Govt to Buy More 6 Crore Doses of Sinopharm Vaccine

The government is going to purchase more six crore doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China and a proposal has been approved in this regard.

The approval was given at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase Wednesday, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, reports media.

The government earlier paid China for 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine. Of these, 70 lakh doses have already arrived in the country.

Besides, 17 lakh more doses of Sinopharm reached Dhaka under COVAX facility and China sent 11 lakh doses of the vaccine as gifts to Bangladesh.

Currently, Sinopharm vaccine is being administered at union level across the country.