Coronavirus Vaccine

Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh National Parliament Muhammad Faruk Khan and US Congressman Steve Chabot (Republican-Ohio) in Washington DC on 18 May 2022

US lawmakers keen to further strengthen Dhaka-Washington ties

Both sides underscored the importance of further expansion of trade and investment cooperation and deepening of the multifaceted partnership in the coming days

This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 18 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attending a meeting of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang

Kim slams negligent officials over spiralling North Korea Covid outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 ...

Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen while a resident (C) boards a bus on a street during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on 14 May, 2022

Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown

Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown

This picture taken on May 16, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 17 May shows officers of the military medical field of the Korean People's Army going to supply medicines to resolve the epidemic prevention crisis

North Korean military ramps up Covid response as outbreak grows

North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said on Tuesday, with the number of reported cases of "fever" nearing 1.5 ...

Factfile on Covid-19 outbreak in North Korea, as of 13 May, 2022

North Korea reports 15 more 'fever' deaths amid Covid outbreak

North Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from "fever", days after officially confirming its first-ever Covid-19 cases and ordering nationwide lockdowns

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq

Anisul seeks EU’s continuous support to make LDC graduation smooth

Bangladesh stands grateful for Team Europe’s donation of vaccines for addressing the Covid-19 pandemic and mobilising finances for vaccine procurement and livelihood support, he said

A man wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) rides a bicycle along a quiet street in Beijing on 9 May, 2022. Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on May 9 as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement

Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital

Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement

A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a man to conduct free nucleic acid tests for residents in the residential compound, after new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were found in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, China on 19 July 2020.

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 10 new cases, no death

Bangladesh reported 10 Covid cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning which took the total caseload to 1,952,776

A health worker from Thanyarak Pattani Hospital conducts a swab test on a woman for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Pattani Central Mosqe in Pattani on 21 February, 2022

Global Covid cases top 515 million

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 515 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

A health worker takes swab sample on a woman to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site along a street in Beijing on 25 April, 2022

Covid-19 Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai

A resident has a sample taken to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in Beijing on 25 April, 2022

Covid spike prompts mass testing in Beijing again

Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital

A woman consults a doctor before swab testing at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 23 June 2020

Bangladesh logs 26 new Covid cases, no death

Bangladesh logged 26 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning taking the total caseload to 1,952,532

Peter Haas, US Ambassador to Bangladesh

Interview: Peter Haas We will continue to discuss the issues of concern in an open, transparent manner

I think it is apparent that the issue of RAB sanctions is just one small part of our overall relations

Bangladesh's procurement of Covid vaccines costlier than neighbours: WHO

Bangladesh's procurement of Covid vaccines costlier than neighbours: WHO

Bangladesh has bought each dose of Covid vaccine for over Tk 1,500, which is the highest price than the procurement by the neighbouring countries, according to the World Health Organisation

A medical worker inoculates a physician with a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, India on 16 January, 2021

India to start vaccinating children aged 12-14 years Wednesday

India will start vaccinating children in the age group of 12-14 years from 16 March, India health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to chief secretaries of all states.

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