Bangladesh has received 2.4 million more Pfizer vaccine jabs donated by the United States under the COVAX facility. As many as 24,90,780 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:27 am on Sunday, according to a press release from the Health Ministry. Read: Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment Another shipment of 4.6 million Pfizer vaccine jabs is scheduled to reach Bangladesh on January 10, the release added. Bangladesh started administering booster doses with the Pfizer vaccine from December 28. So far, 35,738 booster doses were administered with the Pfizer vaccine as of Saturday. Meanwhile, 61,29,539 people received the first dose with the Pfizer vaccine while 17,45,996 received the second dose with the Pfizer vaccine as of Saturday. Read: Pfizer tests extra COVID shot for kids under 5 in setback The United States is also working closely with Bangladesh to support the national Covid-19 vaccination campaign and strengthen the government’s response to the pandemic.  Bangladesh started administering the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at three centres in Dhaka to fight off Covid-19 on June 21.

The US administration has declared another 14 million Pfizer vaccine doses for Bangladesh under the COVAX Facility, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday. "It's good news," he said in a message from Paris mentioning that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken moderated a high-level ministerial virtual meeting on Covid-19 and beyond on Wednesday. Read: Pfizer asks FDA to OK COVID-19 booster shots for all adults The Bangladesh Foreign Minister and his 25 other counterparts took part in it. Bangladesh demanded that vaccines be made public good affordable to all countries, and pharmaceutical companies like that of Bangladesh be encouraged and assisted to produce it locally. Dr Momen disclosed that Bangladesh has distributed 78 million doses, including the first dose of 46 million and 32 million as the second dose. Read:Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90% He said Bangladesh needs more doses to vaccinate at least 80% of their 165 million people. The good news is, Dr Momen said, the Covid-19 infection rate in Bangladesh is now around 1% as only two people died yesterday and the day before yesterday only one died of Covid-19.

Twenty-five lakh more doses of Pfizer vaccine under COVAX facility are scheduled to reach Dhaka on Monday. A cargo flight of National Airlines, carrying the vaccine doses gifted by the USA, will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:15 PM, said officials at the Health Ministry. Read:Bangladesh to get 71 lakh Pfizer, 18 lakh Moderna jabs: Shahriar US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and DG of the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam will be present at the airport to receive the vaccine jabs. Earlier, Bangladesh received over 1 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine in the first phase and 10.03 lakh doses in the second phase from the US. With the fresh batch, Bangladesh will receive a total of 36.04 lakh doses of the vaccine. Read: Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11 So far, the country has received 4.94 crore doses of Astra Zeneca, Sinopharm and Moderna vaccines under COVAX facility. Of these, 2,41,97,598 people got their first dose while 1,60,33,971 the second dose till September 25, according to the Health Ministry. Besides, a process to bring 2 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine each month is underway. Apart from this, another process to procure 24 crore doses of vaccine through the World Health Organisation is going on. Bangladesh started administering the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at three centres in Dhaka to fight off Covid-19 on June 21. Read: US assures Covid cooperation to continue as 1-mn doses of Pfizer's vaccine received The United States said it is committed to leading the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic and they will begin this summer the allocation of 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine it is providing to Gavi for distribution by COVAX to countries around the world.  US President Joe Biden reaffirmed this commitment by announcing that his country will donate 80 million doses of vaccines to support global needs.  The US is working with its G7 partners, the EU, COVAX, and others in a multilateral effort focused on saving lives, ending the pandemic, and supporting the global economic recovery.  

