Covid vaccine
Malaysia expected to get Pfizer COVID vaccine on Feb 26
Malaysia is expected to receive the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Feb 26, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
India's Serum Institute to launch another Covid vaccine by June
India's pharma giant Serum Institute has said that it will launch another vaccine for Covid-19 by June this year -- this time, in collaboration with US-based Novavax. Bangladesh is using Serum's Covishield vaccine, developed in partnership with Oxford University and British-Swedish pharma firm AstraZeneca, for inoculating its citizens.
‘Simple is beautiful’: One-shot vaccine proves effective
The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potentially important new tool as it races to stay ahead of the rapidly mutating virus.
Sri Lanka vaccinates 1st health workers, troops
Sri Lanka on Friday began inoculating frontline health workers, military troops and police officers against COVID-19 amid warnings about infections among medical workers.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Closure of educational institutions extended up to Feb 14
The government has again extended the closure of educational institutions, except the Qawmi madrasas, until February 14 as there has been no significant improvement in the coronavirus situation in the country.
Education Minister Dipu Moni confirmed it in an official media release on Friday after consultation with others.
Earlier on January 15, the closure of all educational institutions was exten
GM Quader: One-sided elections put opposition’s existence at stake
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Thursday said the survival of opposition parties has become difficult as people are losing interests in the country’s election system due to lopsided election results.
Covid vaccine: PM Hasina hits back hard at critics
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday took a swipe at the critics of the government for its Covid-19 vaccine activities, saying that it is their habit to criticise any work and create doubts among people.
"Unfortunately, we’ve some people here who exhibit a negative attitude to everything. Though people don't get help from them, they criticise any work adversely, create doubts, fear and panic among people over it. This is their habits," she said.
32pc of Bangladeshis want to take covid vaccine now: study
Only 32 percent of Bangladeshis citizens want to take the COVID-19 vaccines now, showing doubts about the vaccine’s effectiveness and side-effects, according to a study of Dhaka University’s Institute of Health Economics.
Hong Kong approves emergency use of Fosun Pharma-BioNTech vaccine
Hong Kong has given nod to the emergency use of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by Fosun Pharma and BioNTech, and the first one million doses are expected to arrive in Hong Kong in late February.
Bangladesh receives 1st consignment of imported Covid vaccine doses
Bangladesh on Monday received the first consignment of 50 lakh doses of Covishield, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII).