DHAKA – State Minister for Youth and Sports Mohammad Zahid Ahsan Russell MP today received COVID-19 vaccine at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Hospital in the city. After receiving the vaccine, the State Minister felt better as no side effects were aroused.…
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National cricketers to receive COVID-19 vaccine Thursday
DHAKA -The national cricketers are all set to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) however made it clear that only the cricketers who will be selected for the Bangladesh’s tour of…
Dhaka to receive Covid-19 vaccine 1st consignment Jan 25-26
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said Bangladesh will receive the first consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine on January 25-26.
Deal with Serum Institute India inked for Covid-19 vaccine
Dhaka, Dec 13 – The government on Sunday signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited for procuring Covid-19 vaccine. Under the deal, Bangladesh will import three crore doses of SARS-Cov-2 AZD 1222 (Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine), (50 lakh in…
Direct procurement of Covid-19 vaccine given clearance
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved in principle a proposal of the Health Services Division to procure Covid-19 vaccine directly from any organisation through negotiations without following any bidding process.
Russia intends to be first to approve Covid-19 vaccine
TASS/UNB, July 29 – Russian officials said they are working toward a date of August 10 or earlier for approval of Covid-19 vaccine, aiming to become the world’s first country to have a novel coronavirus vaccine approved.Russian officials including the…
US Covid-19 vaccine trial shows safe, with immune response
Washington, Xinhua/UNB, July 15 – An experimental COVID-19 vaccine – mRNA-1273 – was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralising antibody activity in healthy adults, according to interim results published in The New England Journal of Medicine online on Tuesday.
Sign pledge for Covid-19 Vaccine as Global Common Good
Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus urged the global population to sign the pledge, 111 world eminent personalities made earlier, to declare the Covid-19 vaccine as ‘Global Common Good’.
Beijing to make available prospective COVID-19 vaccine to BD
Dhaka, June 22: A senior Chinese diplomat in Dhaka has reassured Bangladesh’s priority access to a prospective COVID-19 vaccine as their researchers appeared to have : reached in an advanced stage in developing inoculates amid a global vaccine race while…