Dhaka February 19, 2026, 12:29 pm
A single dose of remdesivir will be priced at Tk 5,500. An adult patient may need up to 12 doses on doctor’s advice
All procedures for production have been completed and preparations have begun from Friday morning for distribution of the drug
Seven more deaths from the virus and 709 new cases of infection were reported today
"Many countries are witnessing positive results from the use of remdesivir on Covid-19 patients
WHO Director-General said that countries must also be able to manage any risk of the disease being imported into their territories
Probe committee members and health ministry officials refuse to talk about report findings
All of them have been temporarily appointed in the senior staff nurse rank and they have to join their respective hospitals within May 13
“History will judge all of us not only on whether we got through this pandemic, but also on the lessons we learned and the actions we took once it was over.”
With this, the number of total infections stood at 12,425.
The ministry guidelines express doubt about whether the detailed protective measures are possible to maintain in factories
The test kits were brought to Bangladesh in an Indigo cargo flight and dispatched to the Institute of Epidemiological Disease Control and Research (IEDCR)
With this, the death toll from the deadly virus rose to 186 and the number of total infections stood at 11,719
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has already infected more than 3.4 million people globally and its rampant spread has forced virtually the entire world into a lockdown.
One of the dead patients is from Narayanganj and another from Rangpur
The FDA authorization applies to patients hospitalized with severe Covid-19 who require oxygen supplementation
With this, the death toll from the deadly virus rose to 170 and the number of total infections stood at 8,238
Now that Gonoshasthaya Kendra has received permission from the drug administration, BSMMU will begin the trials
The project will equip 17 medical college hospitals with isolation and critical care units, and train 3,500 health sector workers in modern skills and knowledge
GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest vaccine maker, said the global push to develop an immunisation against the coronavirus would not lead to widely available products before the second half of next year.
For the first time in Bangladesh, a polymerase chain reaction laboratory or PCR lab
