Staff Correspondent<\/p>\n
Beximco asked to take steps to bring 2 million vaccine doses from India’s Serum as soon as possible, says the DGHS chief<\/p>\n
Bangladesh is set to receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine next month, says the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will receive the vaccine doses under the Covax scheme,\u201d Director General Prof ABM Khurshid Alam said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The DGHS chief was speaking to the media following an online discussion meeting marking World Malaria Day arranged by the directorate.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India to purchase 30 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in November. Beximco Pharma is responsible for procuring the doses, according to the deal.<\/p>\n
Prof Khurshid told that Beximco Pharma had been asked to take necessary steps to bring two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India as soon as possible to dispel any uncertainty over Bangladesh\u2019s inoculation drive.<\/p>\n
As deadly variants of the virus were spreading rapidly across India, a proposal had been sent to the authorities concerned to stop all communication with the neighbouring country, excluding the transportation of emergency goods,\u00a0 reported him as saying.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Prof Robed Amin, spokesperson for the DGHS, in a news bulletin on Sunday said: \u201cChina has informed us that it will provide us with 600,000 Chinese Covid-19 vaccines as gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moreover, discussions over the potential coproduction of Russia\u2019s Sputnik V vaccine had been going well, and the authorities concerned would make an announcement if an agreement was signed, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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