Pauline Francisca Gomes

Ever since the advent of the eagerly awaited vaccine, Covishield by Oxford Astrazeneca from Serum Institute of India, on January 27 this year, Bangladesh became one of the notable countries to roll out its vaccination programme against the novel coronavirus.

“The next four to six months could be the worst of the epidemic”, Bill Gates said during an interview recently. With Gates’ prediction and second waves hitting several countries more severely than before, we have, indeed, come to a challenging forefront.