Drugmakers partnered with the US government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said on Monday. "If you say exactly when will literally the vaccine materials be in production and manufacturing,

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion has seized a huge quantity of illegally imported medicines (oral and injectable forms) from a branch store of Lazz Pharma Limited in Dhaka. A mobile court of RAB-3, led by Executive Magistrate Polash Kumar Basu, seized the drugs in a drive conducted at the

The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University has been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik, adding that the first

The World Health Organization (WHO), which has faced criticism over its early handling of the coronavirus crisis, on Thursday launched an independent review into the global response to the pandemic. Announcing the assessment, which will be presented next May, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom

A total of 239 scientists in 32 countries outlined the evidence that floating virus particles can infect people who breathe them in. The World Health Organization (WHO) is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists, in a

DHAKA: The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) is positive about the ‘G-Rapid Dot Blot’ kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra to test Covid-19 infection, said coordinator of the kit project. Dr Muhib Ullah Khondokar, coordinator of Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s Covid-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Saturday that it was discontinuing hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms for its Solidarity Trial, citing little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The WHO said the decision was in light of the

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday (July 4) confirmed 29 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,997. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 3,2884 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

DHAKA: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has launched a ‘Corona Centre’ on Saturday (July 4) for giving treatment to the coronavirus-infected patients. The admission process for corona patients started at 8am. BSMMU Vice Chancellor Dr Kanak Kanti Barua

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday (July 3) confirmed 42 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,968. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 3,114 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours

DHAKA: Globe Biotech Limited (GBL) will take initiative to launch a clinical trial of their newly developed coronavirus (Covid-19) ‘vaccine’. The pharmaceutical company made the disclosure at a press briefing held in its Tajgaon office in the capital on Thursday noon (July 2). 

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Thursday (July 2) confirmed 38 more death from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,926. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 4,019 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours

DHAKA: Bangladesh confirmed the highest single-day fatality on Wednesday (July 1) as 41 more died from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,888. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 3,775 people tested positive

DHAKA: Bangladesh confirmed the highest single-day fatality on Tuesday (June 30) as 64 more died from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,783. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 3,682 people tested positive

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech announced that it has successfully developed Covaxin, India's first vaccine candidate for Covid-19, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV). The Drug Controller General of India

DHAKA: The government has fixed fees for coronavirus in all laboratories in public hospitals and institutes across the country. From now on, the patients will have to pay Tk 200 per test if they visit the kiosks to give samples, said Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Even though there are more than 13 experimental vaccines in clinical trials among the 140 being developed to combat Covid-19, the World Health Organisation has identified the candidates developed by Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Moderna Inc as the front-runners. “Certainly in

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday (June 28) reported 43 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,738, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,809 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday (June 27) reported 34 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,695, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,504 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc.’s experimental vaccine is the first to enter the final stages of clinical trials to assess how well it works in protecting people from becoming infected by the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has infected 9.4