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.
60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals are unvaccinated: adviser
Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.
Vaccines Under Covax: Helping homeland in hour of need
When Bangladesh was struggling to get Covid-19 vaccines amid surging infections and deaths, the arrival of 26 lakh vaccine doses over the last one month under the Covax facility offered it a ray of hope.
GSK Sputnik Proposal: Health ministry has not worked much on it
The health ministry has not worked much on the Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s proposal for buying 20 million Sputnik V vaccine doses from Russia, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.
Workers victim of ‘wage theft’ amid pandemic
At least 115 Bangladeshi migrant workers who returned home untimely amid the pandemic have faced “wage theft” in different host countries, according to a regional migrant rights group’s report.
3 million doses of Moderna vaccine arrives in Bangladesh
Three million doses of Moderna vaccine from the United States arrived in Dhaka under the COVAX facility today.
‘Health ministry not going ahead with Gonoshasthaya proposal to buy 20 million Russian vaccines’
Health ministry has not gone ahead with Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s proposal of buying 20 million Sputnik V vaccine from Russia, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.
Vaccine: 30 and above can now register on Surokkha app
People aged 30 and above can register for Covid-19 vaccine on the Surokkha app from today.
Khaleda receives 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Institute and Hospital today
Vaccination rate now higher in EU than in US
European Union leaders celebrated their coronavirus vaccination programme reaching a higher proportion of its people than in the US, which had outpaced the bloc for months.
Covid Vaccination: Govt to lower age bar to 30 years
The government has decided to lower the age limit to 30 years for Covid vaccination to bring more people under its inoculation campaign.