Remain alert as cases rising

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday urged all to maintain health protocols as the number of Covid cases started to rise in Bangladesh, report agencies.
"Covid has not yet been eradicated and the situation may take alarming turn any time although it is normal now," said the minister at the secretariat after a meeting on automation of admission process in private medical and dental colleges.
He said Covid cases have increased a bit in the country with 109 people infected with the virus on Sunday.
Many eminent personalities including ministers have already been infected. "Everyone must follow health rules and wear a mask," he added.
Zahid also urged those who have not been vaccinated yet to get vaccinated immediately.
The proposed budget allotted for the health sector is around Tk 40 billion which more than the previous fiscal year, he said.
Regarding the automation of students admission in private medical and dental colleges, he said the admission process will be transparent now.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has registered 128 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,954,243.
But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,131, according to the latest government data released on Monday.
As many as 6,688 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.91 percent.
Globally the overall number of Covid cases are gradually approaching 541 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 540,561,040 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,331,494 on Monday morning.
The US has recorded 87,321,703 cases so far and 1,035,847 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.