COVID-19 vaccine
Bangladesh seeks vaccines for developing countries under COVAX
Bangladesh has urged the World Health Organisation (WHO), GAVI-the Vaccine Alliance, CEPI and the UNICEF to play a visible and effective role to ensure the supply of the Coronavirus vaccines under the COVAX facility to the developing countries, particularly the low and the middle-income countries, urgently.
Theatre artists set to get enlisted for COVID-19 vaccination programme
Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF) has announced that it is preparing a list of theatre artists for the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Covid vaccine: PM Hasina hits back hard at critics
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday took a swipe at the critics of the government for its Covid-19 vaccine activities, saying that it is their habit to criticise any work and create doubts among people.
"Unfortunately, we’ve some people here who exhibit a negative attitude to everything. Though people don't get help from them, they criticise any work adversely, create doubts, fear and panic among people over it. This is their habits," she said.
Work going on to set criteria for receivers of Covid-19 vaccine: Finance Minister
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said work is going on to set the criteria to determine who will get the Covid-19 vaccine in the first phase and the next phases.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Daily infection rate falls to 3.36pc
The infection rate of Covid-19 in Bangladesh fell to 3.36 percent on Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a handout.
Vaccine distribution in Bangladesh: PM Hasina outlines who to get and how many
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday outlined who will get how many Covid-19 vaccine doses among the priority groups.
PM to launch Covid-19 vaccination Wednesday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to launch coronavirus vaccination drive at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital on Wednesday.
Countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive from Feb 7: Health Minister
A countrywide mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign will start from February 7, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Tuesday.
32pc of Bangladeshis want to take covid vaccine now: study
Only 32 percent of Bangladeshis citizens want to take the COVID-19 vaccines now, showing doubts about the vaccine’s effectiveness and side-effects, according to a study of Dhaka University’s Institute of Health Economics.
DGDA OKs use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) have cleared Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use after testing samples of the 5 million doses brought from India on Monday.