Online Desk:  No side-effects of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has so far been found in Bangladesh, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Wednesday (May 8).
The health minister stated it while replying to a question of a reporter after attending a seminar on how to strengthen the vaccination programmes to ensure universal health care at CIRDAP Auditorium in the capital on Wednesday (May 8).

“We have not found any case of side-effects after injecting AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh. I have given a directive to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to submit a report after surveying on the side effects of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. I would not be able to say anything else until I know about the side effects of this vaccine. However, we are cautious about it,” he said.
AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic.

The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria’s marketing authorizations within Europe.

“As multiple, variant Covid-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated vaccines,” the company said, adding that this had led to a decline in demand for Vaxzevria, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied.