The question remains – how much Bangladesh is prepared to produce the doses after importing the required technology. The government has discussed it with the (foreign) vaccine producers as well,” Zahid Maleque said. Bangladesh has signed a deal with vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India for 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The health minister said the foreign companies eager to supply vaccines to Bangladesh have all been given the condition that Bangladesh be given the opportunity to produce the doses. The country will also receive 60 million vaccine doses through the WHO-led COVAX programme.

Source: bd News24 December 21, 2020 21:11 UTC