2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to reach Dhaka soon
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2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to reach Dhaka soon

12 lakh doses of Moderna vaccine to arrive tonight
2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to reach Dhaka soon


Commercially purchased two million doses of Sinopharm vaccine are on the way to reaching Bangladesh from China.

The consignment is expected to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 1am in two aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said Hualong Yan, deputy chief of mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.

Also read: Bangladesh to receive 45 lakh vaccine doses from COVAX, China within 2 days: Minister

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque will receive the vaccine doses.

2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to reach Dhaka soon

Also, around 12 lakh vaccine doses of Moderna vaccine will also reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:20pm on Friday under COVAX facility.

Also read: COVAX calls for equal recognition of all approved vaccines

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller will remain present at the airport.

The government has so far approved the emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca, Sinopharm (China), Sputnik-V (Russia), Pfizer-BioNTech (USA/Germany) and Crona Vac (China) vaccines.

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