India will resume surplus Covid-19 vaccine exports next month under the “Vaccine Maitri” programme, said Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya while addressing the media in New Delhi.

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.

The government will soon run a “Special Inoculation Campaign” during which people even at the unions would be able to get Covid shots twice a week.

Government will run special inoculation campaign with Covid-19 vaccines at the union level two days each week, according to the health directorate.

There is no decision yet on inoculating children, aged 12-17, with the Covid-19 vaccine, a health directorate official said today.

Forty-three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A new study released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday is the latest to suggest the Moderna Covid vaccine confers better long-term protection against hospitalization than Pfizer.

Around 50 lakh more doses of Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine reached Bangladesh from China early yesterday.

Health Minister Zahed Maleque yesterday said students aged between 12 and 17 years would receive Pfizer vaccine.

Inoculating two crore people against Covid-19 every month from October will be extremely challenging if the manpower crisis in the government’s regular immunisation campaign is not solved immediately, health officials warn. 

A city in southeast China hit by Covid-19 told residents on Saturday to stay home and closed various venues, as infections spread in the country's latest hotspot during a key holiday travel season.

Thirty-five people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Health Minister Zahed Maleque today said that students aged between 12 and 17 years will receive Pfizer vaccine.

Around 50 lakh more doses of Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine reached Bangladesh from China early today.

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, after overwhelmingly rejecting a call for broader approval.

Although the death toll dropped, the total number of daily coronavirus cases and infection rate increased yesterday.

Complications have arisen regarding setting up rapid RT-PCR labs at the Dhaka airport to test outgoing passengers for Covid-19, continuing the uncertainty surrounding the return of around 30,000 expatriate workers to their workplaces in the UAE.

Thirty-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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.

The health directorate yesterday reported 5.98 percent Covid positivity rate, which is the lowest in more than six months.