India main barrier to get corona vaccine: Dr. Zafrullah

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29 Dec 2020, 21:08

Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury

Claiming that most of the people of our country will not get the coronavirus vaccine, founder and trustee of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury said, India is the main obstruction to get adequate corona vaccine for the country.

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He said this at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Bangladesh-India Relation and Our National Interest’ organized by ‘Desh Bachao, Manush Bachao Andolon’ at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Tuesday afternoon.

Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury said, India has fixed prices of corona vaccine in their country at 2 dollars and for Bangladesh at 6 dollars as they do not want betterment for us.

Claiming that most of the countrymen will not get corona vaccine, he said, India has signed agreement with Oxford for corona vaccine. They have given a condition that everyone will have to get the vaccine from India.

He said, to get corona vaccine the government can seek help from Nobel laureate Dr. Yunus. If he wishes we may get the opportunity of producing vaccine safely. I am sure, if the government requests him then he will help us to get the information of Oxford vaccine.

He also said, we can get all the information of Oxford vaccine under the compulsory license and adequate vaccine may be produced in our country in the next six months. But India is the main obstruction in this regard.

There is an agreement of India’s Serum Institute with Oxford that Oxford will not give the formula to anybody in Asian region. India still is maintaining its mastering rule in the shadow of friend, Dr. Zafrullah added.

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