Dhaka February 23, 2025, 2:25 pm
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday reached out to the global media to let the world know that Bangladesh looks for vaccines desperately and is ready to accept any shipment desperately from any country, including the
Just 9 days after the arrival of the first batch of 500,000d doses of gift vaccine in Bangladesh, China once again announced the provision of the second batch of gift vaccines to Bangladesh
Of the 36 deceased, 26 men and 10 women
The proposal was given approval considering protection of public health, reducing COVID-19 infection rate on emergency state purpose
The consignment contains 18 different kinds of Covid-related medicines which include Antibiotics, Paracetamols, different kinds of injections/vials and Hand Sanitizers etc
Foreign Minister AK Abdul made the call when the High Commissioner of Canada in Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine called on him in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The doses will be sent to Bangladesh under the COVAX scheme which is co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO)
The cabinet secretary made the comment after emerging from a meeting held virtually on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair
Those who need it most will be given the Chinese vaccine on priority basis
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has recommended for delaying the return journey of the people who went home to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr
A special aircraft of BAF equipped with 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine and AD syringes landed at the Bangladesh Air Force base at Kurmitola at 5:30 am on Wednesday
Covid-19 death toll crosses 12,000-mark in Bangladesh
Health Minister handed token boxes of Hydrocloroquine tablets manufactured by Essential Drugs Company, PPE & musks for the friendly Nepalese people on
The government has only seven lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in stock at present and the vaccination would be stopped in different districts in the next two to three days
"People of rural areas will be infected massively if people headed home continue to leave the capital in huge crowds"
The current Covid-19 situation may turn grim after Eid if the lockdown is relaxed
Among the latest day's victims, 25 were men, and 13 were women
The deceased is identified as Tawhid (9), son of Humayun Kabir of Malda Colony, in Rajshahi city
In a joint statement on Friday, initiated by Dhaka Ahsania Mission, 121 doctors said tobacco was involved in six of the eight leading causes of preventable death worldwide
This was the 1st consignment of medical assistance including medicines and health protection items Bangladesh offered to India as support to the Indian people during this deteriorating COVID situation in India