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.
300 workers at Padma Bridge vaccinated in Zajira
More than three hundred local workers at the Zajira end of Shariatpur, under the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, have been vaccinated. Bangladeshi employees and workers of Chinese company Sinohydro were jabbed with Sinopharm vaccines.
Govt ensuring over 1 crore Covid-19 vaccines every month: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the government has made arrangements to ensure over one crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine every month.
Bangladesh receives 24 fridges that can preserve vaccines at -70 degree Celsius
Bangladesh has received 24 fridges capable of preserving vaccines at -70 degree Celsius or below temperatures.
10 lakh Pfizer vaccines arrive in Dhaka
Ten lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:30pm today.
Covid-19 vaccine: 2 crore to be inoculated next month, says health minister
Two crore people of the country will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the next month, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.
Over 55 lakh Sinopharm vaccines reach Dhaka
Another consignment of over 55 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Dhaka from China early today.
Japan health minister says Okinawa vaccine contaminants likely from needle stick
Japan's health minister said on Tuesday it was highly likely that foreign matter found in Moderna Inc COVID-19 vaccines in the southern prefecture of Okinawa were caused when needles were stuck into the vials.
Booster shots ‘not a luxury’
A third-dose booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccination is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and “not a luxury”, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
India's Covid vaccine supply jumps, raising export hopes
India's rising output of Covid-19 vaccines and the inoculation of more than half its adult population with at least one dose are raising hopes the country will return as an exporter within months, ramping up from early next year.
New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country's first recorded death linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.