Covid vaccine

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends an event on World Ocean Day with Finley the fish, made of ice, ahead of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC12) where a deal to end harmful fisheries subsidies could be reached in Geneva, Switzerland, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Global Economy

Covid vaccine rights waiver within reach: WTO chief

File photo of Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque. Photo: Collected
Health

Health Minister cannot remember the price of Covid vaccines

A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Pfizer says 3 Covid shots protect children under 5

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

US donates 3 million doses of Covid vaccine to Bangladesh

Moderna has recently signed vaccine orders for 2022 worth $17 billion — which would make it one of the best-selling drugs in the world. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Moderna to seek regulatory approval for Covid shot for very young children

The logo of Sanofi is seen at the company's headquarters in Paris, France, April 24, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Healthcare companies Sanofi and GSK to seek Covid-19 vaccine regulatory approval

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Inoculation of shop-owners, workers begins in capital

93-year-old Shari Marco receives a fourth dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine following a vaccination party after Israel approved a second booster shot for the immunocompromised, people over 60 years and medical staff in a retirement home in Netanya, Israel January 5, 2022. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Fourth Covid vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Vaccine diplomacy success as Bangladesh gets most vaccines from Covax

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Coronavirus chronicle

Dozens of firms to make cheap version of Merck Covid pill for poorer nations

A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, February 11, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO urges manufacturers to provide Covid-19 vaccine data

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Coronavirus chronicle

Two-dose vaccines induce lower antibodies against Omicron, study finds

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Coronavirus chronicle

WHO warns against vaccine hoarding as poorer countries go without