Nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive begins Sunday
5th February, 2021 10:48:44
The government’s vaccination programme against coronavirus will start on Sunday with a target of inoculating 3.5 million people in the first month of first phase.
According to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), around 2.5 lakh people registered through website www.surokkha.gov.bd for coronavirus vaccine across the country till Friday as the frontline fighters in 18 categories and the people above 55 in another category are now allowed to register for the vaccination in the first phase.
“A total of 2,45,000 people registered for vaccine till 2pm on Friday. We have taken measures to increase the number of registration for vaccination. We are carrying out various activities, including sending messages in mobile phones and publishing advertisements. Local administration at the grass roots will also carry out campaign to make people aware,” Prof Dr Mijanur Rahman, director (MIS) of the DG
WUHAN, CHINA A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and that years of research lay ahead. Dominic Dwyer, a microbiologist and infectious diseases expert, said the team in Wuhan had received the access it requested from Chinese authorities as it tries to understand the early days of the novel coronavirus outbreak first identified in Wuhan. Everybody knows how it really exploded out of Huanan market in Wuhan, but the key is what was happening around that time and before, Dwyer said.
Need to explore bat caves in China in search of Covid origins, says WHO team member
Need to explore bat caves in China in search of Covid origins, says WHO team member
The origin of the coronavirus has become highly politicised following accusations, especially by the United States, that China was not transparent in its early handling of the outbreak.
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UPDATED: February 5, 2021 07:09 IST
[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of researchers catching a bat in a cave inside Thailand s Sai Yok National Park (Photo Credits: AP)
A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said work was needed to try to trace genetic elements of the virus in bat caves.
China bat caves need exploring in search for COVID origins, WHO team member says By David Kirton and David Stanway
FILE PHOTO: WHO team investigate origin of coronavirus disease in Wuhan
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said work was needed to try to trace genetic elements of the virus in bat caves.
Peter Daszak, a zoologist and animal disease expert, said the team in Wuhan had been receiving new information about how the virus, first identified in the city in late 2019, led to a pandemic. He did not elaborate but said there was no evidence to suggest it emerged from a lab.