Several private hospitals across the country said they have no clarity on procuring COVID-19 vaccines under the new policy announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that it has led to the vaccination being put on hold at their centres.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Wednesday said a very pragmatic discussion is underway on procurement of COVID-19 vaccine doses from China to meet Bangladeshs needs. He also said there is very encouraging progress between the two countries over coproduction
US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The information about the contribution was shared by Jeremy Konyndyk, Executive Director of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force on Friday in a special briefing of US Department of State. We have given, so far, USD 2 billion to GAVI for the COVAX Initiative, the COVAX platform, which is facilitating equitable distribution of vaccines around the world, said Konyndyk. US in total had pledged USD 4 billion to COVAX, out of which USD 2 billion so far has been contributed. USD 500 million will go to support country readiness as not every country always has the facilities and the infrastructure to conduct a vaccination program on this scale, informed Konyndyk in the press briefing.