The Bangladesh government plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines next month without any dry run and antibody test, which, experts say, are two critical aspects of a vaccination programme.

A dry run or a practice run of a vaccine is a testing process where the effects of a possible failure are intentionally mitigated. It is the complete testing of the system involving all components of the process but is undertaken before delivery to the actual end-users.

Experts said the dry run reveals all possible issues and offers a chance to address them. The testing process reduces chances of wasting the vaccine doses, they said.

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