Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday reiterated her government's steps to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens above 18 years, saying a plan is underway to gradually bring students of 12 years and above under vaccination coverage. "At present, age limit has been reduced to 18 to bring public and private universities'
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Long queues, no social distancing in vaccine centers
Social distancing went for a toss as thousands thronged immunization centers across the capital on Thursday to take their second Covid-19 vaccine shorts In the Lalbag area, for instance, health workers were literally struggling to manage large crowd. Many people who came to the centers in the areas neither wore masks
Decision to vaccinate students below 18 soon
With all eyes on its efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh is going to vaccinate students below 18 with Pfizer and Moderna jabs. "Any vaccine dose can be administered to students over 18 but those who're below 18 can be vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna jabs following the World Health
Decision on vaccinating school students soon
A decision will be taken soon whether school students will be vaccinated against Covid-19, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). "The decision is likely to be taken tomorrow (Thursday) at a high-profile meeting of government officials," he told reporters
Vaccinate industrial workers quickly: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to design a separate programme to bring the industrial workers and their families under the Covid-19 vaccination coverage soon. She also asked to consider whether it would be possible to shorten the existing two-month gap between two vaccine doses. The Prime Minister
Pregnant, lactating women to get Covid jab: DGHS
The government has included pregnant and lactating women in the nationwide Covid-19 inoculation programme amid a worrying rise in Covid-19 hospital admissions across the country. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued a notice regarding this Sunday. Although the pregnant women are now eligible for Covid-19 vaccination, they must follow some
Mithila Group begins vaccination of employees
Mithila Group has started vaccination of its employees and workers. The Mithila Group workers received the Covid-19 vaccines as part of the program launched by the government on July 18 to vaccinate apparel workers, being the frontliners in COVID-19. Nazrul Islam Babu, MP, Mithela Group Chairman Azahar Khan, Upazila Health and Family
Mass vaccination drive kicks off tomorrow
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,
Minister withdraws comment on unjabbed travel
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has backed off from his statement of restricting the movement of unvaccinated people over 18 years after August 11. The Liberation War Affairs Ministry on Wednesday issued a media statement revising its minister's previous remarks. "All citizens above 18 years will be brought under vaccination