Myanmar will vaccinate minority Muslim Rohingya people against the coronavirus, a spokesman for its ruling military said on Friday, adding that no one will be left behind in its inoculation campaign.

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly recommended that Essential Drugs, a government-owned company, take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccines within six to nine months so that all citizens can be brought under vaccination as soon as possible.

The parliamentary body on health ministry today strongly recommended Essential Drugs, a government owned company, to take immediate measures to produce Covid-19 vaccine within six to nine months in order to bring all citizens of the country under vaccination as soon as possible.

Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said Thursday.

The government will replicate the first special mass vaccination drive all over the country to administering the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from September 7, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, yesterday.

Protection against Covid-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain.

Covid-19 mass vaccination drive for the second dose will begin on September 7, Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general (Health) of DGHS, announced today.

The study calculated that countries which fail to vaccinate 60 percent of their populations by mid-2022 will suffer the losses, equivalent to two trillion euros, over the 2022-2025 period.

The 10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine, gifted by the US, is set to arrive in Dhaka on August 30, further easing the crunch of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country's high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by the fast-spreading Delta variant, officials and scientists say.

Ten lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine, gifted by the US, will arrive in Dhaka on August 30.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to design a separate programme to bring the industrial workers and their families under the Covid-19 vaccination coverage soon.

Allegations are rife over the mishandling of Covid vaccinations at some centres in the port city. The situation has become so convoluted in fact, that Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has withdrawn their volunteers from two vaccination centres run by Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), protesting irregularities in their vaccine programmes.

The US gave full approval to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet.

China reported no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Monday for the first time since July, a sign the current outbreak may be waning amid Beijing's 'zero-tolerance' stance and tough anti-virus measures across the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to design a separate programme and bring the industrial workers and their families under the Covid-19 vaccination coverage soon.

The Philippines has approved the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine, the country's vaccine procurement chief said on Monday, making it among the first countries in Asia to approve the single-dose vaccine.

Those waiting for long for the second dose of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have been asked to contact the nearest vaccination centres as early as possible for getting the shot.

Deviating from previous stance, Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said mass Covid-19 vaccination campaigns will not be held in the country any more.

People who have registered for Covid-19 vaccination will have to wait to be administered doses as the demand for inoculation is greater than the supply of vaccine.