The authorities must work carefully so that the people do not feel deprived of vaccine doses, said Professor Sayedur Rahman, chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU. Bangladesh has so far confirmed 30 million doses of the vaccine developed by the UK’s University of Oxford and drugmaker AstraZeneca. It means the vaccine doses are expected to arrive in the first week of February. Bangladesh also expects 68 million doses of vaccines, including 25 million doses by June, from the global alliance GAVI under the COVAX programme led by the World Health Organisation. Rashid-E-Mahbub, former president of Bangladesh Medical Association, criticised the health ministry’s preparations for the vaccine drive.

Source: bd News24 January 09, 2021 17:26 UTC