India promised more vaccines after local situation improves: Bangladesh minister

[Riyad]

India promised more vaccines after local situation improves: Bangladesh minister

In January, India gifted 3.2 million doses of domestically manufactured coronavirus vaccines to Bangladesh as part of its 'Neighbourhood First' policy.
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By: Express News Service | New Delhi |September 7, 2021 9:58:41 am

Covishield doses at a Pune Municipal Corporation store, from where it will be distributed to various centres. (Express Photo: Arul Horizon)
Bangladesh’s Information and Broadcasting Minister, Hasan Mahmud, on Monday said India has assured his country of more deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines “when the situation further betters here” and that Bangladesh understands India’s “local demands”.
Mahmud, who inaugurated the Bangabandhu Media Centre at the Press Club of India (PCI) here, also said India tackled the second wave of coronavirus effectively and the infection rate has come down from over 25 per cent to 2 per cent which, he said, is a great achievement.

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The media centre has been set up with the support of the Bangladesh High Commission in India to mark the birth centenary of the founding President of Bangladesh, ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. PCI also got a life-size picture of the leader.

“Under the leadership of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian PM Narendra Modi, the bilateral relationship has gone to a new height…. This media centre will help strengthen the cultural ties and the people-to-people contact between the two countries,” Mahmud said at the event.
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Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Mohammad Imran, said more such centres are planned across India.
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In January, India gifted 3.2 million doses of domestically manufactured coronavirus vaccines to Bangladesh as part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
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The neighbouring nation had also entered into a deal with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to procure 30 million doses of vaccine. Under the agreement, Bangladesh received seven million doses in two consignments until February.
“Unfortunately, the second wave of Covid-19 hit India a few months ago. That’s why we did not get further deliveries. But I must register my thanks to the Indian government and SII. Also, India gifted us some vaccines as well,” he said.

“And, as you had a domestic demand, many people were dying at that time… so domestic demand definitely was the top priority,” the Bangladeshi leader said.

India recently gifted two mobile medical oxygen plants to Bangladesh to assist the country during the pandemic. “I see how effectively the government of India and the people of India have faced the second wave because the rate of infection has gone down to around 2 per cent from more than 25 per cent which is a great achievement,” Mahmud, who will be in India till September 8, added.

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[UKBengali]

What does this turd mean by he "understands" India's local demands?

If the other turd Modi running India messed up then that is not BD's problem.

BD paid for 30 million UK vaccines that were licenced to be produced in India to be delivered by July. It is September and only 7 million have been delivered so far.

 

[Valar.]

India has administered 733 million doses so far but can't export 23 million doses to Bangladesh which BD paid in advance? Sure, you got in trouble(because of your own f-ck uppery) in April so had to ban the export temporarily, but here we are in the middle of September and yet not a single dose has been exported? Seems to me India just want their costumers to keep begging them for the product which they already paid for. Probably gives them(Indians) some kinda ego boost in their miserable lives.

 

[UKBengali]

India has administered 733 million doses so far but can't export 23 million doses to Bangladesh which BD paid in advance? Sure, you got in trouble(because of your own f-ck uppery) in April so had to ban the export temporarily, but here we are in the middle of September and yet not a single dose has been exported? Seems to me India just want their costumers to keep begging them for the product which they already paid for. Probably gives them(Indians) some kinda ego boost in their miserable lives.

Funny thing is that BD now has zero need for the 23 million UK AstraZeneca doses that India failed to deliver by July.

It has enough vaccines coming from USA, China and Europe that it will actually get more than necessary - the Indian Delta variant of the virus is rapidly in retreat due to a combination of natural immunity and the vaccines already adminstered.

As a BD'shi statements like this are deeply embarrassing to hear. BD should be taking this to court and suing India for breach of a legally binding contract.