Dhaka, April 22 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday indicated that the previous interim government is responsible for the vaccine shortage in the country.

He said that during the tenure of the interim government, measles vaccines for children were not imported from abroad, which he described as "extremely unfortunate."

The prime minister disclosed this information while responding to a supplementary question in the National Parliament. The session was presided over by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed.

He said, his government has procured vaccines in the shortest possible time with the assistance of UNICEF and has set a target to vaccinate 20 million children.

Replying to a question from Gazipur-4 Member of Parliament Salahuddin, Ra...