All will get Covid vaccine, PM reassures

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reaffirmed her government's stance to ensure Covid-19 vaccine doses for all.
27 July 2021, 08:54 AM

Antibodies from Sinovac's Covid-19 shot fade after about 6 months, booster helps: study

Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine decline below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, although a third shot could have a strong boosting effect, according to a lab study.
27 July 2021, 02:47 AM

Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts Covid antibody level: South Korean study

A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and then a Pfizer (PFE.N) COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed.
26 July 2021, 10:37 AM

1 crore people to get Covid-19 shots each month: Health Minister

The government is planning to inoculate one crore people with Covid-19 vaccines each month, says Health minister Zahid Maleque.
25 July 2021, 13:30 PM

Vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery

COVID-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and lower-middle income countries without urgent
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

People with past COVID-19 benefit from immunisation

Some patients with past SARS-CoV-2 infections think they have been “naturally immunised” and would not benefit from COVID-19 vaccination. Two new
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Some good news comes along

The authorities have been struggling with the Delta variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country and the DGHS has been coming up with grim data every day. But yesterday Bangladesh finally got some good news.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid Vaccination: Frontliners’ loved ones above 18 to get shots

From now on, Covid-19 frontline health workers’ family members -- aged 18 and above -- will get vaccines, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh to get 21 crore vaccines early next year: Health minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said the government will receive around 21 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines early next year to bring 80 percent of the country's population under vaccination coverage.
24 July 2021, 16:27 PM

AstraZeneca searching for Covid-19 vaccines for virus-hit South-east Asia

Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Saturday (July 24) it was scouring its supply chain to find more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for South-east Asia, which is facing its most serious outbreak yet of the virus.
24 July 2021, 14:33 PM

Frontliners' family members, 18 and above, to get vaccines from now on

Family members of frontline workers, aged 18 and above, will get Covid-19 vaccines from now on, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.
24 July 2021, 11:33 AM

Foreign minister thanks Japan for AstraZeneca vaccines

Japan has sent 2.45 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines under the COVAX facility today.
24 July 2021, 09:50 AM

Mass Vaccination: Age bar to be lowered to 18 years

The government is planning to lower the age limit for Covid-19 vaccination to 18 years from 30, Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, the director general of the health directorate, said yesterday.
23 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Ensure vaccine equality, break wall of profit

Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has reiterated the call for ensuring vaccine equality around the world.
23 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Working to resume vaccine export to Bangladesh: envoy

India is working to resume the export of Covid vaccine jabs to Bangladesh as vaccine production in India is growing rapidly, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami yesterday.
23 July 2021, 18:00 PM

2.45 lakh AstraZeneca shots to arrive from Japan tomorrow

A total of 2.45 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines will be arriving in Bangladesh from Japan tomorrow.
23 July 2021, 12:17 PM

Govt planning to lower age limit for Covid-19 vaccine to 18

Government is planning to lower the age limit from 30 to 18 years to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccine shot among mass people.
23 July 2021, 10:49 AM

Spacing Pfizer shots boosts antibody levels after initial drop: study

A longer gap between doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but there is a sharp drop in antibody levels after the first dose.
23 July 2021, 05:11 AM

2 doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, new study finds

Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday showed.
22 July 2021, 02:33 AM

60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals are unvaccinated: adviser

Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.
19 July 2021, 20:17 PM