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“We have approved the vaccine trial in China,” he told reporters at the secretariat on Monday. We have already received the vaccine pledge from Oxford in Bangladesh. That is being prepared by the best company in India and Beximco will take the necessary steps to deliver it to Bangladesh along with this best. The issue has also been officially discussed ”.
When asked if the Oxford vaccine would be tested in Bangladesh, Malek said: “They have not said it yet. We are waiting for Bangladesh to know what Oxford has to offer.”
Indians are expected to receive the Covid-19 vaccine invented by Oxford researchers for this year, the Times of India reported Wednesday, citing officials from the Serum Institute of India (SIE).
The Oxford vaccine will be manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India as a subsidiary of the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Bangladesh is also interested in receiving this vaccine; Dhaka has already expressed a desire to be a partner in its experimental application.
After seeing success in initial trials, the so-called ‘Covishield’ vaccine is in the final stage of application in the human body.
When asked if any organization or country other than Oxford has promised to vaccinate, the Health Minister said: “So far we have not received any requests from any country that wants to test here.”
However, Health Minister Zahid Malek said a letter was being sent to Russia to collect the vaccine.
“We are sending a letter to Russia, and the Russian ambassador has also spoken about the vaccine,” he said. Arrangements are being made to send the letter to the Russian Minister of Health through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”
When asked if Russia had given any clues about vaccination, the minister said: “Russia wants to do GTZ, they said if Bangladesh has the facilities to make the vaccine, they can also give approval to do it in Bangladesh.”
“Several companies in Bangladesh have the capacity to make vaccines.”
Regarding the meeting with the Korean Ambassador to the Secretariat, the Minister of Health said: “Korea wants to share its experience with us. They have successfully dealt with the coronavirus, but again their infection has been seen on a large scale. They have sent letters asking for various PCR machines and kits. ”
The Health Minister said that Korea will provide kits for antigen testing. “The government will help us with the antigen test that the government approved a few days ago and will give us a kit worth ৭ 600,000,” he said. They will come to us in a few days. ”
He said that the antigen test initiation process is underway, “We have started the process of bringing the antigen kit. Even if you get the Korean kit, the test will start. He also said that he does not test antibodies in Korea.
The Health Minister said Monday that he had decided to start antigen testing on a “limited scale” to detect the coronavirus.
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