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.
Covid Inoculation: Special drive for 2nd shots from Sept 7
The government will replicate the first special mass vaccination drive all over the country to administering the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from September 7, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, yesterday.
Covid vaccine: Protection starts fading within six months
Protection against Covid-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain.
Mass vaccination drive for second dose from September 7
Covid-19 mass vaccination drive for the second dose will begin on September 7, Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general (Health) of DGHS, announced today.
Slow Covid vaccination to cost global economy $2.3 trillion: study
The study calculated that countries which fail to vaccinate 60 percent of their populations by mid-2022 will suffer the losses, equivalent to two trillion euros, over the 2022-2025 period.
10 lakh Pfizer doses to arrive Aug 30
The 10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine, gifted by the US, is set to arrive in Dhaka on August 30, further easing the crunch of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.
Israel's COVID-19 vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta
Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country's high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by the fast-spreading Delta variant, officials and scientists say.
10 lakh Pfizer vaccines to reach Dhaka on August 30
Ten lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine, gifted by the US, will arrive in Dhaka on August 30.
Vaccinate industrial workers, families
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to design a separate programme to bring the industrial workers and their families under the Covid-19 vaccination coverage soon.
Vaccination Programme at 2 CCC Centres: Red Crescent withdraws volunteers over irregularity
Allegations are rife over the mishandling of Covid vaccinations at some centres in the port city. The situation has become so convoluted in fact, that Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has withdrawn their volunteers from two vaccination centres run by Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), protesting irregularities in their vaccine programmes.
US regulators give full approval to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
The US gave full approval to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet.