sécuritaire de la Boucle du Mouhoun reste toujours préoccupante au regard de la multiplication des incidents contre les populations et de la présence régulière des Groupes Armés Non Etatiques  ( GANE )  observées au cours du mois de juin 2021, notamment dans les communes frontalières avec le Mali. Malgré la résignation de certaines communautés aux injonctions imposées par ces groupes dans certaines localités1, la Boucle du Mouhoun a connu, durant ce mois, une recrudescence des incidents marquée par l'occupation des champs des populations par des GANE qui y auraient installé leurs bases logistiques.
Au niveau des activités de réponse aux problèmes spécifiques de protection, il a été identifié deux  ( 02 )  enfants victimes de VBG dont 01 cas de viol sur mineure et 01 cas de mariage forcé sur mineure. Ces survivantes de VBG dont les auteurs seraient des membres de la famille ou issus de la communauté ont bénéficié des services tels le support psychologique et l'assistance en cash dans le cadre de la gestion de cas.
Dans le DS de Sebba, la fermeture de certaines FS et le déplacement massif des populations vers la ville contraignent les agents de santé à une intensification des sorties en CPN avancées. Sous la supervision de MdME, 177 CPN ont été réalisées dans les aires sanitaires de 5 FS du DS de Sebba.
En plus les mesures de restriction prises par le Gouvernement dans le cadre de la lutte contre la pandémie de COVID 19 ont engendré un ralentissement global des activités économiques dans les centres urbains en raison de la persistance de la maladie. Cette situation continue d'affecter négativement les opportunités d'emplois des ménages vulnérables, impactés déjà par la tendance à la hausse des prix des denrées alimentaires dans les marchés.
Le partenaire ACTED a travaillé à renforcer les mécanismes de gestion dans les 14 sites et zones d'accueil de déplacés dans les communes de Kaya, Barsalogho des sensibilisations sur la promotion de l'hygiène dans 04 sites de Kongoussi et 04 secteurs de Fada N'Gourma. Des évaluations afin d'établir la cartographie des infrastructures ont été réalisées par REACH dans 07 communes Tougouri, Bourzanga, Dablo, Pensa et Matiacoali )  de la région du Centre Nord.
Il y a aussi des PDI venus de Takatami dans la commune de Boundoré au nombre de 45 personnes dont 09 femmes, 17 filles, 14 garçons et 05 hommes et de Niatana et Kirgou au nombre de 57 personnes dont 16 femmes, 11 filles, 19 garçons et 11 hommes qui ont accueillies dans la commune de sebba.
Au cours de la période de Juin 2021, des mouvements de populations ont été enregistrés lors du monitoring de protection dont 139 PDI ayant effectuées des mouvements de différents types. Ces mouvements sont de trois types dont des mouvements primaires, secondaires et de retour.
En termes de mouvements de population, l'installation progressive de la saison hivernale et les vacances scolaires ont favorisé le retour d'un grand nombre de PDI y compris des élèves dans les localités d'origine pour les travaux champêtres. D'autres types de mouvements notamment des déplacements secondaires à titre préventif et un cas de mouvement pendulaire ont été observés dans la région. Cette tendance des mouvements caractérisée par l'absence de déplacement primaire ou massif de population pourrait s'expliquer par la nature des incidents qui n'ont ciblé que des individus à l'exception de tout incident communautaire.
Pre pandemic, conflict and insecurity were the main drivers of food crises  ( FSIN, 2020 ) , especially in the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia. FAO and WFP  ( 2020 )  expect that the pandemic will lead to new outbreaks and further intensification of existing violence and conflict. Countries at particular risk of food insecurity from conflict due to Covid 19 include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the DRC, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen  ( FAO and WFP, 2020 ) .
Sur les marchés locaux faiblement approvisionnées, des hausses atypiques de prix sont observées. Par exemple, à Oursi, les prix du mil et du sorgho  ( produit de substitution )  ont augmenté respectivement de 30 et 44 pour cent par rapport à la moyenne. Malgré une offre de petits ruminants 14 pour cent au dessus de la moyenne du fait des déstockages réalisés par les PDI et les ménages hôtes, les prix enregistrent des hausses de 19 pour cent pour le bouc et sont stables pour le bélier par rapport à la moyenne. Les termes de l'échange bouc/mil restent en faveur des éleveurs qui disposent encore de bétail et qui ont accès au marché de Gorom Gorom.
Dans 33% des localités évaluées, les IC ont rapporté que la majorité de la population n'avait pas accès à suffisamment de nourriture au cours des 30 derniers jours.
Dans les régions du Sahel et du Centre Nord en particulier, les admissions d'enfants malnutris ont augmenté au premier trimestre 2021 comparativement à la même période de l'année passée : 26 pour cent pour les MAS et 36 pour cent pour les MAM dans le Centre Nord; 77 pour cent pour les MAS et 83 pour cent pour les MAM dans le Sahel
Au cours du premier trimestre de 2021, les admissions de MAS et de MAM ont augmenté respectivement de 77 pour cent et 83 pour cent au niveau des formations sanitaires de la région comparativement au premier trimestre de 2021, tandis que le nombre de formations sanitaires fermés est resté stable.
La mise en œuvre de la réponse aux besoins en ESU est dirigée par le gouvernement du Burkina Faso qui a établi une stratégie nationale de l'éducation en situations d'urgence  ( SN/ESU 2019 2023 )  en 2019. Cette stratégie a renforcé le rôle du groupe de travail national de l'éducation en situations d'urgence  ( GT  ESU/actuel Cluster Education )  , présidé par le Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Alphabétisation et de la Promotion des Langues Nationales  ( MENAPLN )  avec l'appui de l'UNICEF et de Plan International, respectivement « Cluster Lead » et « Cluster Co Lead ».
[ 15th October 2020, Bangladesh ]   Bangladesh is seeing 2,258.04 infections, 1,757 recoveries and 32.93 deaths per million. Of the total victims, 4,314 are men and 1,294 are women. Of the latest 15 victims, 13 are aged above 50 years.
[ 2nd Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is seeing 3,025.04 infections, 2,698.78 recoveries and 44.62 deaths per million
[ 14th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The closure was extended several times, most recently until January 30 this year, to protect the students from the virus infections.Online classes will continue during this extended closure, said the notification issued Sunday.
Bangladesh on Tuesday announced the detection of 2,230 new cases, pushing the total to 451,990. During the period, 32 more patients died from Covid 19 which took the death toll to 6,448 with a fatality rate of 1.43%. So far, 366,877 patients  ( 81.17% )  including 2,266 new ones, have recovered.
[ 18th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's coronavirus fatalities reached 5,660 on Sunday with the deaths of 14 more patients in the last 24 hours until morning. The health authorities reported 1,274 new cases, taking the caseload to 388,569. Currently, there are 78,937 active cases in the country, said the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 28th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination campaign against Covid 19 in Bangladesh began on Wednesday. It is an incredibly important task and we wish the government the best of luck in this undertaking. Bangladesh now has 70 lakh vaccine doses at hand, of which 20 given as a gift from the Indian government. In total, Bangladesh has purchased 3 crore doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India, which will arrive in several phases.
[ 28th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has targeted vaccinating 60 lakh people in the first month and another 50 lakh the following month. A pilot programme began yesterday, involving five public hospitals in Dhaka. Nurses, doctors, freedom fighters, media personnel and other frontline workers from different professional groups will receive the shots during the trial phase.
[ 24th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Furthermore, 97.4%  ( 11,025 )  of altogether 11,323 women were victims of domestic violence, 170 child marriages occurred and 233 were stopped in May.
[ 23rd October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged more than 396,000 coronavirus cases with 1,586 people having tested positive over the same period. With the latest figure, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 396,413, according to the daily virus update released on Friday by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 6th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has witnessed 15 more deaths from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, taking the number of total fatalities to 6,036. The country also logged more than 417,000 coronavirus cases with 1,469 people having tested positive over the same period.
[ 1st November 2020, Bangladesh ]  As many as 12,549 samples were tested in the 109 authorized labs   government and private   across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 12.50%. To date, 2,348,811 tests have been conducted in the country, leading to an overall infection rate of 17.42% so far.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,418,114 tests have been carried out – 16,608 in the last 24 hours.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The national caseload stands at 525,723 with 470,405 recoveries, according to a handout from the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 642 people have recovered from Covid 19 over the last 24 hours.So far, 484,573 patients   89.94% of all infected   have made full recoveries across the country.
[ 27th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The latest figures show an infection rate of 10.58%. To date, 2,283,964 tests have been conducted in the country, leading to an overall infection rate of 17.58% so far.
[ 25th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  During the last 24 hours 2,156 people have tested positive for Covid 19. Bangladesh has registered 39 deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, which is the second highest since September 21, when the death toll was 40.
[ 15th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the total infections, 80.85% patients have recovered, while 1.43% died so far since the first Covid 19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8. Out of the 21 new deaths, 17 were men and four women, the press release said, adding that one was in his 40s, two in their 20s, four in their 50s, while 14 were above 60 years.
[ 2nd Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,249,402 tests, including 9701 new ones, have been carried out. The overall infection rate stood at 15.85 % and the death rate at 1.48
[ 25th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Earlier on November 17, death toll was also 39. The highest number of deaths in Bangladesh caused by Covid 19 was 64, recorded on June 30. With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 6,487 in the country.
[ 17th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  The total number of infections has now surged to 436,684. Meanwhile, the recovery count rose to 352,895 after another 1,749 patients were discharged from hospitals in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
[ 25th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 3,884 have died in Dhaka division, 1,247 in Chittagong, 397 in Rajshahi, 490 in Khulna, 215 in Barishal, 264 in Sylhet, 294 in Rangpur, and 132 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.43%.
[ 27th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 20 more deaths from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, taking the number of total fatalities to 6,544. The country also logged more than 458,000 coronavirus cases with 2,273 people having tested positive over the same period.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the first half of the current fiscal year  ( FY21 ) , the overall public expenditure has reduced by 7.57%, ADP expenditure was reduced by 26.26%, while other expenditure has reduced by 1.28%. The finance minister said after successful completion of the 7th Five Year Plan, the government has also started implementation of the 8th Five Year Plan  ( 2021 2025 ) , 2nd Perspective Plan  ( 2021 2041 )  and Delta Plan 2100. “Our desired goal is to turn Bangladesh into a happy and prosperous developed nation by 2041,' he added. He mentioned that to offset the shock from Covid 19, the government has so far rolled out some 23 stimulus packages involving a total sum of Tk1,24,053 crore, which is also 4.4% of the country's GDP.“All will have to acknowledge it that this is a rare and courageous step in the history of Bangladesh,' the minister said.
[ 19th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 2,895 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,134 in Chattogram, 362 in Rajshahi, 457 in Khulna, 196 in Barishal, 240 in Sylhet, 257 in Rangpur and 119 in Mymensingh . Currently, 12,265 people are in isolation and 39,776 in quarantine.
[ 17th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Among the 39 deaths, 30 are male and nine are female. One person was in his 20s, one in his 30s, two are in their 40s, and 24 are over 60 years old. According to division wise data, 22 deaths took place in Dhaka division and the rest in other divisions all at hospitals.
[ 24th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar  ] Times are hard in the unique coral island, the only one of its kind in the country. The locals said the Covid 19 pandemic hit them with a 'double whammy' as prices increased and at the same time, incomes have suffered even more than the rest of the country with the main income earner, tourism, completely shut down.
[ 19th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  A recent study shows that a large number of children are facing increasing violence at home amid the Covid 19 pandemic. Act Now, a child consultation study conducted in 10 Asian countries, including Bangladesh, revealed that 44% of the participants  ( children )  reported an increase in domestic violence.
[ 24th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  In May the number of violent incidents against women was 31% higher compared to the other three months of the countrywide lockdown from March to July.
[ 24th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Human Rights Watch in late October released a global report that said women and girls in Bangladesh were facing increased domestic violence during the Covid 19 pandemic, highlighting the long term and systemic barriers to legal recourse, protection and social services.
[ 22nd November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the 38 deceased    28 men and 10 women    28 were from Dhaka division, three from Chittagong, two each from Khulna and Mymensingh, and one each from Rajshahi, Barisal, and Rangpur divisions. All the victims died at different hospitals in the country. So far, 4,909 men  ( 76.85% )  and 1,479 women  ( 23.15% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 24th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded 28 more Covid 19 deaths during the period, taking fatalities to 6,416 with a mortality rate of 1.43%. In the last seven days, 201 people lost their lives to Covid 19.
[ 24th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 3,422 have died in Dhaka division, 1,242 in Chittagong, 394 in Rajshahi, 488 in Khulna, 215 in Barishal, 263 in Sylhet, 292 in Rangpur, and 132 in Mymensingh.
[ 29th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  As many as 13,737 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 117 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 13.02%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 16.77%. Currently, 12,833 people are in isolation and 40,655 are quarantined.
[ 29th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the 29 deceased – 23 men and six women – 23 were from Dhaka division, two each from Chittagong and Rangpur, and one each from Rajshahi and Khulna. All the victims died at different hospitals across the country. So far, 5,075 men  ( 76.79% )  and 1,534 women  ( 23.21% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 28th December 2020, Dhaka Division ]  On June 2, during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council, the premier directed the authorities to establish ICUs in every district hospital and ensure they were appropriately equipped. She also directed that proper flow of oxygen for patients suffering from breathing related ailments be ensured.On October 8, the prime minister said the government was taking all out preparations to keep district hospitals ready with ICUs and necessary oxygen to effectively deal with the possible second wave of coronavirus, which might arrive in winter.
[ 28th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,184,527 tests have been carried out. The overall infection rate stood at 16.02% and the death rate at 1.47
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a total of 641 patients have successfully recovered from the infection across the country, taking the total number of recovered cases to 487,870. The country's recovery rate now stands at 90.17%.
[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded 10 more Coronavirus related deaths and 540 new cases in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, showing a slight fall in daily infection rate.
[ 26th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,398 on Friday with 20 more deaths recorded in the past 24 hours amid apprehensions that winter could complicate the coronavirus situation.
[ 26th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is seeing 2,978.54 infections, 2,635.26 recoveries, and 43.44 deaths per million.
[ 2nd December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,562 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 385,786 patients – 82.18% – have made full recovery across the country. As many as 15,972 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 118 authorized labs    government and private    across the country.
[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Thirteen more Covid 19 deaths were reported during the period; the mortality rate stood at 1.53%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 9th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Authorities have so far tested 4,180,938 samples, including 17,973 in the past 24 hours.
[ 24th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 446,690 patients – 88.26 % – have recovered with 2,345 in the past 24 hours.
[ 12th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the country logged more than 489,000 coronavirus cases with 1,329 people testing positive in a span of 24 hours. With this, a total of 489,178 positive cases were reported while 417,503 recovered  ( 85.35% ) .
[ 11th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The latest figures show an infection rate of 11.54%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 16.57%. Currently, 12,610 people are in isolation and 41,654 are quarantined.
[ 10th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The EU and Germany have provided Bangladesh with about Tk 1,145 crore to help Covid 19 hit workers in the export oriented industries. The amount    €113 million    is part of the EU's contribution to fighting Covid 19 and its consequences in Bangladesh, offers a safety net to workers whose livelihoods are affected by the economic fallout, said a press release issued by the EU in Bangladesh.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Efforts to acquire bulk lots of vaccines for fill finish in Bangladesh: Bangladesh could also ask Russia and other vaccine developing companies to utilize the internationally recognized, high quality vaccine fill finish platform available in pharmaceutical company ( ies )  in Bangladesh. This will help tremendously to secure enough doses of vaccines within a short time.Take an active role in the movement of equitable distribution of vaccines: The people living in developing countries like Bangladesh must not be left behind. Bangladesh should raise a voice and start lobbying for the equitable distribution of vaccines.
