Momen: Bangladesh will buy 15 million doses of Covid vaccine from China

[VikingRaider]

Momen: Bangladesh will buy 15 million doses of Covid vaccine from China
Tribune Report

• Published at 08:29 pm May 25th, 2021

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming (left) formally hands over the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen (right) and Health Minister Zahid Maleque (centre) at the state guest house Padma in Dhaka on Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The country is also working to co-produce another Chinese vaccine
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that Bangladesh will buy 15 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China and the first consignment may arrive in June.
He said that there have been positive discussions between the two countries and a deal is almost final. The total consignment will arrive in three phases — five millions in each month of June, July and August.
The minister was talking to reporters following a meeting with UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkır at the Foreign Service Academy on Tuesday, according to media reports.
Abdul Momen said that at a telephonic conversation last week with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the country vowed to ensure steady flow of vaccine.
“He (Chinese foreign minister) told me China considers Bangladesh as a friendly country and is ready to provide as many as vaccine we need,” Momen said referring to his recent telephone conversation with Wang Yi.
During the telephone conversation with Momen on Friday, Wang Yi, who is also the State Councilor of China, also announced that China has decided to provide 600,000 more Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh as a second batch of gift, reports BSS.
On May 12, China handed over first batch of 500,000 doses of its Sinopharm vaccine to Bangladesh as gift while Dhaka is keeping its efforts on globally to get access to enough inoculation.
Bangladesh is also working on co-production of Sinovac, another Chinese vaccine. A team from China will visit Bangladesh soon to see the feasibility of vaccine production, he said.
In the coming days vaccine supply will not be a problem, the foreign minister said adding that discussion with Russia for vaccine is also at the final stage. The country will also get vaccine from Covax, he added.
After its request to the United States, Bangladesh also urged the United Kingdom to help it by providing vaccines to meet emergency needs as the second dose vaccination is disrupted in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has sought 1.6 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the UK.
The government had been able to handle the first wave of the Covid-19 very successfully, UNB quoted the foreign minister saying.

Momen: Bangladesh will buy 15 million doses of Covid vaccine from China

The country is also working to co-produce another Chinese vaccine

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[SpaceMan18]

Ah yes the beggar Momen finally decided to get Chinese vaccines

 

[VikingRaider]

Ah yes the beggar Momen finally decided to get Chinese vaccines

Lmao! Who is he to take the decision?I believe this time Hasina was informed faster than before ( vaccine trial time of China) ,as a when prothom alo went to negotiate Hasina about Rozina case, Hasina remain strict, that's why the deal with China is finalised.

 

[bluesky]

This purchase of the Chinese vaccine will ease the lives of 7.5 million people in BD.

 

[VikingRaider]

This purchase of the Chinese vaccine will ease the lives of 7.5 million people in BD.

I hope soon more will come. Bangladesh govt must have to maintain it's commitment to China if they don't want to get screwed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed, and China proved that they are our true friend.

 

[UKBengali]

This purchase of the Chinese vaccine will ease the lives of 7.5 million people in BD.

20% of vaccinated people will still die(as opposed to comparable unvaccinated cohort) as prevention from deaths is 80%.

Other vaccines from West are almost 100% effective against death.

 

[Destranator]

20% of vaccinated people will still die(as opposed to comparable unvaccinated cohort) as prevention from deaths is 80%.

Other vaccines from West are almost 100% effective against death.

We can offer boosters to Sinopham recipients afterwards. We don't have the luxury of time.
Can't afford to become complacent based on unreliable govt covid stats.

 

[Valar.]

Population of Bangladesh: 165 milllion
Population 18+ : 105 million
0-19 years old : 59 m
20-39 years old : 56 m
40 -59 : 35 m
60+ : 13 m

Astrazeneca vaccine in BD
- No. jabs given : 10 million.
- Fully vaccinated : 4 million (8 million jabs)
- 1.6 million people have gotten 1 jab only and are waiting for their 2nd jab which BD Govt. has trouble finding due to export ban etc.

Sinopharm vaccine in BD..
- 500K + 600K doses as gifts
- 15 million doses ordered

If BD gets 1.6 million doses quickly, it will have jabbed 5.6 million people. Plus, 8 million people in next three months fully jabbed thanks to 16 million Sinopharm.

