Dhaka January 2, 2026, 11:24 pm
Chief operating officer of Beximco Pharma Rabbur Reza confirmed the matter to reporters on Tuesday noon
Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, Incepta, Beacon Pharma and Renata will manufacture medicine Molnupiravir
Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the campaign at Ideal School and College at Motijheel in the capital
Vaccination will first begin at 12 centres in the capital. The whole country will be brought under the campaign in phases
Among the fresh fatalities, six were males and three were females
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the vaccine doses landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 1:40am
The minister stated this at a meeting on healthcare and development issues of the country organised by UHFPO, an organisation of Upazila Health Officers, at Hotel Intercontinental in the capital
The vaccines -- all Pfizer-BioNTech -- are being donated through the World Health Organization's Covax program
Across eight divisions, 66,25,123 people were vaccinated, "which is a record number of jabs inoculated in Bangladesh in a single day"
The vaccine jabs will be administered from 9 am at 6,000 centres across the country, he said adding that in the first two hours women above 50 years and physically-challenged people will get the jabs on priority basis
A cargo flight of National Airlines, carrying the vaccine doses gifted by the USA, will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:15 PM
"For a COVID-free world, we must ensure universal and affordable access to vaccines for people across the world," she told in her UNGA address in Bangla as previous years, following Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Muj
A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at Shahjalal International Airport with the vaccine consignment around 2 am
For effective global vaccination, COVID-19 vaccines need to be declared as “global public goods
The decision to restart the vaccine export has come ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly as well as Washington DC starting Tuesday (Sept 21) where vaccine
The children will be inoculated with US-made Pfizer vaccine doses as it is suitable for them
Government is planning to vaccinate 1.5 to 2 crore people from the next month
A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12.44 am with the vaccine consignment
The government has not declared officially but the health ministry has already finalised a private company to conduct PCR tests at the airports through covered vans with all necessary facilities to run Covid-19 test and prepa
The decision was taken in a video-conference chaired by Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Dr. Ahmad Kaikaus on Monday afternoon
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