Bangladesh has received 1.5 million doses of pediatric Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines donated by the United States.

This is the first shipment of specially formulated Covid-19 vaccines to protect children between the ages of 5-11 from the coronavirus.

More vacancies are scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks, according to the US Embassy in Dhaka.

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USAID is providing support to train health workers to administer these vaccines safely and effectively, enabling the government of Bangladesh to begin rolling out a Covid-19 vaccination campaign for kids ages 5 and older in the coming weeks.

The United States has now donated nearly 74 million doses of Covid vaccines with more on the way.