Vaccine makers say coronavirus could be stopped around the globe in months rather than years. Here’s how

Like many developing countries, Bangladesh has only been able to make a small dent in its COVID-19 vaccination ambitions. But the country’s drug makers say they hold the key to ending the pandemic in a matter of months, rather than years.

The country has only been able to vaccinate just over 4 million people and is not expected to hit its target of 130 million until the middle of 2023.

All of its doses are being manufactured in neighbouring India.

But the country’s drug makers say they could produce hundreds of millions of doses in a quick timeframe, if only they could secure a vaccine blueprint.

“I think the world cannot wait so long to be vaccinated,” the chairman of Incepta Pharmaceuticals, Abdul Muktadir, said.

“If we make these vaccines…