After months of warding off appeals from his employers to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 disease, Mohammad Yusuf, 24, working as a live-in domestic worker in Karachi’s Clifton area, finally relented and got his first shot. “I believed that anyone who took the vaccine would die within two years,” he told
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Vaccine equality is as vital for livestock as for people
El Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to growing her chicken business is a lack of access to health services. But not for herself or her family – for her animals. With smallholder poultry farming often a
China targets seniors in COVID reopening push
China is loosening curbs in the wake of mass protests over its zero-COVID policy, but exiting the controversial strategy hinges on a key stumbling block: vaccinating more seniors. Thousands hit the streets nationwide last week in an unprecedented challenge to almost three years of some of the world's strictest virus measures,
Children aged 5-11 to get Covid jabs at schools: Minister
Children aged between 5 and 11 years (primary school students) will be vaccinated against Covid-19 at their respective educational institutions, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday. "This vaccination program for children will be conducted in the city corporation areas. We will vaccinate the children at schools there," he told reporters
WTO holds big meeting to tackle vaccines, food shortages
The head of the World Trade Organization predicted a "bumpy and rocky" road as it opened its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years on Sunday, with issues like pandemic preparedness, food insecurity and overfishing of the world's seas on the agenda. At a time when some question WTO's relevance, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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Bangladesh rolls out booster dose in Dhaka
Bangladesh on Sunday started administering the Covid-19 booster dose to health workers on trial basis in capital Dhaka to fight off Covid-19. The booster dose is being administered at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) in Mohakhali area of the city in the morning. "Initially, the booster dose will be administered
Dhaka to get 10 lakh Pfizer jabs on Aug 30
Another 10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine from COVAX facility will reach Bangladesh on August 30, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday. The Pfizer vaccine doses, gifted by the US, are scheduled to arrive at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:15 PM by a Qatar Airways flight, he said
Procurement of 60m Sinopharm doses gets nod
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
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