Health

Health sector buckles under pandemic

Shawdesh dEsk: The health sector of Bangladesh faced its most challenging year ever in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic which has brought the entire world to its knee. After

Mexico to start vaccination with Pfizer today

Shawdesh desk: Mexico has received an initial batch of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, putting the country in a neck-and-neck race with Chile to become the first Latin American

Govt working on corona vaccine rollout plan

Shawdesh Desk: With Covid-19 vaccine expected to arrive in the country at the end of January or the beginning of February next, the government is now working to finalise the

New coronavirus variant not out of control, says WHO

Shawdesh Desk: The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health

Coronavirus: Trump’s Covid vaccine chief admits delivery mistake

Shawdesh Desk: The army general in charge of distributing Covid vaccines in the US has admitted he failed over the initial number of doses promised to states. Gen Gustave Perna,

US approves Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine

Shawdesh Desk: Moderna has been approved by the US government as the country’s second Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for millions of doses to be released. The Food and Drug

US approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine: statement

Shawdesh dEsk: The US green lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for its imminent rollout across the country, with President Donald Trump promising the first immunizations

Pfizer, BioNTech vaccine docs hacked from European Medicines Agency

Shawdesh desk: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it has been hit by a cyber-attack and documents relating to a Covid-19 vaccine have been accessed. BioNTech, which makes one of