US FDA advisers recommend Covid-19 boosters for 65, older
Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted on Friday (Sept 17) to recommend Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness,...
US medical experts to vote on Pfizer Covid boosters
US medical experts will meet today to debate and vote on the controversial question of giving out booster doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to the general population.
Moderna vaccine protection wanes, booster shot can extend immunity significantly: study
New data from Moderna Inc's large Covid-19 vaccine trial shows that the protection it offers wanes over time, supporting the case for booster doses, the company said in a news release on...
Country to get 24cr jabs by Apr: Momen
Expressing optimism about collecting Covid-19 vaccine jabs, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is on track to get 24 crore shots either by March or April next year.
Will jab 50pc by year-end
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said efforts were underway to vaccinate students aged 12 and above as she spoke about a government plan to gradually inoculate 80 percent of the...
Bangladesh receives 2.7 lakh AstraZeneca doses from Bulgaria
Bangladesh has received 2.7 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine as donation from the Bulgarian government.
India mulling resuming vaccine exports soon, with focus on Africa
India is considering resuming exports of COVID-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the...
Bangladesh set to get 24 crore vaccines by March-April: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today sounded hopeful regarding procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, saying that Bangladesh is on track to get 24 crore doses by March-April next year.
Former world leaders, Nobel laureates call on Germany to waive vaccine patents
More than 140 former heads of state and Nobel laureates today called on the German chancellor candidates Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz, and Armin Laschet to declare themselves in favour of waiving...
Govt plans to vaccinate students aged 12 and above: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that her government has plans to bring students aged 12 and above under the vaccination programme gradually.