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-19 Vaccination: Special drive now uncertain
The government is not likely to launch the planned special vaccination programme from August 14 as inadequate vaccine doses mire the current inoculation drive against Covid-19.
Covid shots given at home in Chattogram
While people all over the country have been waiting in line for hours to get Covid-19 jabs during the mass vaccination campaign, which began three days ago, many in the port city have been found getting the facilities illegally at their homes.
Some now paying bribes for jabs
There is a shortage of vaccines, centres are being provided with only a limited number of doses, and many people are waiting in line but returning unvaccinated.
Temporary waiver of IP rights can 'meet global vaccine needs': Dr Yunus in UK journal
An article, authored by Parsa Erfani, Agnes Binagwaho, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Muhammad Yunus, Paul Farmer, and Vanessa Kerry, has been published in the British Medical Journal.
Vaccination at Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps begins tomorrow
Covid-19 vaccination campaign for Rohingyas in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar will begin tomorrow, reports our local correspondent quoting the district’s civil surgeon.
Mass deception in the name of mass vaccination: Fakhrul
The government has politicised the mass vaccination programme by deceiving people, alleged BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.
Govt’s 6-Day Campaign: Vaccine target met in 2 days
The government achieved the target of administering 32 lakh Covid vaccine jabs in just two days though it had fixed a six-day timeline for the mass inoculation drive.
Expecting, nursing mothers to be brought under Covid vaccine coverage: DGHS
The health directorate has decided to bring expecting and nursing mothers under Covid-19 vaccine coverage.
Mass Vaccination Trial Run: Into a mire of mismanagement
There were just way more people than vaccine doses available. Many vaccination centres across the country ran out of doses two or three hours after the so-called mass vaccination began.
Dhamrai mayor poses with syringe next to vaccine recipient; photo goes viral
Dhamrai Municipality Mayor Golam Kabir Mollah was photographed, posing with a syringe containing Covid-19 vaccine next to a jab recipient, as the nationwide mass inoculation drive kicked off today. The photo went viral on social media.