Bangladesh will get around 21 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the first week of May. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam on Sunday made the disclosure. Most of these vaccines will be imported by Baximco Pharmaceuticals, he told reporters after a virtual discussion meeting
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Govt to stop administering 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Health authorities have decided to stop administering first dose of the Oxford-AstraZenca shots from April 26 onwards. The decision was taken amid uncertainty over the next Covid-19 vaccine shipment from India. The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of the health department on Sunday issued a notification in this regard. As of April 23,
Covid deaths pass 11,000 mark; Infection declines
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An ‘emergency’ budget in the offing amid Covid-19
The government is planning to prepare an emergency budget for the next fiscal with extra allocations to procure and manufacture vaccines and expand social safety net. The government initially had decided to allocate another Tk10,000 crore Covid-19 emergency fund for procuring and manufacturing of vaccines in the financial year 2021-22. Officials of
India Covid patients suffocate from oxygen crisis amid surge
Indian authorities scrambled on Saturday to supply oxygen to Indian hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating amid low supplies as the country is crippled with the world’s worst coronavirus surge.. The 3,46,786 infections over the past day brought India’s total infections past 16 million, only behind the United States. The Health Ministry
Covid death toll in Bangladesh nears 11000
Bangladesh has recorded 83 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, pushing up the total number of fatalities to 10,952. Coronavirus death toll in Bangladesh crossed 10,000 on April 15. With the latest figures, the mortality rate rose to 1.48 per cent, the Directorate General of Health Services
Govt, WB ink $250m deal to create jobs in Bangladesh
The government Thursday signed a $250 million financing agreement with the World Bank on creating more and better jobs, recovering faster from the COVID 19 pandemic and building resilience for future crises. The agreements were signed by Economic Relations Division secretary Fatima Yasmin and World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh Bhutan
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Improvement unlikely before June
Bangladesh is unlikely to see any improvement in the Covid-19 situation before June next as the country is still in the grip of its second wave, predicted a group of local and international health experts.Using a mathematical model, Bangladesh Como Modelling Group, a group of experts from both Bangladesh and
Covid-19: India registers global record of 314K fresh cases in one day
India on Thursday reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections as a grim virus surge in the world’s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen. The 314,000 fresh infections added in the past