The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Health Service Division to procure 60 million doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine as the government is trying to gear up its nationwide vaccination drive. According to officials, the vaccine doses will arrive in the country by November this
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DGHS to halt first dose of Moderna jabs after Aug 12
In a bid to ensure the second dose of Moderna Covid vaccine, the government has decided to halt administering its first dose after August 12. The Department of Health Services has issued the notice after getting approval from the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Tuesday. According
Bangladesh awaits a dengue blow
The dengue situation in Bangladesh might worsen further in the coming days devastating the country's fragile healthcare system already battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, said experts. Bangladesh started seeing an uptrend in dengue cases from June with the advent of monsoon. Since August 1, the country has been seeing over 200
98pc infected with delta variant: BSMMU
The highly contagious delta variant accounts for 98 percent of all sequenced Covid-19 infections in the country, says a study of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The disclosure was made in a press release quoting BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, also the BSMMU genome sequencing research project supervisor. The variant,
Pregnant mothers excluded from vaccination campaign
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General Dr ABM Khurshid Alam said that Pregnant and lactating mothers will not be vaccinated under the upcoming nationwide mass inoculation campaign starting 7 August. Pregnant and lactating mothers will be vaccinated once it is confirmed which Covid-19 vaccine is more effective for them,
DGHS shutters Praava Health Care
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday ordered the closure of all activities of Praava Health Care on allegations of various irregularities. DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof. Nasima Sultana, confirmed the matter. She said that various allegations have been received against Praava Health Care. "Later we investigated it and all their
Vaccination reduces chances of hospitalization, mortality: IEDCR
Vaccinated people face lower risks of respiratory problem, hospitalisation and fatality, according to a recent study of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research. According to the study 11% of unvaccinated Covid patients suffered from breathing difficulties whereas the rate was 4% among the vaccinated ones. Besides, the hospital admission rate
Reopening RMG factories will increase Covid infections: Minister
The Covid-19 infection will increase as RMG factories have reopened amid strict lockdown restrictions, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque Sunday. "People from different parts of the country have joined the workplace as garments have been opened from today. But they did not follow the hygiene rules for which infection will increase,"
Dhaka gets around 8 lakh AstraZeneca jabs
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday received the second consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Japan under the COVAX facility. The second consignment contains 7,81,320 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. A cargo flight of Cathay Pacific that carried the vaccine doses from Japan landed at Hazrat
Vaccine inequity biggest barrier to ending pandemic: WHO chief
Vaccine inequity is the biggest challenge to ending the Covid-19 pandemic and recovering from it, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Thursday, reports Bernama. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued his statement from Geneva along with data released by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the University of Oxford. Covid-19 vaccine