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It is paramount, again, to follow all Covid-19 health guidelines, including wearing a mask. Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
Health

DGHS urges to wear masks, take booster dose amid fresh Covid outbreak in China, India

File Photo: A long queue of female vaccine candidates waiting to get inoculated at ward no 4 of Pabna's Demra union during a special vaccination campaign on 28 September, 2021. Photo: Atiqur Rahman Apel
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Weeklong booster dose campaign targeting to vaccinate 1.42cr kicks off

Test tube labelled "Covid-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration picture taken January 15, 2022. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Prior Covid offers less protection vs Omicron; mRNA booster shot efficacy declines within months

A health worker prepares a booster dose of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, as vaccinations jump in Italy after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers, in Rome, Italy. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid booster efficacy wanes significantly by fourth month: US study

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to media at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan November 24, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Japan PM Kishida calls for doubling booster shots to 1 mln a day

DGHS. Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Administer Sinovac as first dose, Moderna/AstraZeneca as booster: DGHS

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show

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

Covid-flu joint booster jab possible late 2023: Moderna

FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

New data finds AstraZeneca booster generates higher antibodies against Omicron

The exterior of EMA, European Medicines Agency is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 18, 2020. Photo :Reuters
Europe

EU drug regulator expresses doubt on need for fourth booster dose

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Repeated Covid boosters not a viable strategy: WHO

A health worker takes swab samples from a person. (HT File Photo)
South Asia

India's Covid-19 cases multiply, vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters

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 CEO Bancel says people may need another booster in fall of 2022