Empty government bank vaults to store Covid-19 vaccines

Chapasthan's benevolent leaders yesterday came up with the decision to use the country's bank vaults to store the Covid-19 vaccines.

When the vaccines first arrived and after the leaders of the state were administered the first doses, worries rose about where the vaccines would be stored.

"That's when we realised that most of our nationalised banks have no money in their vaults. With a few minor tweaks, we can use those to store the vaccine," Chapasthan's money manager said.

The Unhealthy Minister of the country informed a press briefing that the vaccines needed to be stored in a certain temperature and would need a certain environment where it could be kept without spoiling. "Because of Covid, we were not able to give our regular MMR shots so most of those are already stored. Now, with this new vaccine gift, we are fast running out of space. In this situation, we decided once again to turn to banks," he said.

Under a new "Bank To Vaccine Hub" programme, vaults in national banks will go through a facelift, with many modifications being made to successfully store the vaccines. A Tk 500 crore project has been undertaken in this regard, with costs expected to rise to Tk 900 crore due to corruption and nothing else.

An opposition leader lambasted the government's initiative. "This is just another way for them to steal money from the banks. They have come up with this ridiculous proposal because they know the people are too idle to react. They want the vaccines immediately too, so of course they will agree to anything," the leader said.

Chapasthan's money manager, however, did not agree with this assessment. "We don't really need excuses to steal from banks. We can do it anytime we want. If we get bored with that, we can steal from the stock exchange. We are trying to do a good thing and a vested quarter is turning that positive into a negative. But those who cannot, only say," he said.   The programme is set to begin from next week.