Founder and Trustee of the Public Health Center. Jafrullah Chowdhury said, not only the businessmen, but also the government's research should be looked at. Coronavirus can be extensively researched in this regard. It is possible to make all the vaccines in Bangladesh within six months with the help of young researchers of the country.
He made the remarks at an exchange meeting with journalists on Monday on the identification of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant by the Public Health Center in Bangladesh.
At the meeting, the researchers said that South African coronavirus-like (E484K) mutations have been found in Bangladesh. Mutations are a common feature of any virus. The virus constantly changes its properties. The coronavirus will constantly try to change its properties. At the same time, vaccine companies need to change the type of research they do.
Mentioning that the public health center is constantly working with the like-minded organization to combat COVID-19, they said the government should complete the vaccination as soon as possible. The sooner we can vaccinate people, the sooner the spread of Covid-19-related diseases will be stopped. Besides, we will be able to hinder the development of any serious coronary mutation in the future.
Dr. meeting. Jafrullah Chowdhury said, 'Bangladesh currently has 43 billion in reserves. A very good news. I am requesting the government to invest only half a billion dollars (only 3 per person) of this money for research. Each of our private universities will be able to do research. They have to give the opportunity of research. This research is necessary for the welfare of every person in the state. One-fourth of this will be spent on research, while the remaining one-fourth will be spent on vaccine production. We can also bring researchers from abroad. If this can be done, we can make all the vaccines available in the market in six months.
The Public Health-RNA Molecular Diagnostic and Research Center, the Department of Microbiology at Jahangirnagar University and the Department of Pharmacy at BRAC University have sequenced the complete genome of the SARS Cove-2 variant from clinical samples obtained from the study.
The head of the nephrology department of the Public Health Social Medical College Hospital, Dr. further discussed in the meeting. Professor Mamun Mostafi, Head of the Department of Microbiology. Mahbubur Rahman, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at BRAC University. Mohammad Rayed Jamiruddin, Assistant Professor of the Department. Nihad Adnan, coordinator of public health corona kit and vice president of the medical college. Muhib Ullah Khandaker, ICU Head Professor Najib Mohammad at Public Health Hospital, Jahangir Alam Mintu, Press Advisor at Public Health Center.
