Vaccine
Bangladesh seeks UK support for vaccine centre
Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has sought support from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford to establish a vaccine centre in Bangladesh.
Covid-19 vaccination campaign to restart: DGHS
The government has decided to restart distribution and administration of Covid-19 vaccines amid recent rise in infection across the country
From Covid to cancer: High hopes for Nobel mRNA vaccines
The coronavirus pandemic brought global renown to the mRNA technology that underpins vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, and on Monday earned a Nobel Prize for two scientists who have been key to its development
US government to urge Americans to get new Covid-19 boosters
The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday
World's first intranasal Covid vaccine launched in Delhi
The world's first intranasal Covid-19 vaccine was launched in India's New Delhi today.
Fourth Covid-19 shot campaign begins
A special campaign for administering the fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose starts today.
Administration of 4th Covid dose to start Dec 20
A special campaign for administering fourth Covid vaccine dose will start on December 20.
Administration of 4th Covid jab to start Dec 20
Administration of the fourth dose of Covid vaccine will begin on December 20 at seven vaccination centres in Dhaka.
US gives 9.6m more doses
The United States yesterday donated 9.6 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh, a gift from the American people.
US provides 9.6m doses of Pfizer vaccine to Bangladesh
The US today provided 9.6 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh -- bringing the overall contribution from the country to over 28 million doses.
Poor nations reject millions of Covid vaccines nearing expiration: Unicef
Developing countries turned away some 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines because they were about to expire, the United Nations said.
Covid Vaccine: People suffer as chaos grips Mugda centre
Hundreds of vaccine seekers, not enough space for social distancing, inadequate number of attendants to organise jab recipients and confusion about whether certain doses will be administered.
Moderna to be used as booster dose: DGHS
The government has decided to use the Covid-19 vaccine of Moderna as a booster dose instead of Pfizer jabs.
Third dose helps against Omicron, AstraZeneca cites early trial data
AstraZeneca (AZN.L) said on Thursday that preliminary data from a trial showed that its COVID-19 shot, Vaxzevria, generated an increase in antibodies against the Omicron and other variants when given as a third booster dose.
Moderna for booster dose instead of Pfizer: DGHS
Government has decided to use the Covid-19 vaccine of Moderna as booster dose instead of Pfizer jabs.
PM urges unvaccinated people to take Covid jabs, save lives
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the unvaccinated people of the country to take Covid-19 jabs immediately -- to protect lives from the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Canada has enough vaccines for all citizens to get 4th dose: Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday the government has secured enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for all eligible Canadians to receive a booster as well as a fourth dose, according a statement from Trudeau’s office.
Omicron vaccine expected to be ready in March: Pfizer
Pfizer expects a Covid-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant to be ready in March, the company's head said Monday.