Govt will bring vaccine from any available source: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government will bring Covid-19 vaccine from wherever its available in the world for the welfare of people.

As per Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's instruction, Momen said, the Foreign Ministry is working on getting access to potential Covid-19 vaccines being developed.

Momen made the remarks on the sideline of a discussion on Bangabandhu at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.

On August 27, Bangladesh approved the final or phase-3 human trial of a prospective Covid-19 vaccine by China's private Sinovac Biotech Ltd, which appeared to be a forerunner in a global race for developing inoculates against coronavirus.

Sinovac has already started trial in Indonesia and they are franticly working to begin vaccine trials in many countries, including Turkey.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, while visiting Dhaka last month, said New Delhi would make its potential Covid-19 vaccine available for Bangladesh on priority basis once it was produced in partnership with its developer Oxford University.

Bangladesh has also contacted Russian authority to get access to its Covid-19 vaccine. Bangladesh has also contributed to an EU fund for access to potential coronavirus vaccine.