[ 9th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a rise in its daily Covid 19 in cases in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning as the country registered 912 new cases.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a daily infection rate of 5.57% with 762 new cases reported until early Friday. The country recorded a daily infection rate of 4.90% on January 14, 8.29% on January 10, 7.52% on January 4, and 8.18% on January 1.
Refugee:  [ 31st October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The distribution of these plastic sheets reached 90,426 households out of a target of 90,990 or 99.38% by early September.
[ 20th Jan 2020, Bangladesh ]  “Each government hospital has been prepared to preserve 425,000 doses. Another 71,000 doses can be stored in the five six ice freezers at the hospitals.'
[ 30th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ] The number of deaths rose to 7,531 since the first cases were reported in the country on March 8.
[ 21st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 7,312 with 32 more deaths in 24 hours until Monday.
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 has claimed 17 more lives and infected 978 more people in 24 hours across the country until Wednesday morning.
[ 24th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 19 deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning. With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 7,378 in the country. The country also logged a total of 506,102 coronavirus cases with 1,234 people testing positive over the same period.
[ 28th December 2020, Dhaka Division ]  Only one bed out of 16 was available at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University  ( BSMMU ) , three out of six beds at Sarkari Karmachari Hospital in Fulbaria, four out of 24 bed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital  ( Unit 2 )  and Burn Unit, one out of 14 beds at Mugda Medical College Hospital, and three out of 15 beds were free at Rajarbagh Police Hospital as of Monday, according to the health bulletin of the DGHS.
[ 16th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS the death rate relates to those aged 51 to 60 years. The total number of deaths at this age is 1,834, which is 25.63%; the death count of people between 41 and 50 years is 844, which is 11.79%, number of people between the ages of 31 and 40 is 363, which is 5.07%; number of deaths in people between the ages of 21 to 30 is 157, which is 2.19%; number of people between 11 and 20 years is 55, which is 0.77% and between the age of zero to 10 years there are 33 deaths, which is 0.46%.
[ 21st December 2020, Bangladesh ]  An Air Asia official said the airline had asked its agency officials to explain how passengers got boarding passes and could travel without certificates. The airline was fined Tk100,000, for carrying 98 passengers without Covid 19 certificates from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka on Sunday.
[ 21st December 2020, Bangladesh ]  From December 5 till Sunday, 62,651 passengers arrived in the country. Of them, 1,733 were sent to institutional quarantine, four Indian citizens and an Italian citizen were sent back to their countries, five people were found carrying Covid 19 positive certificates.
[ 28th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw the deaths of 23 more men and four women from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours until early Monday.The fatality number rose to 7,479 since the first cases were reported in the country on March 8.
[ 29th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  A total of 15,902 members of the Armed Forces, including those who are in service, retired and their family members as well, have been infected with Covid 19 as of November 14. Among them, 199 have died – 20 current members of the Armed Forces and 179 retired military officers.
[ 28th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Eminent virologist Dr Nazrul Islam, who is one of the members of the National Advisory Technical Committee  ( NATC )  on Covid 19, on several occasions over the last month told Dhaka Tribune the demand for ICUs and oxygen would increase in winter. He also stressed the need to take preparations early, as the installation of ICU beds was a time consuming task.
[ 28th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Asking to remain anonymous, CMSD sources said the ICU beds had been acquired for dedicated Covid 19 hospitals. After a new team transferred to CMSD around late May and June, the DGHS conducted its first survey and placed orders for nearly a hundred ICU beds that had already been distributed. The second survey has just been completed and about 200 more beds will be required. The disbursement would be made official soon, the sources added.
[ 28th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 1,357 people had recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 453,318 patients – 88.87% of all infected – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 29th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Based on the ground reality, lockdown does not seem to be an option now. So, social distancing is most unlikely to be ensured fully. However, enforcement of wearing masks properly  ( not only hanging around the face )  can be done with the help of a proactive role of the administration and awareness of the people; members of the public must realize that masks save lives and it is not a difficult thing to do. While ensuring the wearing of masks and social distancing, the government must take all out efforts to get vaccines as early as possible.
[ 25th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid global alarm after detection of new strains of coronavirus in the UK and South Africa, Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,378 until Thursday with 19 more deaths.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Inactivated vaccines: It is remarkable that none of the scientifically advanced countries in the EU and countries like the US, the UK, Australia, and Japan have chosen and have not invested their money in inactivated vaccines  ( see Figure 1 ) . Similarly, Bangladesh should stay away from the inactivated vaccines of Bharat Biotech, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Institute of Medical Biology of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co Ltd, among others.nOther than the scientifically questionable efficacy of inactivated vaccines, such vaccines like the Sinovac one  ( $60 per person )  are very costly.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 19,032 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours. As many as highest ever 19,054 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 140 authorized labs   government and private   across the country and 1,877 new patients were confirmed.
[ 28th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Hundreds of ICU beds earmarked for dedicated Covid 19 hospitals are lying idle at the Central Medical Stores Depot  ( CMSD )  as the authorities concerned are yet to place orders for them, according to CMSD sources. Meanwhile, dedicated Covid 19 hospitals are suffering from a shortage of ICU beds amid a surge of Covid 19 cases from the beginning of winter.However, a lack of coordination between the relevant authorities appears to have delayed the entire process.
[ 29th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Four Bangladesh navy ships carrying at least 1,800 Rohingya refugees on Tuesday left the Chattogram port for Bhashan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, amid concerns many of the persecuted refugees were coerced into relocating to the flood prone island. The Rohingya refugees, who have been sheltered in camps in Cox's Bazar since fleeing the 2017 Myanmar military clampdown, were taken to Chattogram in buses on Monday. Navy Commodore Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury said at least 1,804 Rohingya were being moved in ships to Bhasan Char. “We are ready to receive the new arrivals,' he said by telephone from the island.
[ 28th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  1,772 Rohingyas are expected to travel to their new home in Bhashan Char on Tuesday, joining 1,645 already living there Buoyed by the success of the first relocation over three weeks ago, the government is all set to transfer more than 1,000 Rohingyas from the camps in Cox's Bazar to Bhashan Char in Noakhali on Tuesday. These persecuted people will join with 1,645 of their fellow citizens, who were relocated to the island in the Bay of Bengal on December 4.Actually, 1,642 Rohingyas arrived in Bhashan Char on that day. Since then, three babies were born to take the number to 1,645.
[ 10th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until now, 3,344,399 tests, including 12,524 new ones, have been carried out.
[ 19th Jan 2021 Bangladesh ]  This mutation was found in 2 variants sequenced by NGRI as part of a mass sequencing project where a total of 58 variants from Noakhali were collected and sequenced in the lab.
[ 26th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate is 1.54 percent, a handout from the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ 13th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  With 890 new Covid 19 patients detected in the last 24 hours the total number of infections in the country rose to 524,910 until Wednesday .As per the latest data, the daily infection rate dropped to 5.66 percent.
[ 13th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,40,1506 tests, including 16,338 new ones, have been carried out.
[ 13th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate stood at 15.43 percent, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ 21st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The foreign minister told Dhaka Tribune that his information about additional vaccine procurement by Beximco was old information. An Air India plane carrying the vaccine landed at Dhaka airport at around 11.15am, said officials. Shahriar Sazzad, chief health officer at Dhaka airport and assistant director of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , said the authorities had received 167 boxes.Two cargo trucks left the airport area around 12:30 noon and reached the storage soon after 1pm. DGHS officials said one cargo truck carried some 60 boxes while another carried the other 107 boxes. Every box has 1200 vials of vaccine. One vial means 10 doses of vaccine.
[ 23rd January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Lenin mentioned that the government should deploy an adequate number of law enforcers in all the vaccination centres to deal with any possible chaotic situation, irregularities and abuse of power. "Taking a lesson from Covid 19 test scams, the government must send out a strong message that it won't tolerate any kind of irregularity and abuse of power over the vaccination." He also said that vaccine recipients should be given a leaflet or guideline about what they should do if any reaction or side effect develops among them.
