Online desk ; A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech was just 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in a Brazilian trial, researchers said on Tuesday, barely enough for regulatory approval…
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Bangladesh to begin Covid vaccination February first week
Online Desk : Covid-19 vaccination in Bangladesh will begin in the first week of February.Director General of the Health Services Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam came up with the announcement at…
Bangladesh will get COVID-19 vaccine from India in time: Hasan
Online desk : Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said Bangladesh would get coronavirus vaccine from India in time. “There is no reason to be worried about the coronavirus vaccine. As…
Globe Biotech gets permission to produce Covid-19 vaccine for trial
Online desk : Globe Biotech Limited has been given permission to produce Covid-19 vaccine, Bangavax, necessary for clinical trial. The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) gave permission on December 28 last,…
India to export COVID vaccines ‘within weeks’
Online Desk : India will begin exporting locally-made coronavirus vaccines within a fortnight of their launch, a foreign ministry official has told the BBC. The official dismissed reports that India would ban…
Beximco: No uncertainty over vaccine
Online Desk : A Beximco official has ruled out uncertainty over the arrival of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 in Bangladesh after media reports suggested that India will meet its local demand…
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has ‘winning formula’: CEO
Online Desk ; The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday,…
Covid-19 vaccine could be ready for public by Nov: China
Online Desk : A China-developed coronavirus vaccine could be ready for the public as early as November, a Chinese official has told state television, as the global race to clear the final…
‘Inform law enforcement agencies if found corona test thru’ Gonoshasthaya kits’
Online Desk : Dr Mohib Ullah Khondoker, coordinator of GR COVID-19 Rapid Dot Blot project, requested all to inform law enforcement agencies if any hospital is found to use Gonoshasthaya Kendra kits…
BD to be first to get free vaccines after invention: Health secy
Online Desk : Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan on Monday said that Bangladesh will be the first country to get the Coronavirus vaccine once it is ready, and get it for…
Noakhali’s Senbag UNO contracts coronavirus
Online Desk : Noakhali’s Senbag Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Saiful Islam Majumder have contracted coronavirus. Upzaila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Motiur Rahman confirmed the matter on Thursday morning. Sample of…
COVID-19: CDC adds new symptoms to coronavirus list
Online Desk : The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added four more symptoms to the list of COVID-19 signs. The new symptoms are nausea or vomiting, congestion, runny nose and…