Dhaka February 22, 2025, 4:20 pm
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) disclosed the information on Sunday
The seven-day special vaccination campaign against Covid-19 was launched on December 1 that will end December 7
Meanwhile, the government will conduct a week-long special vaccination campaign from December 1 marking the great victory month to administer third dose among around 90 lakh people
The DG said this during a press conference at the conference room of DGHS in the capital Wednesday noon
A group of researchers from the Genome Center identified this new strain of coronavirus on Sunday through partial genome sequencing of the virus collected from three infected people in Jessore
The vaccine, called Convidecia Air, changes the liquid form of the vaccine into an aerosol using a nebuilzer. The vaccine can then be inhaled through the mouth using the nebulizer machine
Formal vaccination of the children will begin in the last week of this month after successful completion of experimental inoculation
The first consignment of over 15 lakh doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines developed especially for children has reached the country on July 30
Children aged 5-12 will have to register using their birth certificate on the government's Surokkha app to get the vaccine
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday (July 25) added six countries, including Bangladesh, to its 'high risk' list for travel
A significant number of people, 70 percent, who have died of Covid so far in the country were not vaccinated against the disease
Bangavax, also known as Bancovid, is a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Globe Biotech Limited
The Swedish scientist at the initiative of some expatriate Bangladeshi doctors selected Bangladesh primarily for human trial
Emeritus Professor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s private physician Dr ABM Abdullah suggested the steps to be taken by the people of the country
The directive has come in the wake of surge in coronavirus cases across the country
Registration on the Surokkha platform will be necessary for the vaccination of the younger children
The booster doses will be administered to people at all vaccination centres across the country from 9 am during the weeklong campaign. Vaccine seekers will have to carry vaccination cards
69pc people in Bangladesh vaccinated with two doses, says UNICEF
COVAX has played a crucial role in that achievement. More than half of all the COVID-19 vaccines delivered to Bangladesh last year were through the programme
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen made the call at the high-level thematic debate on "Galvanizing Momentum for Universal Vaccination" at UNGA hall on Friday