The current vaccine crisis in Bangladesh has been created as the government depended on a single source for it through a third party on political considerations bowing down to the pressure of a business quarter, alleged TIB Executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman on Tuesday. Dr Iftekhar came up with the remark while
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US delivers emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh
US Agency for International Development (USAID) has delivered to Bangladesh its most recent shipment of emergency medical supplies to save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and meet the urgent health needs of the people. This latest delivery brings the total of US pandemic assistance to more than $84 million. US Ambassador
Lockdown extended till June 16
The government has extended the countrywide lockdown on public movement till June 16 to contain the spread of Covid-19. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification today to this end. The duration of previously declared lockdown ended at midnight Sunday. The notification continued restrictions on any social (post marriage ceremony, such as
Sinopharm Vaccine: Efforts underway to normalise things after price disclosure
The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to "make things normal" and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though the scenario looks "different" to some extent following price disclosure, officials said. "The scenario looks different to some extent after the incident. We're
Frontier districts await Covid-19 ‘catastrophe’: Experts
Amid the growing Covid-19 cases, health experts fear that Bangladesh's frontier districts await a serious healthcare crisis as most hospitals and health complexes there are ill-equipped to cope with any worsening situation.They also voiced frustration as local administrations in different frontier districts are "buying time" in enforcing strict lockdowns and
Experts fear worst Covid outbreak in country by June-end
Bangladesh reports two ‘black fungus’ cases, one suspected death
Two Covid-19 patients have reportedly been found infected with infectious ‘black fungus’ at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka. “Two patients, who recovered from Covid-19 infections, have been infected by ‘black fungus’ with one undergoing treatment at the hospital,” Prof Delwar Hossain, Head of the Respiratory Medicine Department at the hospital, told UNB
Focus on black fungus as it adds to woes, says DGHS
As ‘black fungus’ keeps on spreading in different Indian states amid the Covid surge, Bangladesh remains alert so that this fungal disease cannot put any extra strain on the country’s medical system, says DGHS. Speaking at a virtual press briefing, Dr Nazmul Islam, a spokesman of the Directorate General of Health
Govt approves proposal to import Sinofarm vaccine
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a Health Service Division proposal to import the Sinofarm Covid-19 vaccine. Dr Shahida Aktar, Additional Secretary to the Cabinet Division disclosed this information while briefing reporters after a meeting of the committee. She, however, did not provide any further details about the
