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.
Chaos at vaccine centres
While authorities have taken an initiative to inoculate students of Chattogram, health guidelines are barely being followed during the vaccination campaign. Students and their guardians crowded the inoculation centres yesterday, with no social distancing in sight.
Govt to vaccinate 75.54 lakh school students by Jan 31
The government aims to ensure first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to 75.54 lakh school students (aged above 12) by January 31.
Covid-19 Cases: Not alarming yet, but it’s getting there
Everything is under control -- still. But the ticking hospital bed occupancy rate from the turn of the year presages a storm ahead, not too dissimilar from the one witnessed about six months ago.
Unvaccinated can’t attend classes
Students aged between 12 and 18 will not be allowed to attend classes in person unless they are vaccinated against Covid-19, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education said in a circular yesterday.
Do not fear, get vaccinated: PM urges all
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to get vaccinated without unnecessary fear to fight off Covid-19 and its new variants.
Vaccine doesn’t cut transmission, it lowers death rate: Health minister
Health Minister Zahid Malique today said vaccine does not prevent the spread of Covid-19 but it certainly reduces the death rate.
Jabs for 1cr per month
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Covid-19 vaccination was going on in full swing and a mass vaccination drive was launched to inoculate one crore people per month.
‘Unvaccinated school students won’t be allowed to attend in-person classes’
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam today reiterated that without two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, people will not be allowed at restaurants, shopping malls, buses, launches or planes, and that an order in this regard will be issued within a day or two.
In case of relocation, booster shots can be taken anywhere: DGHS
Covid-19 booster shots can be taken from any vaccination centre in any district, if the recipient is currently living somewhere else, far away from their designated vaccination centre, said a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) circular today.
Covid vaccine for children in India: 40 lakh 15 to 18-year-olds jabbed on day 1
An estimated 40 lakh children in the 15-18 age group were vaccinated yesterday against Covid-19 on the first day in India as the country expanded the ambit of its inoculation to include children against the infection amidst a surge in daily fresh cases in New Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal.