5m doses of COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in Bangladesh Monday

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5m doses of COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in Bangladesh Monday

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh will get 50 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India on Monday.

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information on Sunday.

Earlier on Thursday, Bangladesh received 20 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as gift from India.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Covid-19 vaccination rollout virtually at the Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday.

A nurse of the hospital will be the first person to be vaccinated that day.

Bangladesh plans to start countrywide vaccination from 8 February after a week’s trial run.

The government has signed a tripartite contract to procure three crore doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield.