Bangladesh
Vaccine Step will be taken by authorities against those stealing vaccine
Dhaka, August 22, 2021: Action will be taken if anyone from the Department of Health is involved in the sale of coronavirus vaccine.
ABM Khurshid Alam, director general of the department, told reporters after visiting the National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital in the capital on Sunday (August 22nd) morning.
He said the issue of vaccine theft is very sensitive. An investigation is underway in one or two places in the country where allegations of sale of vaccines have been raised. If anyone from the health department is involved in this incident, action will be taken.
Police arrested Vijayakrishna Talukder, 36, on August 18 on charges of illegally vaccinating a clinic called 'Poor Family Services' in the Dakshin Khan area of the capital. At this time two ampoules of modern ticker were available from the clinic. One of which was Ticker Isic. In addition, 22 empty boxes of Modern Ticker are available. They have been confiscated.
An official of the health department, who did not want to be named, said, "We have only heard about the sale of vaccines to a clinic in the capital through media sources." We do not know how many more clinics are stealing and selling vaccines. At the district level that number could be even higher.
Meanwhile, former director of the Department of Health (Disease Control) and public health expert Professor Dr. fearing the health risks of illegal vaccinations. Benazir Ahmed. The vaccine has to be stored at a certain temperature and transported according to certain rules, he said. Violations can cause the vaccine to lose its effectiveness. And since these facilities are not available everywhere, even if the vaccine is sold by stealing, it will not be of any use. Rather, there is a risk of short-term and long-term side effects.
He said that if the sale of vaccines is not stopped in this way, it will be seen that instead of vaccines, there will be incidents like giving water or giving less amount of vaccines. In this the vaccinator will suffer a false security that he has been vaccinated. In fact, the vaccine will not be of any use to him.
Therefore, this expert urged to take the strictest measures from now on to stop the sale of vaccines. At the same time, every stage of supply, distribution, transportation and application of tickers needs to be strictly monitored.
