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.
Pfizer's Covid-19 booster for 12 to 15-year-olds gets US FDA approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a third dose of the Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15 years, and narrowed the time for all booster shots by a month to five months after the primary doses.
No vaccine certificate, no eating at restaurants: Health Minister
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said people will have to show Covid-19 vaccination certificate to eat meals in restaurant.
People with multiple diseases can take Covid booster shot without SMS
People, of any age, with comorbidity or multiple health conditions can take booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine even if they do not receive confirmation SMS, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, said today.
Covid-19: India begins vaccinating children
Thousands of teenagers, many accompanied by their relatives, lined up outside schools and health facilities across India today as the country began vaccinating children aged 15-18 years for the first time amid a surge of Covid cases.
24.91 lakh Pfizer vaccines arrive from US
A consignment of 24.91 lakh doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from the United States today.
Children in India to be inoculated with Bharat Biotech’s vaccine from tomorrow
India will begin vaccinating children -- between the ages of 15 and 18 -- against Covid-19 for the first time from tomorrow amidst a surge in Covid-19 infections, including the fast-spreading Omicron, in several parts of the country.
COVID VACCINE: Special campaign launches to jab 3.32 cr people
With a target to inoculate 3.32 crore people with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the government launched a special vaccination campaign yesterday.
The tools that we have to fight Omicron
Vaccines remain the best public health measure to protect people from COVID-19, slow transmission, and reduce the likelihood of new variants emerging.
Hurdles Past: Now target double-dose vaccine for all by June
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic raging throughout the best part of 2021, Bangladesh had to tackle myriad challenges to ensure vaccines for its citizens.
All eligible in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat get jabs
One hundred percent of the eligible population received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat, which has become the first upazila in the country to be so.