UNICEF is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to deliver close to 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 to over 92 countries around the world as soon as vaccines become available.
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UN experts blame countries for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines
Geneva, 10 Nov (Kanaga Raja) – A group of United Nations human rights experts has criticized some governments that are trying to secure for their own citizens any future vaccine against COVID-19, arguing that any potential vaccine should be made…
Biden urges mask-wearing to save ‘thousands of lives’
US President-elect Joe Biden has appealed to Americans to wear a mask as the best way to “turn this pandemic around”. Mr Biden said the US faced a “very dark winter” and the “worst wave yet”, and Americans had to…
UN HR Experts call for Universal access to Covid-19 vaccines
UN human rights experts have in a statement called for ensuring universal access to Covid-19 vaccines disregarding profitability and barriers of intellectual property rights on the issue of common concern around the globe. The statement is as follows: To date,…
Researchers find promising herbal cure for moderate COVID-19
Berlin, Xinhua/UNB, Nov 09 – Chinese and German researchers, in a recently-published study, have suggested that Shufeng Jiedu capsules, a patented herbal drug composed of eight medicinal plants, might be “a promising herbal therapy for moderate COVID-19.” The scientific paper…
Bangladesh inks MoU with Indian company for Covid vaccine
The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited and Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BPL) to get three crore doses of SARS-Cov-2 AZD 1222 (Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine).
Case filed over death of Natore boy in ‘wrong treatment’
A case was filed in connection with the death of a ten-year-old boy ‘due to wrong treatment’ at a hospital in Sadar upazila on Monday.
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Dhaka, others request India for Covid vaccine trials: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there are requests from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Qatar and Bhutan for clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine.
Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19
Washington, AP/UNB, Oct 10 – They are not cures and it is not likely that everyone will be able to get them as President Donald Trump has suggested but experimental antibody drugs like the one Trump was given are among…
BD firm Globe Biotech seeks to market Covid vaccine by Jan
Claiming that they have got very promising results from pre-clinical trials on rabbits and mice of the coronavirus vaccine styled ‘BNCOVID’ developed by it, Bangladesh’s Globe Biotech Ltd on Monday said they want to bring it to the market by…
WHO chief for multilateral virus vaccine effort of countries
Mentioning that more than 170 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to join before Friday.
Govt ready to procure first developed Covid vaccine: PM
Dhaka, Sept 10 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine from the country where it will be developed first.
Unicef to lead Covid-19 vaccines global procurement, supply
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said it will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they are available.
Beximco Pharma with Serum Institute India for Covid vaccine
DHAKA, Aug 28, 2020 (BSS) – Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited (BPL) will invest in the Serum Institute of India (SII) Private Limited for the development of the Covid-19 vaccine.
75pc mental disorder cases get no treatment in low, MICs
More than 75 percent of people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders receive no treatment for their condition at all in low- and middle-income countries (MICs), global organisations say.
Bangladesh approves phase-3 trial of COVID-19 vaccine
Dhaka, Aug 27: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque Thursday said the government has approved the final or phase-3 human trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine by China’s private Sinovac Biotech Ltd, which appeared to be a forerunner in…
China confirms its first Covid-19 vaccine patent
National Intellectual Property Administration has granted the China’s first patent for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Russia begins production of COVID-19 vaccine
Moscow, Xinhua/UNB, Aug 17 – Russia has begun production of the first batch of vaccines against COVID-19, its health ministry said in a statement released Saturday.
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…
Dhaka for equitable, affordable access to Covid-19 vaccines
Dhaka, July 19 – The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Rabab Fatima has highlighted the need for making the Covid-19 vaccines available, affordable and distributing those equitably to all countries that need those most.
Covid-19 Vaccine: Dhaka approves icddr,b to do phase-3 trial
Dhaka, July 19 – Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) on Sunday approved the icddr,b to conduct the phase-3 human trial of Covid-19 vaccine developed a Chinese company.
US, UK, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials
AP/UNB, July 17 – Western governments on Thursday accused hackers of being part of Russian intelligence and trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine.
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.
Regulators await prospective BD corona vaccine trial result
Dhaka, July 14: Experts and drug regulators Tuesday said they await subsequent trial results of Globe Biotech Ltd’s prospective COVID-19 vaccine as the company said the preliminary animal trial of their inoculate yielded encouraging outcome.
WHO stops hydroxychloroquine lopinavir/ritonavir trials
The World Health Organization (WHO) has accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the trials of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 patients.
CanSino’s virus vaccine approved for military use in China
CanSino Biologics company of China on Monday announced that a Covid-19 vaccine they have developed is safe and somewhat efficient.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs help reduce COVID-19 deaths
Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help reduce the death rate of COVID-19 patients, according to a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Cannabis a ‘probable tool’ to fight COVID-19: Report
Researchers in Canada say they are considering Cannabis as a potentially valuable tool to fight against COVID-19. Researchers Olga and Igor Kovalchuck have reportedly been developing and testing a novel cannabis strain for years, except with the goal of creating…
Declare COVID-19 vaccines global common good: Global leaders
Some 105 global leaders including 18 Nobel Laureates have signed a call initiated by Yunus Centre to declare COVID-19 Vaccines as a global common good.