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More people line up for shots Staff Correspondent: Officials say that many people have been turned away from COVID vaccination centres on the second day of a mass inoculation drive because the numbers queuing to take the shots greatly exceeded the allocation of daily doses. Vaccines were administered at the…

2nd day of mass-inoculation Staff Correspondent:the second day of the government-announced mass inoculation campaign to curb the pandemic coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, huge crowds of people were observed in different centers of the capital. Although the vaccination campaign started in the morning, men and women over the age of 25 have…

Industry Desk: The father and brother of Mehedi Hasan, a resident of Mugda in Dhaka, caught dengue fever recently after recovering from COVID-19.A desperately worried Mehedi rushed them to at least five hospitals in the quest for a bed and finally got one at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and…

Staff Correspondent: The government will procure six crore more doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China to ramp up the inoculation drive across Bangladesh, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.“We’ve signed a deal with China to receive 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine. China has already started sending the vaccine doses.…

Staff Correspondent: A 1,000-bed field hospital to treat patients infected with coronavirus has been inaugurated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the university’s ‘Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Covid Field Hospital’ at 12:00 yesterday.Director of the hospital, Prof. Dr. Md. Sharfuddin Ahmed said that the patient…

Staff Correspondent: Noting that there is no substitute for wearing facemasks and getting vaccinated, scientist Dr Bijon Kumar Sil said the combination of vitamin C and zinc can help prevent the Delta variant of Covid-19.At a webinar held yesterday on the effects of the Delta variant and the possible way…

Staff Correspondent: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed said that 98 percent of the coronavirus patients in the country are currently infected with the delta variant, popularly known as the Indian variant of the coronavirus.He made the remarks while unveiling the report of a…

Golam Mostafa Jibon:Experts have advised the government to be more careful and sincere to prevent all kinds of vaccine fraud after some incidents over vaccine swindling occurred in and outside of the country recently have come to light.If the government and concerned law enforcers are not alert right now, it…

Staff Correspondent: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) yesterday approved a proposal in principle to procure 30 Oxygen generator plants under Direct Procurement Method (DPM). The approval came from the CCEA meeting held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Cabinet…