A Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company has sought the government’s permission to import Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.
Director-General of the Directorate of Health Services Dr. Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam disclosed the information to reporters at a program on Monday.
Without mentioning the name of the company, Dr. Bashar said it has submitted an application in this regard to the concerned authorities.
The application and relevant documents have been forwarded to the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to scrutinize the company’s capacity to store the vaccine, he added.
”Moderna vaccine needs to be preserved at a very low temperature, which is only possible in Dhaka. We don’t have the capacity to preserve it outside Dhaka.” he further said.
