COVID-19 vaccine
Deal signed with India's Serum Institute for Covid-19 vaccine
The government on Sunday signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited for procuring Covid-19 vaccine.
US COVID-19 cases surpass 16 mln
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 16 million on Saturday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
US states to start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday
States in the US will start receiving the first batch of the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine from Monday morning, US officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final nod to the shots required to end the outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
No business over Covid vaccine: GM Quader
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday urged the government to inform people about the steps it has taken to ensure coronavirus vaccine for them.
Death toll from Covid-19 crosses 7000 in Bangladesh, new cases 1,329
Amid the global concern over the second wave of Covid -19 infections, the health authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday reported
WHO Chief urges donors to step-up funding to support poor countries to get vaccine
Mentioning the financing gap to provide COVID-19 vaccines for everyone, everywhere, is an urgent priority, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday urged for stepping-up funding to support poorer countries.
US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic
The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Patent-free Covid-19 vaccines: Yunus’ petition gets 1 million signatures
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’ petition on putting people ahead of pharma patents has received nearly one million signatures.
US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans.
US experts convene to decide whether to OK Pfizer vaccine
A U.S. government advisory panel convened on Thursday to decide whether to endorse mass use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to help conquer the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans.