Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine against Covid-19, showed enhanced immune response without any serious side effects in the participants of phase one trial, according to results published in reputed medical journal “The Lancet Infectious Diseases” yesterday.

The Indian government said it would undertake contractual supplies of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh and five other countries in phases.

Fifteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today thanked her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending the Oxford vaccine produced in India as a gift for Bangladesh.

Tk 1273.55 crore proposal for purchasing Covid-19 vaccines approved by Cabinet Committee.

India’s Bharat Biotech has applied to conduct trials in Bangladesh for its coronavirus vaccine recently approved for emergency use at home, a senior official at Bangladesh’s main medical research body told Reuters.

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8:00am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque urges all to refrain from spreading rumours over vaccines.

A fire has broken out again in the same building of Serum Institute of India in Pune where five people were killed in a blaze in the afternoon today.

India has formally handed over 20 lakh doses of Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India) as “gift” to Bangladesh at a ceremony in State Guest House Padma in Dhaka today.

Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

A consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, "gift" from India, reached Bangladesh this morning.

Secretary of Health Service Division Abdul Mannan today said Covid-19 vaccine recipients will be provided with telemedicine services if side effects show up after administering of vaccines.

Bangladesh will receive a total of 35 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine -- 20 lakh as gift from the Indian government and 15 lakh through a private company -- initially, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says.

Eight people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours (till 8:00am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The Maldives and Bhutan today became the first two South Asian countries to receive consignments of Covid-19 vaccines from India under a grant assistance, reinforcing New Delhi’s initiative for all its neighbours which Prime Minister Narendra Modi describes as “vaccine maitri” to cope with the debilitating pandemic.

Covid-19 vaccine will be provided to all Bangladeshi citizens -- aged above 18 -- for free, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

The 20 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine -- “gift” from Indian government -- will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka around 1:30pm tomorrow.

The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago.

Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it had received a report from California’s health department that several people at a centre in San Diego were treated for possible allergic reactions to its Covid-19 vaccine from a particular batch.