Government ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine from the country where it will be developed first.

"Different countries are trying to develop vaccines [of Covid-19]. We've heard about it from many countries. We've approached all the countries [to avail their vaccines] and allocated money to this end. We'll collect the vaccine from the place where it'll be available first. And we'll use it to immunise people against coronavirus," she said.

The PM said this while delivering her valedictory speech in the ninth session of the current parliament today.

Mentioning that the government has started its drive to collect the vaccine, she said it will be able to procure it from the place where it will be invented first. "We're sincere enough about it."

Hasina said the government took preparations to check coronavirus from the beginning of its outbreak in the country and has been able to provide good medical treatment to Covid-19 patients and keep the death rate under control.

The PM also said the government spent a huge amount of money on combating Covid-19, adding that however, many are finding irregularities here.

"Money was spent like water… many may keep searching for corruption here, but it was not my consideration how much money was spent and how much the system loss was. Our consideration was only to save the lives of people. Our thought was how to protect people by taking measures. Since we did so, we've been able to control the situation to a large extent," the PM said.