Bangladesh has signed an agreement with China to buy Covid-19 vaccines, an official release said.
“An agreement was signed with China to purchase Covid-19 vaccines… we expect that China will take all necessary initiative to provide coronavirus vaccines very soon,” Health Minister Zahid Maleque said at a programme at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Dhaka on Saturday.
On June 6, the Directorate General of Drug Administration approved Chinese Covid-19 vaccine “CoronaVac”, manufactured by Sinovac Life Sciences Company Limited.
According to the DGDA, “CoronaVac” is the fifth vaccine to be given the emergency use authorization.
On May 27, the DGDA approved emergency use of Pfizer vaccine in the country.
The vaccine produced by Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV is the fourth Covid-19 vaccine approved so far by the drug administration.
Bangladesh has so far approved five Covid-19 vaccines to control the deadly disease.
These vaccines are “CoronaVac”, Pfizer vaccine, Covishield produced by Serum Institute of India, Sputnik V manufactured by Generium Joint Stock Company of Russia, and Sinopharm produced by Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd of China.
