Dhaka July 18, 2025, 12:31 pm
A proposal to award a Tk 266.17 crore contract to M Jamal & Company for construction of the hospital got the committee’s approval
OxyJet, a low-cost non-invasive ventilator invented by a group of teachers and students of Buet, has been designed with Covid-19 patients’ treatment in mind
It is being suspected that four people died with dengue virus
To make the vaccination process easier for rural people, the government has decided to inoculate people at union parishad level with their National Identity (NID) cards from August 7
Among the latest victims, 116 were female and 123 male
Potential recipients will have to bring their NID cards to the inoculation centres to receive the vaccine
The 11 private organizations were mainly collecting samples of officials, workers of different organizations of the project and some general people of the district for testing of Covid-19
This consignment will significantly augment reserves of Liquid Medical Oxygen in Bangladesh
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen will receive the ventilators at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8.30 pm
The vaccines will arrive as part of the COVAX agreement at around 3:15 pm
The premier has instructed to this end and the decision would be implemented soon
The vaccine consignments have been reaching here as good news for Bangladesh as Dhaka has been desperately looking for vaccines to inoculate huge numbers of people
The free tests will be available throughout the month of July
Around 12 lakh vaccine doses will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:20 pm on Friday and the rest on Saturday
The regulator has given Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) after all necessary examinations by the technical committee
Vaccines to be procured at any cost
Bangladesh on Tuesday surpassed the 9 lakh- mark in the confirmed cases of coronavirus
Newer studies have indicated that further spacing out the vaccine doses, or allowing people to get a 'third' dose at least 10 months after the second dose will lead to an enhanced immune response
"I want to give you a good news . . . we're likely to get a large quantity of COVID-19 vaccines in the first week of next month," he said
The government wants to rely more on vaccines instead of lockdown to stem the pandemic