With child deaths from measles on the rise, the Tarique Rahman-led BNP dispensation said it walked into a full-blown vaccine crisis, claiming there was not a single measles shot in stock when it assumed office — remarks seen as a veiled criticism of both Sheikh Hasina’s govt and the Muhammad Yunus-led interim setup.
“The current measles outbreak is because of the absence of regular nationwide immunisation programmes after Dec 2020 and the severe shortage of vaccines in subsequent years,” heath minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain said Sunday, referring to the tenures of the Hasina as PM and that of Yunus.
