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Vaccine for all, free of cost

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Post date October 27, 2020
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The government has decided to administer Covid-19 vaccines to all the citizens free of cost once those are procured.

As per the decision at a high-level meeting recently, the government will purchase vaccines as soon as those are out in the market and administer those to all like it does under the existing immunisation programmes, said finance ministry officials.

The finance ministry has already sought $2 billion in financial assistance from four development partners to purchase, store, transport and administer the vaccines.

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WHO in talks with Russia on Covid-19 vaccine

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Post date August 12, 2020
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says discussions are underway with Russia regarding a possible pre-qualification of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

“We’re in close contact with the Russian health authorities and discussions are underway regarding a possible pre-qualification of the vaccine by WHO,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a virtual press briefing on Tuesday, reports Xinhua.

Jasarevic explained that the pre-qualification of any vaccine involves rigorous review and evaluation of all the data required for safety and efficacy in clinical trials and noted that at the WHO level, this process would be the same for any candidate.

He said each country has national regulatory bodies that approve the use of vaccines or drugs in its territory. ……….

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DGHS relied on Regent hospital despite its lacks

Post author By Infohub BD
Post date July 23, 2020
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A female physician had to flee from her workplace, Regent hospital, as she had been the only physician there and had to work throughout the day.

The physician, wishing to be anonymous, came to know about the Regent hospital job through a Facebook post by its chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim, who was detained over issuing of fake coronavirus test reports and fraudulence.

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