Health Minister Sardar Mohammad Sakhawat Hussain has said that action will be taken against those found responsible for the severe measles crisis after an investigation into the situation is completed.
He made the remarks on Wednesday (13 May) morning at the Secretariat during a programme marking the handover of polio vaccines by the Chinese company Sinovac Foundation.
At the event, he also said children would begin receiving Vitamin A capsules by June.
The minister said that although the measles outbreak resembled a natural disaster, the government had been able to overcome the crisis to a large extent. Vaccination programmes have already been completed in most districts, while the remaining children will also be brought under vaccination coverage.
He added that the government had received 76,616 vials of vaccines from the Chinese company Sinovac with endorsement from the Chinese government, equivalent to 383,080 doses. “We also have sufficient vaccines in our own stock. We will begin administering polio vaccines without any difficulty,” he said.
The minister further said anti-rabies vaccination programmes had also started and assured that no patient would remain outside the vaccination network.
“Every vaccination programme is now ongoing. There is a slight shortage of Vitamin A capsules, but we expect to have an adequate supply by June. According to the existing schedule, Vitamin A capsules will be distributed twice a year. No shortage will be allowed in this sector,” he said.
At the event, the Sinovac Foundation donated around 380,000 doses of polio vaccines to support the government’s immunisation programme and strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI).
FP/MI
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