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The country has been talking all day on Monday about the story published in an international media late Sunday night with the headline that it is better to vaccinate other countries to meet India’s demand. However, stating that this news is not correct, India is saying that Bangladesh will get the vaccine on time. The government has also said that under the agreement, Bangladesh will be the first country to export vaccines ahead of other countries and out of India in due course. The Ministry of Health is still hopeful that Bangladesh will receive the vaccine in late January or early February.
The vaccine, invented by Oxford-AstraZeneca, is being produced by the Serum Institute of India, which Bangladesh purchases through Beximco. The Bangladesh Department of Drug Administration gave permission for the emergency import of this vaccine last night.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said there was no concern about the vaccine. Importer Beximco said that Bangladesh will receive the vaccine within the time stipulated in the agreement, there is no doubt. According to the Seram Institute, an Indian vaccine manufacturer, there are no restrictions on the export of vaccines.
The process of bringing the coronavirus vaccine to the country was going well. However, international media reported late Sunday night that the Indian government had imposed a ban on the export of vaccines until demand for vaccines in their country was satisfied. With this, the hustle began in different parts of the country starting with the government yesterday morning. As the day progressed, so did the activities of the various government-related ministries. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare sat in an emergency meeting with concerned officials before noon. The Foreign Minister gave a briefing in the afternoon. In the evening, the managing director of Beximco Pharma, a vaccine importer in the country, gave a briefing. Meanwhile, communication between India and Bangladesh at the public-private level continued in isolation. The statements from India also kept coming in various outlets. In the end, the Government of Bangladesh and India, in the same vein, confirmed that Bangladesh would be the first country to export vaccines in a timely manner, before other countries and outside of India, according to the agreement. In this case, the last situation is in the position that the Ministry of Health has been saying for a few days that the vaccine will arrive in the country in late January or early February. Despite India’s export ban, it does not hinder the entry of vaccines into Bangladesh.
Get vaccinated on time: Minister of Health
Health Minister Zahid Malek met in an emergency meeting in the meeting room of the Ministry of Health at 11:30 a.m. Abdul Mannan, Secretary of the Department of Education for Health and Family Welfare. Ali Nur, director general of the Department of Health. Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Director General of the Department of Drug Administration, Major General. Mahabubur Rahman, Director General of the Department of Family Planning Sahan Ara Banu, Director General of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery Siddika Akter and others. At the meeting the latest situation related to vaccination was discussed. During the meeting, several other officials, including the Secretary of Health, communicated from time to time with various indigenous authorities. Contact is also made with the vaccination provider. After the meeting, the Minister of Health and the secretary informed the media highlighting the situation.
At the briefing, Health Minister Zahid Malek said: “Bangladesh has signed an international level agreement with the Seram Institute of India. Also, India is a friend of Bangladesh. The Indian High Commissioner has also ensured that we will receive the vaccine on time as scheduled.
The health minister said: “Recently, the Indian government approved the Oxford vaccine in your country. However, the application of the vaccine in India will require approval from the World Health Organization. For these reasons, it will take longer to get the vaccine in your country. Bangladesh has completed all preparations to deliver the vaccine. The Department of Administration of Medicine, CMHD, the Department of Health and other branches of the country related to vaccines are ready. Now the government continues its proactive role in the vaccine introduction process under the agreement. We have been informed that the Government of India will also ship the vaccine on time according to the agreement. Therefore, there is no reason to worry about getting the vaccine at this time.
Secretary of the Department of Health in the briefing. Abdul Mannan said: “The Indian government has banned the export of vaccines only for commercial activities. India’s sanctions on the deal with the Bangladeshi government will not be effective. Because we are vaccinating on a G2G basis, it will not be subject to commercial exports.
Meanwhile, India has been saying from the beginning that Bangladesh will have priority in producing vaccines in their country. After the virtual summit of the two countries chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 16, the joint statement also included a commitment to vaccinate Bangladesh on a priority basis. Please note that the joint statement is considered a document of the two countries.
