The number of people being vaccinated every day has been dropping over the last three days, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) data. Yesterday, a total of 1,14,680 people were vaccinated countrywide, while the number was 1,16,300 the previous day. On Sunday, a total of 1,25,752 people were vaccinated. With the latest figures, the total number of
The rate of daily positive coronavirus cases dropped to 2.92 percent yesterday, the lowest in more than nine months.
In 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, a total of 14,985 tests were performed in 206 Covid-19 testing centres across the country and 438 tested positive for the virus.
Thirteen people died with the highly transmissible virus over the same period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) press release.
Now the overall positivity rate stands at 14.53 percent.
Experts, however, said it was too early to say that the virus transmission was under control.
Assuming the transmission may go up anytime, they stressed on maintaining health rules.
Priority List for Vaccine: Include those aged 50 and above: experts
Experts have stressed the need for including all aged 50 and above in the priority list for the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination to maximise the effectiveness of the inoculation campaign.
Besides, they have suggested a longer gap between the administration of the first and second shots, arguing that it will make the vaccine more efficient.
The government is set to roll out its coronavirus vaccination programme in the first week of next month. It has purchased 3 crore shots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, branded Covishied, from Serum Institute of India, and plans to vaccinate 1.5 crore people in the first phase.
Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 17January 2021
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Bangladesh pandemic cases surpass half a million, with over 7,810 deaths
Officially, COVID-19 pandemic cases in Bangladesh stand at over 524,000 and deaths at more than 7,810, as medical experts criticise the callous disregard of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina’s government over its handling of the health emergency.
Nine months have already passed since the first COVID-19 related cases and deaths were reported: three cases on March 8 last year and on March 18, the first death.
The government’s under-estimation of the extent of the crisis was exposed after its figures were compared with those in other countries, which adopted the criminal “herd immunity” policy allowing the virus to run unchecked.