Dhaka March 13, 2025, 7:15 am
“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 regulators, drug manufacturers and other stakeholders made the observations at a session on the first day of the two-day International Investment Summit-2021 that began at Radisson Blu hotel in the city on Sunday
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
In spite of the success the country still needs to build a vibrant health sector in order to tackle similar crisis in future
The Prime Minister said if a vaccine institute is set up in the country, it will ensure vaccine production, related research and help strengthen the capacity of local vaccine-producing firms
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
Norovirus, an animal-borne disease transmitted through contaminated water and food, was reported in as many as 13 students of a veterinary college in Pookode near Vythiri in Wayanad district two weeks ago
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
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
Seventeen files, mostly related to purchase by different public medical colleges, have disappeared the ministry at the secretariat
Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the campaign at Ideal School and College at Motijheel in the capital
Among the fresh fatalities, six were males and three were females
The minister stated this at a meeting on healthcare and development issues of the country organised by UHFPO, an organisation of Upazila Health Officers, at Hotel Intercontinental in the capital