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.
AstraZeneca searching for Covid-19 vaccines for virus-hit South-east Asia
Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Saturday (July 24) it was scouring its supply chain to find more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for South-east Asia, which is facing its most serious outbreak yet of the virus.
Frontliners' family members, 18 and above, to get vaccines from now on
Family members of frontline workers, aged 18 and above, will get Covid-19 vaccines from now on, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.
Foreign minister thanks Japan for AstraZeneca vaccines
Japan has sent 2.45 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines under the COVAX facility today.
Mass Vaccination: Age bar to be lowered to 18 years
The government is planning to lower the age limit for Covid-19 vaccination to 18 years from 30, Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, the director general of the health directorate, said yesterday.
Ensure vaccine equality, break wall of profit
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has reiterated the call for ensuring vaccine equality around the world.
Working to resume vaccine export to Bangladesh: envoy
India is working to resume the export of Covid vaccine jabs to Bangladesh as vaccine production in India is growing rapidly, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami yesterday.
2.45 lakh AstraZeneca shots to arrive from Japan tomorrow
A total of 2.45 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines will be arriving in Bangladesh from Japan tomorrow.
Govt planning to lower age limit for Covid-19 vaccine to 18
Government is planning to lower the age limit from 30 to 18 years to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccine shot among mass people.
Spacing Pfizer shots boosts antibody levels after initial drop: study
A longer gap between doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but there is a sharp drop in antibody levels after the first dose.
2 doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, new study finds
Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday showed.