[ 15th February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In the first two phases – December 4 and 29 – some 3,446 Rohingyas were relocated to the Noakhali island. Buoyed by the success of the first, second, and third relocation, the government is continuing its effort to relocate some 100,000 Rohingyas to Bhashan Char in phases to provide them with a better living place. The government has dismissed safety concerns over the island, citing the building of flood defences and other infrastructures.
[ 23rd Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Two million doses of Covid 19 vaccine ‘gifted' by India reached Dhaka on Thursday. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami handed over the vaccine to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque at a ceremony at state guesthouse Padma. Foreign Minister Momen said that the arrival of two million doses of Oxford vaccine from India is a sign of strong relations and goodwill between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
[ 21st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 16 deceased   11 men and five women   13 were from Dhaka division and one each from Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi. Fifteen of them died at different hospitals across the country, while one died at home. So far, 6,037 men  ( 75.78% )  and 1,929 women  ( 24.22% )  have died of Covid 19 in the country.The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.50%.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Governments and service providers should strive to ensure that barriers hampering safe access to services for all victims of SGBV are eliminated. Authorities and institutions have to also ensure that high quality services are in place to support survivors, and to facilitate their access to justice. Sexual and gender based violence is never justified. It is always harmful, and it must be addressed.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to officials concerned, Beximco Pharma will store the vaccine   named AZD1222 under the brand name Covishield   doses in its warehouse at Tongi for now.They will hand them over to the government within Wednesday for distribution among the district and upazila level cold storages under the health directorate's EPI  ( Extended Programme on Immunization )  in line with the Health Ministry's deployment plan.
[ 7th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  In Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday cleared confusion about the timely delivery of Covid 19 vaccine to Bangladesh, saying it will get the vaccine from India on time."A decision has been taken at the highest level and that would be implemented. Nobody has to worry or get panicked," he told reporters sharing the updates they received from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Health Minister Zahid Maleque also assured that Bangladesh will receive the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine from the Serum Institute on time.
[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 21, the Indian government sent two million doses of Covid 19 vaccine as a gift to Bangladesh, while as many as 30 million doses bought from SII are expected to arrive in phases. On November 5, a Memorandum of Understanding  ( MoU )  was signed between the Health Ministry, Serum Institute of India and Beximco Pharmaceuticals in Dhaka to collect 30 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine. On January 11, Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  Director General  ( DG )  Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam told reporters that these vaccines will be stored in the warehouses of Beximco for two days and then will be disbursed across the country.
[ 21st January 20211, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh, however, has no immediate plans to buy COVAXIN whose efficacy data from the late India trial are expected by March. “Our vaccine procurement is in good shape. We are going to start the vaccination in the first week of February,' Bangladesh Health Secretary Abdul Mannan told Reuters. “No plan to buy from Bharat Biotech at present.'
[ 13th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  revealed the latest figures on Covid 19 in the country through a press release on Wednesday. Of the 14 deceased – six men and eight women – 10 were from Dhaka division; two from Chittagong, and one each from Khulna and Sylhet divisions. Of the victims, 13 died at different hospitals and one at home. So far, 5,943 men  ( 75.87% )  and 1,890 women  ( 24.13% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 10th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 1,071 new Covid 19 cases, taking the tally so far to 522,453. The death toll climbed to 7,781 after 25 fatalities were recorded in a 24 hour time frame until Sunday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a press release. Another 737 patients recovered from Covid 19 through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the total recovery count to 466,801.
[ 14th January 2021 , Bangladesh ]  On Wednesday, the daily test positivity rate was 5.66% and on Tuesday it was 5%. The daily test positivity rate did not go below double digits from May 3 to October 23 and again from October 25 to December 14. This clearly depicts a downward trend in the daily test positivity rate, where the average figure to date stands at 15.38%.
[ 12th January 2021 Bangladesh ]  The division wise data shows that 10 deaths took place in Dhaka division, two in Sylhet, one each in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Mymensingh. Among the total 7,819 deaths, 4,326 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,434 in Chittagong division, 449 in Rajshahi division, 540 in Khulna division, 239 in Barisal division, 298 in Sylhet division, 350 in Rangpur division, and 183 in Mymensingh division.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the DGHS, the vaccine will be stored at district and upazila EPI's WIC and ILR storage. The WIC  ( 10 60 cubic metre )  can store 1,00,000 425,000 vials of vaccine while ILR can store up to 7,100 vials. One cold box can accommodate 900 vials of vaccine while a vaccine carrier has 80 vials of vaccine. Vaccines will be preserved between 2 8°C temperature.
[ 11th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  He said the government had built a framework mechanism to monitor the condition of the vaccinated people. In his presentation, Dr Mushtuq mentioned that the government had to pay $2  ( Tk170 approximately )  for each shot of the vaccine from the Covax program, an initiative co led by The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, the World Health Organization  ( WHO ) , and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations  ( CEPI ) . The operational cost of the vaccine would be another $2, he said.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  A special flight from India carrying the vaccines would land at Shahjalal International Airport on January 20, it read.The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, are set to arrive on January 20, said Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general  ( DG )  of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  also on Monday. The vaccines will be received and stored at DGHS' facilities, such as EPI  ( Expanded Program on Immunization ) . Additional storage will also be provided for by Unicef, according to Health Minister Zahid Maleque.
[ 16th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country's infection number reached the 500,000 mark on December 20. The first cases were reported on March 8. The death toll exceeded 7,000 on December 12.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dr Khurshid Alam said: “It is very small in volume compared to the volume we are bringing in for the vaccination program. It will not be a problem for us to store it.' When asked whether it will bring any changes to Bangladesh's vaccination schedule, he said that they will wait for further instructions and information from the Health Ministry. He also mentioned that the training programs for the country's vaccinator teams are well underway and is scheduled to conclude by January 27. If the schedule is not followed, it will not be possible to conduct a nationwide vaccination program, he added.
[ 12th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Beximco Pharmaceuticals will buy up to three million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India at about $8 each for sale on the private market, Beximco's chief operating officer told Reuters news agency. The COO, Rabbur Reza, said that was about twice the price of around $4 that Beximco had agreed for separate supplies of five million doses a month, over the first half of the year, for the Bangladeshi government's subsidised mass vaccination programme.
[ 16th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The lesser number of cases was accompanied with a positivity rate of 4.73%   the lowest since April 5 last year, according to a bulletin released by the Directorate General of Health Services. The overall infection rate in the country is 15.30%.
[ 19th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccines to be received by Bangladesh from the Indian government as a gift will arrive in the city on Wednesday or Thursday, he said. "We are yet to be informed about the schedule of the flight that will bring the vaccines into the country." However, later on Tuesday, sources at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said the two million doses of Covid 19 vaccines that are India's gift to Bangladesh will arrive in Dhaka on Thursday.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, the mortality rate remained almost steady at 1.53 percent for the past few days, including Tuesday, said the handout, adding that 489,254 patients  ( 90.29 pc )  have recovered from the virus infection so far.
[ 20th January 2021,Bangladesh ]  While starting their registration through the “Surakkha' app or website, people will have to provide their names, addresses, NID card numbers, history of comorbidity diseases, Covid 19 test reports  ( if any ) , vaccine consent, among other information. Once that is done, an OTP  ( one time password )  will be provided to a vaccine candidate's mobile number with which he/she will be able to finish the process of registration. This database will be a unified one for both public and private vaccination efforts. Meanwhile, if any vaccine candidate loses his/her vaccine registration card, that individual will be allowed to download it once again from the www.surakkha.gov.bd site, DGHS officials told the media recently.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the country's economy has been rebounding from the Covid 19 shocks due to the time befitting steps of the government alongside implementation of the stimulus packages. “In the first half  ( July December )  of the current fiscal year  ( FY21 ) , the major macroeconomic indicators like inward remittance, foreign currency reserves, money supply and inflation are in a very satisfactory position,' he said while expressing his firm resolve that Bangladesh would soon step into a developing country status from the list of LDCs, reports BSS.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,762,774 tests, including 13,762 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8. The overall infection rate now stands at 14.31 percent. However, 483,931 patients – 89.89 percent – have recovered so far, the DGHS said.