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The decision was made by Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam Sarkar after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.
When the world is riddled with epidemics, the government has set aside 600 million rupees to buy the vaccine, assuming it won’t be available free of charge at first.
The cabinet secretary said the government has a plan to provide free vaccines to the poor, though not everyone in the country.
The new coronavirus has caused the world’s largest epidemic in the last 100 years. More than 1 million people have already died. The number of deaths in Bangladesh has exceeded 5,000.
As a cure for this disease has not yet been discovered, the world is searching for a vaccine. Russia and China have already developed vaccines and are implementing them. Some other countries are also in the final stages of vaccination. However, none of them have received final approval from the World Health Organization.
At Wednesday’s meeting, the health services department informed the cabinet about the latest situation related to the collection of the Covid-19 vaccine.
After the virtual cabinet meeting, Cabinet Secretary Anwarul Islam briefed the Secretariat on the progress of vaccination in the world and the measures taken by Bangladesh to get vaccinated.
He said there has been an uproar in different countries over the vaccine. Clinical trials have been conducted with 48 vaccines and pre-clinical trials are underway with 91 vaccines.
The cabinet secretary said that the Health Ministry had been in contact with those who made the vaccines from the beginning, adding: “We will not accept a baseline that the WHO will not recognize.
“With this in the baseline, our departments in the Ministry of Health and our pharmaceutical company are personally communicating with different countries to produce here.”
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Regarding the steps taken by the Department of Health, the Cabinet Secretary said that the ‘Global Vaccine Summit-2020’ was held in London on June 4 at the initiative of the United Kingdom, in which the Prime Minister of Bangladesh sent a video message The declaration request has been accepted.
“The ICDDR, B app has been approved by the government,” he said. Sinovac is trying to organize a trial of the vaccine here. “
He said that if the experimental application is done in Bangladesh, there will be an opportunity to get the vaccine at a lower price.
“We will get the vaccine at a lower price based on the priority of Bangladesh. Not only that, one or more of our pharmaceutical companies will be featured here.”
Although Russia has started administering the vaccine, experts are skeptical about its efficacy. Photo: Reuters
Regarding the Russian vaccine, he said, “The Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian National Camellia Research Center has offered to transfer the technology of the ‘Sputnik’ vaccine to Bangladesh. This is also being considered.
“We have full contact with Russia in this regard. But we have given the condition that it will require WHO approval.”
Regarding the Indian vaccine, the cabinet secretary said: “Another is Indian biotechnology, who have shown interest in testing us here. In this regard, the Department of Health Services and vaccines activities are involved. It has trained 36 people. Online orientation has already started. “
He said that two pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh have shown interest in producing vaccines invented by Sanofi and GSK, based in France and Belgium.
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Assigned to buy vaccines
The Cabinet Secretary said that a provision of Rs 600 million Tk has been made in the budget for the purchase of the COVD-19 vaccine under a project.
“The Secretary of the Treasury has assured us that if for some reason the foreign currency is not available, it has been allocated in our budget,” he said. InshaAllah, there will be no money problems to buy the vaccine. “
Recalling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Parliament, he said: “When the Prime Minister addressed the ninth session of the National Assembly, she said: ‘We have allocated funds for vaccination by contacting all countries that have developed the Covid vaccine. -19. The vaccine will be collected from where it was first found. “
Khandaker Anwarul also said there is talk of missing the opportunity to get free vaccination in Bangladesh.
“There is no immediate possibility of a free vaccine, we have to understand that. There is competition around the world. There is no possibility of receiving this free vaccine at the moment. If it comes through Gavi, it will be a little late.”
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When is the vaccine?
The cabinet secretary said no company could say exactly when the vaccine would hit the market.
“The list I have seen does not guarantee that it will hit the market before April-May-June 2021,” he said. If successful before then, inshallah we have communication with everyone. “
In this context, he said, “we also have to see a technical aspect. There are a couple of vaccines that need to be stored at a temperature of minus 60 degrees. It is very difficult in a country like ours. Most of the things that are suitable for our country have to be stored between 2 and 6 degrees.
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Not everyone is free
The cabinet secretary has indicated that even if they receive the coronavirus vaccine, not everyone in the country will receive it for free.
Asked by journalists, he said: “The price of the vaccine has not yet been set. Let’s see everything.”
However, there are plans to give free to the poor, Khandaker Anwarul said.
“A big chunk will definitely be given away for free to ordinary people who can’t afford it. It is in primary thought. “
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Speaking of investment, Sinovac said the government has not invested, creating a kind of uncertainty.
“There is no uncertainty,” he said. They said finance something. We are discussing it.
“We are discussing whether the financing they want is rational, whether it should be done at the government level or from a private place.”
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