Dhaka, May 2 -- Muhammad Yunus's interim government halted measles-rubella (MR) vaccine procurement through the UNICEF for an open tender, despite the UN children agency warning of potential disruption in the immunisation system and a subsequent outbreak, reveals a report.

The US-based Science.org on Thursday said the health officials were repeatedly cautioned after the tender was initiated in September last year, but in vain.

"It was very frustrating," Rana Flowers, the agency's representative in Bangladesh, was quoted as saying.

"For God's sake . don't do this," Flowers reportedly told former health and family welfare advisor Nurjahan Begum.

Flowers says the decision to change the procurement system needs to be investigated.

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