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.
Ami Probashi App: 5 lakh migrant workers sign up for Covid jab
About five lakh migrant workers have registered through the Ami Probashi app to get inoculated for Covid-19, said Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Shahidul Alam yesterday.
Budget boosted for jab campaign
The government will spend an estimated Tk 17,000 crore this fiscal year to procure Covid-19 vaccines as it has secured access to around 24 crore doses from multiple sources.
7.9 lakh shots of AstraZeneca to arrive from Germany tomorrow
A total of 7.9 lakh AstraZeneca vaccine shots will be arriving in Bangladesh from Germany tomorrow.
Malaysia approves Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12-17
Malaysia has given conditional approval for a Covid-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac (SVA.O) to be used on young people aged between 12 and 17, its health ministry said on Friday.
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine 74% effective against symptoms: study
AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated 74 percent efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5 percent in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited results of the company's US clinical trial published on Wednesday.
Over 66 lakh shots given
The country more than doubled its previous record of single-day vaccinations as the government inoculated more than 66 lakh people against Covid-19 yesterday.
Mass vaccination marking PM’s birthday begins
A nationwide mass vaccination campaign began today with a target to vaccinate 75 lakh people on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday.
25 lakh Pfizer vaccines arrive in Dhaka airport
Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, under the COVAX facility, arrived in Bangladesh early today.
Target now 75 lakh jabs
The government begins a special daylong drive at 9:00am today to administer the first dose of the Covid vaccine to 75 lakh people marking the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
75 lakh to receive 1st dose of vaccine on PM's 75th birthday
Seventy-five lakh people will receive the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to mark the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, during an online briefing this afternoon.