Dhaka February 22, 2025, 4:21 pm
The Ambassadors of the three countries here symbolically handed over the donations to the Bangladesh government at a ceremony held at the Padma State Guest House in the capital on Sunday
The new variant was identified in two members of the Bangladesh Women Cricket after they returned from Zimbabwe
The foreign minister made the remark while responding to a question at a media briefing at the foreign ministry on the World Peace Conference to be held in Dhaka from December 4-5
The minister came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after a programme at the auditorium of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) in the city
“We will sit later to set the date. We have a plan to provide booster dose to those who are seriously ill,” Health Minister Zahid Maleque said while talking to reporters after an inter-ministerial meeting on Covid-19 at the m
Local government officials and elected public representatives can be involved to run awareness campaigns
The US Department of State in a tweet confirmed the information on Saturday
The Directorate General of Health Services has also been instructed to take the necessary action on this front
Available vaccines would be better used to inoculate the unvaccinated -- not to mention that a large swath of the population in Bangladesh is yet to get the first shot
The Prime Minister said during her recent tour to the United Kingdom and France she told the world leaders that Bangladesh wants to produce coronavirus vaccine and let the country do so
Government also will ensure spot registration for vaccine and the marginalised people will get their vaccine by just showing their national identity cards
The US Embassy’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission William Dowers and USAID Mission Director Kathryn Stevens handed the freezer trucks to Minister of Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque
He made the recommendations in the Ministerial Meeting on Covid-19 convened by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually on Wednesday
According to the DGHS, 49,114,462 people -- 40.93 percent of the target -- have received their first doses of vaccine while 31,963,515 of them (26.64pc) have completed receiving both the doses as of November 9
The campaign will continue from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm every day except weekly holidays
Bangladesh will get 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine from Saudi Arabia and 3.3 million of same jabs from Poland as donation soon
Chief operating officer of Beximco Pharma Rabbur Reza confirmed the matter to reporters on Tuesday noon
Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, Incepta, Beacon Pharma and Renata will manufacture medicine Molnupiravir
Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the campaign at Ideal School and College at Motijheel in the capital
Vaccination will first begin at 12 centres in the capital. The whole country will be brought under the campaign in phases