Indian vaccines preferred, buying Chinese for immediate need
Wed, May 26 2021 12:21 IST |
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Kolkata, May 26 : Bangladesh has decided to buy 15 million doses of China s Sinopharm anti-Covid vaccines in sheer desperation to continue its immunisation programme, but a top official of the country s health ministry said India-made AstraZeneca vaccines is their preferred choice. We had to look for Chinese and Russian alternatives only after we failed to get the vaccines from Pune s Serum Institute. We realise the grim situation in India and Serum s current inability to deliver on its promised supplies, said the top health ministry official, but on the condition of anonymity because he was not officially authorised to brief the media.
Bangladesh on Wednesday received 500,000 doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine as a gift to continue its vaccination drive, which was halted due to shortage of India-made Astrazeneca jabs.
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Foreign Minister Abdul Momen said that Bangladesh seeks to procure 40 to 50 million doses of the Chinese vaccine on a commercial basis. Bangladesh on Wednesday received 5,00,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine as a gift to continue its vaccination drive, which was halted due to shortage of India-made Astrazeneca jabs.
Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming handed over the vaccines to Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque at State Guest House Padma, hours after a Bangladesh aircraft landed in Dhaka carrying the vaccines from China.
Mr. Momen said that Bangladesh seeks to procure 40 to 50 million doses of the Chinese vaccine on a commercial basis.
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NEW YORK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th May, 2021 ) :Prime MinisterNarendra Modi s mishandling of the deadly coronavirus pandemic is an embarrassing setback for India, leaving in tatters his hyper-nationalistic domestic agenda that includes the ambition of making the country a Vishwaguru (or master to the world), according to an article in Foreign Policy, a prestigious American magazine.
In the article, entitled The End of Modi s Global Dreams , Sushant Singh, a senior fellow with the Centre for Policy Research in India, said after consistently campaigning on virulent nationalism and self-reliance, Modi took a U-turn by accepting help from 40 nations to deal with the pandemic s second wave.