Daily tally: 15 virus
deaths, 509 cases
It takes the death toll to 8,087 as caseload climbs to 533,953
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 533,444
- Recovery: 477,935
- Death: 8,072
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 100,755,075
- Recovery: 55,712,392
- Death: 2,173,938
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Daily tally: 15 virus
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Runu Veronica Costa, a nurse of the Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka, received the first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Bangladesh as part of the country’s mass immunisation campaign on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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‘Joy Bangla!' exclaimed Runu Veronica Costa, a nurse of the Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka, after receiving the first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Bangladesh as part of the country’s mass immunisation campaign on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Brigadier General M Imran Hamid of Bangladesh Army was among the first five people to receive the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Md Didarul Islam, a member of traffic police’s Motijheel unit, was given a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at the inauguration of the vaccination drive in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Dr Nasima Sultana, an additional director general of health services, was among the first five people to receive the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Dr Ahmed Lutful Moben receives a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at the inauguration of the vaccination drive in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Health Minister Zahid Maleque briefing the media after the inauguration of the coronavirus vaccine drive in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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A health worker holds a vial of the coronavirus vaccine at the inauguration of the immunisation drive in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Bangladesh is using COVISHIELD, the vaccine developed by the UK’s University of Oxford and British-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca, imported from the Serum Institute of India in the inoculation campaign. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at the inauguration of the immunisation drive in Dhaka’s Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Residents of the port city are voting to elect a new leadership of the Chittagong City Corporation amid concerns over the coronavirus epidemic and election-related violence. Photo: Suman Babu
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Residents of the port city are voting to elect a new leadership of the Chittagong City Corporation amid concerns over the coronavirus epidemic and election-related violence. Photo: Suman Babu
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Violence erupts outside the USEP School voting centre in the port city's Ambagan area during the Chittagong City Corporation election on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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The mother of Md Alauddin Alam, who was shot dead outside a voting centre during the Chattogram city polls, is overcome with grief upon learning about her son's death, Jan 27, 2021.
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Family members grieve the death of Md Alauddin Alam, who was shot dead outside a voting centre in the port city's Ambagan during the Chattogram city polls on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, the Awami League's mayoral candidate in the Chattogram City Corporation election, comes out after casting his ballot at the port city's Bahaddarhat Ekhlashur Rahman Government Primary School on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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Dr Shahadat Hossain, the BNP's mayoral candidate in the Chattogram City Corporation election, casts his ballot at the Teachers Training College voting centre in West Bakalia's Ward No. 17 on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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Tensions are running high after clashes erupted between supporters of the Awami League, BNP and rebel councilor candidates in the port city's Lalkhan Bazar ward on the morning of Chattogram City Corporation polls, Jan 27, 2021.
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The scene at the port city's Lalkhan Bazar Ward following clashes between supporters of the Awami League, BNP and a rebel councillor candidate amid the Chattogram city polls on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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The scene at the port city's Lalkhan Bazar Ward following clashes between supporters of the Awami League, BNP and a rebel councillor candidate amid the Chattogram city polls on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021.
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