Govt to buy 7.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine: Minister

[Black_cats]

Govt to buy 7.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine: Minister

COVID-19 IN BANGLADESH
TBS Report
05 August, 2021, 06:40 pm
Last modified: 05 August, 2021, 07:29 pm

Govt to buy 7.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine: Minister

The minister made the disclosure during a press briefing in Dhaka on Thursday

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The minister made the disclosure during a press briefing in Dhaka on Thursday
Sinopharm has become the first non-Western vaccine that is approved by WHO. Photo: Reuters.
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The government will purchase 7.5 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Chinese company Sinopharm, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.

The minister made the disclosure during a press briefing in Dhaka on Thursday.

He also informed the reporters that the government has already paid for 1.5 crore doses among the 7.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccines.

"A total of 44 lakh doses of vaccines will arrive in the country this month under the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (Covax) facility. Of the vaccines, 34 lakh Sinopharm doses will arrive next week while 10 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will reach Dhaka by this month," Abdul Momen said.

In addition, the minister said Bangladesh will get more 60 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccines in September.

Meanwhile, the mass vaccination campaign, previously slated for six days, will now be held in one day only on 7 August.

The government has changed its plan for mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign, scheduled for 7-12 August, citing manpower and vaccine shortages.

Bangladesh resumed its mass vaccination drive on 1 July through the doses of Sinopharm and Pfizer vaccines after a pause of over two months.

Multiple consignments of Sinopharm and Oxford vaccines reached Bangladesh from China and Japan over the last few weeks. However, experts had warned that maintaining a steady supply of vaccines might become a challenge for the authorities.

 

[mmr]

lol BD moron govt.

Did hasina got money back from her husband? OR ITS GONE NOW ha ha.

 

[UKBengali]

Yes BD needs to use Sinopharm but best not to use too many of these as data suggests it is around 80% effective in reducing deaths. Western vaccines are 95%+ effective at preventing deaths.

UK that used AstraZeneca/Pfizer vaccines is only seeing a mild rise in deaths with increasing infections but Turkey(high usage of Chinese vaccines) is seeing huge rises in deaths with infections.

BD is going to get another 6 million doses of Pfizer in early September and so getting hold of enough highly effective vaccines does not seem to be a problem.

The one advantage of Chinese vaccines is that they are the safest.

 

[Black_cats]

Yes BD needs to use Sinopharm but best not to use too many of these as data suggests it is around 80% effective in reducing deaths. Western vaccines are 95%+ effective at preventing deaths.

UK that used AstraZeneca/Pfizer vaccines is only seeing a mild rise in deaths with increasing infections but Turkey(high usage of Chinese vaccines) is seeing huge rises in deaths with infections.

BD is going to get another 6 million doses of Pfizer in early September and so getting hold of enough highly effective vaccines does not seem to be a problem.

The one advantage of Chinese vaccines is that they are the safest.

Do you know whether Chinese vaccines are upgrading to take into account the latest variants?

I am surprised to see the sudden spike of purchase number of Sinopharm vaccine. Which vaccine Bangladesh is not going to purchase or purchase with reduced quality? India’s AstraZeneca/Covishield, J&J or Russia’s Sputnik?

 

[UKBengali]

Do you know whether Chinese vaccines are upgrading to take into account the latest variants?

I am surprised to see the sudden spike of purchase number of Sinopharm vaccine. Which vaccine Bangladesh is not going to purchase or purchase with reduced quality? India’s AstraZeneca/Covishield, J&J or Russia’s Sputnik?

Pretty sure it is no to the first question. The issue with Chinese vaccines is the technology they are using, inactivated, and they have the best safety but at lowest effcicacy level it seems.

BD will probably no longer purchase Sputnik,as frankly it has no need anymore, and will be buying vaccines it does not need.