5.6+8 = 13.6 million people fully vaccinated in next 3 months(end of August) which would be roughly 13% of BD's adult population. Impressive.

 

[TOTUU]

20% of vaccinated people will still die(as opposed to comparable unvaccinated cohort) as prevention from deaths is 80%.

Other vaccines from West are almost 100% effective against death.

The media information you are getting is distorted. Likewise, the information we Chinese get about Bangladesh is provided by the Western media.

This is Wuhan Institute of Virus Research, the picture below is taken by Reuters, you can clearly feel the power of the media.

What the public likes and hates can be manipulated through the media because the message, and the interpretation of that message, is controlled by the media.
I can guarantee you that the information that the people of Bangladesh, including basically all countries, get about vaccines is manipulated. Your perceptions, to put it bluntly, are determined by the information providers.

And of course, that includes me. That photo above is a proof of the power of the media.

 

[Feng Leng]

20% of vaccinated people will still die(as opposed to comparable unvaccinated cohort) as prevention from deaths is 80%.

LMFAO the death rate from covid-19 without any vaccine or treatment is about 2%. Are you trying to drastically reduce Bangladesh's population or something?

 

[UKBengali]

The media information you are getting is distorted. Likewise, the information we Chinese get about Bangladesh is provided by the Western media.

This is Wuhan Institute of Virus Research, the picture below is taken by Reuters, you can clearly feel the power of the media.

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What the public likes and hates can be manipulated through the media because the message, and the interpretation of that message, is controlled by the media.
I can guarantee you that the information that the people of Bangladesh, including basically all countries, get about vaccines is manipulated. Your perceptions, to put it bluntly, are determined by the information providers.

And of course, that includes me. That photo above is a proof of the power of the media.

This is information from Chilean real world data.


Reducing deaths by 80% is good but other vaccines are nearly 100%.

 

[bluesky]

20% of vaccinated people will still die(as opposed to comparable unvaccinated cohort) as prevention from deaths is 80%.

Other vaccines from West are almost 100% effective against death.

20% death is just a possibility. For example, if a person is not infected, he will not die. No one really knows who would be infected. So, better to take chances.

Anyway, under the present situation, BD has little choice, Chinese, UK, Rus, or any other sources should be imported whenever offered.

 

[TOTUU]

This is information from Chilean real world data.


Reducing deaths by 80% is good but other vaccines are nearly 100%.

"but other vaccines are nearly 100%."
Chile has 7% of the Pfizer vaccine and there is no disclosure of the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine, so there is no such thing as other vaccines approaching 100% 。

The following graph shows the statistics of Hungary, the number of vaccinations in Hungary, most of them are Sinopharm vaccines and Pfizer vaccines 。

The AstraZeneca vaccine is now banned in most wealthy countries and regions, which are now reselling the AstraZeneca vaccine to third world and developing countries.
The data on China‘s vaccines are released by the users, and each country that uses them uses different standards and has different epidemic situations, so there are many aspects of the data that are very transparent. western vaccines, the data is provided by the vaccine developer and the country where it was developed.
When Hungary released the data, it came under a lot of diplomatic pressure and accusations.
So it's hard to see data on the use of West’s vaccines . The media just goes on and on about how efficient West’s vaccines , but never gives data for individual countries.

 

[TOTUU]

The data of various vaccines in China have their own usage data in many countries, such as Turkey, UAE, Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, etc.
Specific data on the use of West’s vaccines in individual countries are basically not available. Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the US, have not seen any disclosure of vaccine efficiency rates after vaccination within these countries.
We only see various media outlets constantly reporting data on the use of Chinese-made vaccines in different countries. We only see the media repeating that western vaccines are better and more efficient. There is no data from third parties, only their own propaganda.

We have seen the AstraZeneca vaccine being discontinued in most wealthy countries, causing numerous vaccine accidents, yet Western countries continue to promote and market the AstraZeneca vaccine abroad.

 

[TOTUU]

This is information from Chilean real world data.


Reducing deaths by 80% is good but other vaccines are nearly 100%.

I wish we could search for data on Pfizer vaccines in Chile, or in the US, Germany, UK, France. It is not an exception that many countries use both Chinese vaccines and Western vaccines, but basically only disclose data on the use of Chinese vaccines. For example, the UAE, Brazil, Chile. Vaccine use data within Western countries is even more mysterious.