The people of Bangladesh will be vaccinated from the start: Sringla
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Sringla told a Bangladeshi media yesterday that there was no problem getting vaccinated in Bangladesh initially. Bangladesh will get vaccines produced in India from the start. He said: ‘We have noticed Seram Pradhan’s statement in the media. There is no reason to worry about neighboring Bangladesh. Because India has always considered its neighbors as a priority. This time it will not be an exception either.
Sringla said: “Initially the vaccines will be shipped to the people of Bangladesh under the G2G system. It will not be under commercial management. Subsequently, if mass production is ensured, it will be supplied under a trade agreement. However, the people of neighboring Bangladesh will be vaccinated from the start.
No reason to worry about vaccinations: Momen
Foreign Minister at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka yesterday afternoon. AK Abdul Momen told reporters that the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Bangladesh will receive the vaccine on time. He said: “Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken with our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about bringing the vaccine from India. Bangladesh will receive the first vaccine.” So there is no reason to worry about it. He further stated: “We have been informed on behalf of India that the statement made by the CEO of Seram Company is personal. That is not the policy of the Indian government.
If you want to know when the vaccine can arrive. Momen said: “The health minister said at the end of this month. So I hope later this month. He said the two countries have been talking about getting the vaccine from a high level, so there is no reason to worry about that.
If you want to know if the agreement to bring the vaccine from India was ‘G to G’. “I don’t know,” Momen said.
No cause for concern: Secretary of Health
Kaler kanthasaha some more means with the Secretary of the Department of Health. Abdul Mannan also spoke yesterday in his office. At the time, he was asked to explain about the ‘G to G’ agreement on vaccination. He said: “On paper, there may not have been a direct G2G agreement at the beginning, but a tripartite agreement between our government and Beximco and the Serum Institute of India. But the Indian government has always been involved in this process. The Indian ambassador was present on the day of the agreement. Furthermore, a few days ago our Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of India made an official speech. At that time, the Prime Minister of the two countries spoke about the import and export of vaccines. India’s prime minister also promised that Bangladesh would be vaccinated first. As a result, when the highest levels of government in the two countries are involved in this vaccine, it is no longer outside the G2G.
The Secretary said: “I spoke with the High Commissioner of India during today’s meeting. He also said no problem. Everything will continue in the same way that the vaccine is being brought to Bangladesh. Even if there is any ban in India, it will not apply to Bangladesh. As a result, I will say from our place, we are in the same condition that we were. We don’t have to worry.
“We have said before that the vaccine will take about three weeks to arrive,” he said. Even if caught, it will remain in January. Even after that, we also spoke in early February. I don’t expect it to deviate from the stage I’m in so far. ‘
When asked what was in the agreement, the secretary said: “The vaccine must be shipped to Bangladesh from Seram within a month of approval.”
No barrier to vaccination: Papun
Meanwhile, MP Nazmul Hasan Papon, managing director of Beximco Pharma, told the media at a briefing at his residence in Gulshan last night: “I have also heard a news about the ban on the export of ticks to India. But I’m not sure about the veracity of this news. We spoke with Seram after receiving the news. According to him, everything is fine. That ban is not for us. Because it is not just an agreement between two private companies, the government is also involved This agreement is an international agreement, according to the agreement, the vaccine will be sent to us within a month of the approval of the vaccine in that country, that’s fine so far.
MP Papon said: ‘We have been doing business for so long, we have done nothing without realizing it. We hope this does not happen soon.
Permission to import vaccines from the Drug Administration
Leaving the meeting at the ministry, Major General Mahbubur Rahman, director general of the government’s Drug Administration Department, which administers the vaccines in the country, said a meeting of two specific committees would soon be called to approve the vaccines. The committee will review Beximco’s application. Imports of vaccines are allowed at night.
In this regard, Major General Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Director General of the Department of Drug Administration, told Kaler Kantha: “We have delivered a letter of no objection to bring the vaccine to the country as a matter of urgency. There is no obstacle to bring the Oxford vaccine to the country through this. Under my jurisdiction, this afternoon (yesterday) I decided to raise this objection after initially reviewing Beximco’s application with the administration’s own experts. However, our expert committee will decide the use later.
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