The twenty lakh doses of Covishield vaccine, being gifted by India, may reach the country tomorrow or on the next day [Thursday], health minister Zahid Maleque said today.

As part of India’s vaccine diplomacy, it will supply over eight lakh doses of indigenous Covid-19 jab Covaxin free of cost to friendly countries including Myanmar, Philippines and Mauritius as a goodwill gesture.

Twenty 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).

Those with weaker immunity or who are on a medicine that affects their immune system and people with allergies have been advised against taking the Covaxin Covid-19 shot, said maker of the vaccine Bharat Biotech.

Previous infection with the coronavirus may offer less protection against the new variant first identified in South Africa, scientists said on Monday, although they hope that vaccines will still work.

The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinated against Covid-19 before older people or health care workers in poorer countries and charging that most vaccine makers have targeted locations where “profits are highest.”

Sixteen 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).

India will soon supply some shots of Covid-19 vaccine, in addition to those from Serum Institute, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme.

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

Researchers of Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) have sought permission for starting clinical trial of Bangavax, developed by Globe Biotech Ltd.

India today successfully began the world’s biggest Covid-19 vaccination drive, inoculating 191,181 people with no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported so far.

Bangladesh will get Covid-19 vaccine urgently from India as it rolled out world’s biggest vaccination drive to combat the pandemic, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami has said.

As India today began vaccinating its people against coronavirus, those receiving Bharat Biotech's Covaxin were asked to sign consent forms which held out the assurance of compensation and treatment if any adverse effect was noticed linked to the jab.

Twenty-one 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).

A sanitation worker in All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi today became India’s first person to be administered the first of the two-dose Covid-19 vaccine during the launch of the nationwide vaccination programme.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the rollout of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination drive, saying Indian vaccines were cheaper compared to others around the world.

The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple vaccines and detect new Covid-19 variants.

The global death toll from Covid-19 topped 2 million Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the threat.

India considers Bangladesh as a priority country among its neighbours to receive Covid-19 vaccine, a government official said on Thursday as India is set to launch world’s largest vaccination drive tomorrow.