Online desk : Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given emergency use authorisation in Bangladesh.The Directorate General of Drug Administration gave the authorisation on Tuesday night. This is the eighth vaccine to get…
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Bangladesh logs 112 more Covid deaths, 7,666 infected
Online desk ; Bangladesh has reported 7,666 new Coronavirus cases while the virus claimed overnight 112 lives. The daily health update of the Directorate General of Health Services came up with the…
1,01,082 administered COVID-19 vaccines on third day
Online desk ; A total of 1,01,082 people were administered COVID-19 vaccines on the third day of countrywide vaccination campaign. Of them, 74,586 were male and 26,496 female, according to the data…
Oxford Covid vaccine 10% effective against South African variant, study says
Online desk ; The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine offers as little as 10% protection against the Covid variant first seen in South Africa, researchers have suggested, reports The Guardian. Scientists who conducted a small-scale…
Chief Justice, judges get COVID-19 vaccine
Online Desk : Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and 54 other judges of both Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court on Sunday received their first dose of the COVID-19…
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine can substantially cut spread
Online desk ; The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine could lead to a “substantial” fall in the spread of the virus, say scientists. The impact of Covid vaccines on transmission has been a crucial unknown…
‘2% vaccine recipients show side effects’
Online desk ; The health directorate has informed that some 2-1 percent volunteers who were inoculated on Wednesday and Thursday shown mild side effects, Prof Nasima Sultana, the additional director general of…
Only 32% people in Bangladesh want to take vaccine, study finds
Online desk : Only 32 per cent adult people in the country are willing to take COVID-19 vaccines, expressing fear about the vaccine’s side-effects and doubts about effectiveness, according to a study….
Online registration a must for coronavirus vaccine
Online desk ; No one will be allowed to receive Covid-19 vaccine doses without online registration, says the Directorate General of Health Services. “Now we won’t go for inoculation beyond this app…
Chinese company wants to give coronavirus vaccines to Bangladesh
Online Desk ; Chinese company Anhui Zhifei wants to give coronavirus vaccine as a gift to Bangladesh. The company has already offered Bangladesh to produce and test vaccine in the country. Foreign…
17.99 lakh vaccines gifted by India reach Dhaka
Online desk : The first consignment of 17.99 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, gifted by India, reached Bangladesh on Thursday. A cargo plane carrying the Indian manufactured vaccines landed at…
First Indian vaccine doses on way to Bangladesh
Online desk : The first consignment of 20 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, gifted by India, has taken off from Mumbai Airport for Dhaka. An Air India plane carrying the…