Desk Report
Published: 10 Aug 2021, 09:30 pm
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Bangladesh received another
1.7 million doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China on Tuesday as part
of the Covax facility, as the government works to accelerate the countrywide
vaccination campaign.
This is the first of three
consignments expected to arrive from China this week.
At 7:15 pm, officials from
the Ministry of Health received the shipment at Hazrat Shahjalal International
Airport, according to Shahriar Sazzad, chief of the airport's Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) section.
He said that the following
consignment, including the same amount of Sinopharm vaccine, is expected to
arrive on Wednesday.
According to the official,
the third consignment of Sinopharm vaccine would arrive on Thursday.