Dhaka February 23, 2025, 2:39 pm
He briefed the journalists at his residence after a China-led virtual meeting that discussed cooperation among countries to deal with the Covid-19 situation, including setting up of “Covid Emergency Medical Storage Facility”
Among the latest day's victims, 45 were men, and 33 were women
The approval was given at a meeting of the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA)
The health ministry formed a committee on Saturday to determine the demand for oxygen and alternative sources of importing
Govt is also trying to collect vaccines from China, Russia and the USA
As per the new decision, the lockdown will continue till midnight on May 5. The shops will remain open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm every day maintaining health guidelines but public transport will not be operational this time
The government is advising everyone to use two masks
Among the doses, one lakh are of COVAX while Serum Institute of India will supply the rest
The decision was taken amid uncertainty over the next shipment of the Covid-19 vaccine from India
The country has recorded 2,922 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the total to 745,322
The new rule would come into effect immediately and continue till 11:59 pm on April 28
Among the latest day's victims, 58 were men, and 25 were women
The service will run under the overall supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services from Saturday with 16 booths primarily -- 15 in Dhaka and one in Chattogram
The infection rate on Friday further dropped to 14% in the country
The SII CEO also expressed his hope that the organisation would be able to provide 100 million doses per month of the Covishield vaccine after July
Bangladesh believes in the primacy of the global institutions. All nations need to work together to make the UN and other international organisations effective so that everyone’s requirement of vaccines and medical requiremen
Moscow gave the proposal to manufacture its vaccine here as currently Russia does not have that much production capacity to export its vaccine to Bangladesh
The central bank also asked banks not to adjust the compensations with any other liabilities of the bank
The summary of today's decision has been sent to the Prime Minister and a gazette will be issued once it gets her approval
The death toll climbed to 10,497 after fresh 112 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8:00am Monday