Obaidur Masum, Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 05 Apr 2021 03:40 AM BdST
Updated: 05 Apr 2021 03:40 AM BdST Bangladesh is using COVISHIELD, the vaccine developed by the UK’s University of Oxford and British-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca, imported from the Serum Institute of India in the inoculation campaign. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The government has plans to produce the coronavirus vaccine, developed by the UK’s University of Oxford and Anglo-Swedish company AstraZeneca, in Bangladesh. );
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The local pharmaceutical companies will make the vaccine in their factories if they get the raw materials.
The government wrote to Oxford-AstraZeneca last week, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque. It also sought help from the World Health Organization.
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