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And the first shipment of vaccines bought by Bangladesh from the Seram Institute in India will arrive in the country on January 25, said the secretary of the Department of Health. Reported Abdul Mannan.
He told a press conference in the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday that 20 lakh doses of the vaccine would arrive in Bangladesh on a special Air India flight at 1.30pm on Thursday. From there, the vaccine will be kept in EPI storage in Tejgaon.
Two lakh doses of vaccine will be administered every day: Minister of Health
India to send vaccines as a gift too: Minister of Health
Bangladesh is officially purchasing 30 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced at the Serum Institute of India. And the vaccine that the Indian government is sending as a gift is also the Oxford vaccine produced at the Serum Institute.
Health Minister Zahid Malek said Tuesday that the vaccine for India’s gift is likely to arrive on Wednesday. When the vaccine arrives in the country, he will go to the airport himself and receive it. However, he also hinted that the vaccine could be delayed for a day.
Detailed information on tick management was presented at a press conference on Wednesday. In addition to the Secretary of the Department of Health Services, the Principal Coordinator of the ODS of the Office of the Prime Minister Juena Aziz, the Principal Secretary of the Department of ICT NM Ziaul Alam, the Director General of the Department of Health Prof. Dr. ABM Khurshid Alam was present there.
Abdul Mannan said 6 million doses will be received in the first month by combining the first invoice for the purchased vaccine and the gift vaccine. They plan to vaccinate 6 million people in the first month at two million doses per day.
20 lakh of vaccines as a gift from India: Secretary of Health
India’s gift vaccine will arrive on Wednesday: DG Health
Registration as of January 26, Vaccination in early February: Department of Health
The first trial will be held in Dhaka on January 26 or 27 after receiving the vaccine. The vaccine will initially be administered to between 400 and 500 people at Dhaka Medical, Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda General Hospital and Kuwait Maitri Hospital, the health services secretary said.
Although the Bangladeshi regulatory body has allowed the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced at the Seram Institute in India, this short trial is being implemented before the start of mass vaccination as there is no clinical trial for this vaccine in the country.
Abdul Mannan said that after the experimental application, it will wait a week according to the protocol of the World Health Organization. Then the vaccine will be administered throughout the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the nationwide vaccination program.
Half of the 5 million initial vaccines are for the elderly
Not privately vaccinated before the government: Secretary of Health
The policy is to vaccinate by private initiative: Minister of Health
Registration will begin through the app prior to the start of the mass voting. Workers at the forefront of fighting the epidemic, including healthcare workers, will be vaccinated first. The second dose should be given eight weeks after the first dose. A monthly distribution list has already been compiled based on the availability of tickers.
According to the plan, in the first phase of the first phase, 7.8 percent of the total population of the country will be vaccinated, that is, 15 million people.
However, so far, the government has not reached any agreement with anyone other than the Seram Institute, and no other vaccine has been approved for use in Bangladesh.
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