Bangladesh
Pfizer Pfizer vaccine to arrive in Bangladesh today
Dhaka, May 30, 2021: The first consignment of Coronavirus-resistant vaccine Pfizer Bioentech is coming to Bangladesh from Covax on Sunday (May 30).
Member Secretary of the Department of Health Vaccine Deployment Committee. Shamsul Haque has confirmed this information.
He said one lakh 720 doses of Pfizer would arrive in the country on a Qatar Airlines flight at 11:20 pm on Sunday. However, a final decision has not yet been made on when and who will be covered under this tick. Shamsul Haque said the National Committee on Immunization would take a final decision on the matter.
Earlier on May 19, citing Health Minister Zahid Malek, Maidul Islam, a public relations officer at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said, "It has been confirmed that at least 160,000 Pfizer vaccines will be sent to Bangladesh from Gavir's Covacs facility on June 2. Health Minister Zahid Malek said this over the phone. However, the health department said on Thursday that the vaccine was coming on Sunday (May 30) before June 2.
Pfizer's vaccine comes from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), an international platform designed to ensure immunization in poor countries. Gavi, which has been instrumental in saving the lives of children in poor countries from deadly and contagious diseases, has taken the initiative to vaccinate 92 low- and middle-income countries around the world against coronavirus. The international platform Kovacs has been set up to ensure that poor countries receive vaccinations.
The full version of Covax is the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility. In addition to the World Health Organization (WHO), the initiative is accompanied by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation and the charity Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). The goal of the initiative is to encourage governments to distribute vaccines to high-risk countries, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
Bangladesh plans to bring more than 130 million people under the vaccination program to combat coronavirus infection. Bangladesh is hoping to get 68 million doses of vaccine from Covax.
Vaccination from Covax was scheduled to begin in January-February this year, but was delayed by a second wave of corona due to the global vaccination crisis.
