Desk Report
Publish: 19 Jul 2021, 11:11 pm
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Malik received the vaccine. (Photo: Collected)
Bangladesh today received 3
million more doses of the US's Moderna vaccine, gifted by Washington DC under
the COVAX framework.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul
Momen and Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik received the vaccine
from US Charge d'Affaires in Bangladesh JoAnne Wagner at Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport while the jabs reached at the airport around 9:30 pm.
Senior Foreign Secretary Masud
Bin Momen, Senior Secretary of Health Services Division Lokman Hossain Miah and
other high officials of Bangladesh government were also present.
This consignment is in addition
to the first one of 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine arrived here on July 2
and 3 as gifted by the US under the COVAX arrangement.
These so far received 5.5 million
doses Moderna vaccines are part of US government's recent allocation of 25
million jabs for countries in Asia.
More vaccine doses from the US
are likely to come in coming months as President Joe Biden promised to share
doses of US jabs with other countries around the world via COVAX or directly.
The COVAX is a worldwide initiative
aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by Gavi, the Vaccine
Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and the World
Health Organization.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Dr Momen
said Dhaka has already made a good lineup of getting more COVID-19 vaccines
from different sources under COVAX along with commercial purchase to ensure
steady supply of jabs for the countrymen.
While announcing the US's gift of
3 million more vaccine to Dhaka on Saturday, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl
Miller said that the US is committed to increase the country's vaccine supply
to beat the pandemic here and worldwide.
The envoy said the US understands urgency of providing "safe" and "effective" COVID vaccine to Bangladesh.
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