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3 Min Read KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban militant movement gave its backing on Tuesday for a coronavirus vaccination campaign in Afghanistan that has received a $112 million pledge from the World Health Organization’s COVAX programme. Slideshow ( 2 images ) The immunisation drive will have to take place amid relentless violence in the country despite the government and the Taliban insurgents opening peace talks in September. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters that the group wou...

‘But what about the rest of us?’ Ctg residents worried as no list prepared; vaccination training of health workers yet to start; frontliners to get priority The Covid-19 vaccination campaign is about to kick off in the country, however, training of health officials, workers and volunteers in this regard is yet to start in Chattogram. Not just that, such programme at district level, which was supposed to start on January 23 has been delayed. Asked, Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chatt...

  Kazi Nafia Rahman, bdnews24.com  Published: 27 Jan 2021 01:32 AM BdST Updated: 27 Jan 2021 09:06 AM BdST A year has passed in deaths, sorrow and crises as coronavirus pummelled the world, but it is now time for people to turn around, fight back and grow resistance with vaccines. "); } In Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the immunisation programme via video call on Wednesday afternoon throu...

Covid-19 vaccine: Taliban backs Afghan jab drive as Covax pledges $112 m Reuters © Provided by Khaleej Times Covid-19 vaccine: Taliban backs Afghan jab drive as Covax pledges $112 m Afghanistans Taliban group on Tuesday gave their backing to a vaccination programme to which the World Health Organisations (WHO) Covax programme has pledged $112 million. Announcing the funding, an Afghan health official said the programme would cover the 20% of the population. The Covax programm...

According to officials, health workers and other frontliners would be vaccinated first on priority basis. However, they have not taken any step to prepare a list of  the elderly and adults suffering from long-term diseases -- who are most vulnerable to Covid-19. Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, Rajshahi divisional director of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said civil surgeons, administrations and local government officials are likely to complete a  list comprising health workers wit...

Rice exporters kick off immunization drive for agri-families   Published On He said that approximately 200 persons participated in the campaign. ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Rice exporters organized a preventive vaccination campaign for the agricultural families including rice transplanters for the different regions of Central Punjab to protect them from epidemics. Rice Partners (Pvt) Ltd (RPL) in collaboration with Helvetas Pakistan organized a preventive vaccination campaign for rice transpla...

  Obaidur Masum, Senior Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 23 Jan 2021 11:07 PM BdST Updated: 23 Jan 2021 11:10 PM BdST Two million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses sent by India as a gift are being unloaded to be preserved in the EPI storage in Tejgaon on Thursday, Jan 21, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Bangladesh’s anticipation for the coronavirus vaccine drive is about to end with the planned inoculation of a nurse at the Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka on Jan 27. "); ...

The Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority has directed hospitals in the capital to register themselves by Feb 28.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that China has agreed to provide half a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm ...

PAKISTAN-CORONAVIRUS/VACCINE:Pakistan: China to gift half million doses of Sinopharm vaccine