Bangladesh will get 71 lakh doses of Pfizer and 18 lakh of Moderna vaccines as part of US donation and regular supply under the COVAX facility. "We've received a new allocation of 71 lakh Pfizer doses (US donation) and 18 lakh Moderna doses (regular COVAX allocation) from COVAX Facility," said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam. Read: Dhaka receives 50 lakh more doses of Sinopharm vaccine These vaccine doses will be shipped in the last quarter of this year, Shahriar added. He said they are hopeful of getting more vaccine allocations during the period, and thanked the USA and COVAX for the support.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday sounded hopeful regarding collection of Covid-19 jabs, saying Bangladesh is on track to get 24 crore vaccines either in March or April next year.   "Vaccine doses are coming under the COVAX facility, as gifts and from other sources," the Foreign Minister told reporters on the sidelines of the 'Fifth International Conference on Inclusive Business' organised by the Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DBCCI) in Dhaka. Read: UK OKs vaccines for 12 year olds, aims to avoid lockdowns Dr Momen said that Bangladesh needs 26 crore vaccine doses and some jabs would be produced at home too. "However, there is no update on vaccine cooperation with Russia due to the Covid-19 situation in the country." Dr Momen said that half of the 16 crore people are young, while 2.22 crore people have already been vaccinated. "Despite significant vaccination in Bangladesh, the United Kingdom kept Bangladesh in the red list which is very unfortunate," he said.

Another 10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine from COVAX facility will reach Bangladesh on August 30, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday. The Pfizer vaccine doses, gifted by the US, are scheduled to arrive at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:15 PM by a Qatar Airways flight, he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat. Read:US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and the health minister will be present at the airport to receive the vaccine jabs. Earlier, the health minister said Bangladesh will receive 60 lakh more Pfizer jabs from COVAX facility. Another 50 lakh doses will arrive in Bangladesh in phases by September, he said.   Bangladesh started administering the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at three centres in Dhaka to fight off Covid-19 on June 21. The United States said it is committed to leading the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic and they will begin this summer the allocation of 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine it is providing to Gavi for distribution by COVAX to countries around the world.  Read: Bangladesh to receive 60 lakh more Pfizer vaccine doses in Aug: Minister US President Joe Biden reaffirmed this commitment by announcing that the US will donate 80 million doses of vaccines to support global needs.  The US is working with its G7 partners, the EU, COVAX, and others in a multilateral effort focused on saving lives, ending the pandemic, and supporting the global economic recovery.  

Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Naoki Ito has said they have planned to deliver another 634,920 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on August 28 and fulfill their commitment of over 3 million doses to Bangladesh. On Saturday, Bangladesh received the fourth batch of vaccine - 781,440 doses of AstraZeneca – which was part of 3 million doses that the Japanese government will provide to Bangladesh through the COVAX Facility. Read: Bangladesh gets 7,81,440 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan Bangladesh received the first consignment of 245,200 doses, the second consignment of 781,320 doses and the third consignment of 616,780 doses which respectively arrived on July 24, July 31 and August 3, totaling 2,424,700 doses so far. “This is purely for the sake of the Bangladeshi people. We hope this vaccine support will contribute to the Bangladesh government’s efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” he said. Read: Bangladesh to get 781,440 AstraZeneca doses from Japan Saturday Japan hopes that fair, equitable and comprehensive access to safe and effective vaccines will be ensured in Bangladesh. “I would like to reiterate that Japan will stand by Bangladesh in the fight against COVID-19 and will work together to contain COVID-19 as soon as possible,” said the Ambassador. Read: Over 1.6 million AstraZeneca doses received from Japan Bangladesh expressed heartfelt appreciation to the generous support from Japan noting that Japan is the best long-standing friend. Bangladesh wants to effectively utilize the vaccines from Japan and make best efforts for the quick and extensive rollout of the vaccines for the people of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh will receive 10 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine on Friday evening from the Chinese government as a gift. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight is on the way to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Tianjin International Airport in China. Read: 1.77 mln doses of Sinopharm vaccine on way to Dhaka Earlier, Bangladesh received 11 lakh doses of Sinopharm as a gift from China. These 10 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine are coming as a gift from China for Bangladeshi brothers and sisters, said Hualong Yan, Deputy Chief of Mission at Chinese Embassy in Dhaka on Friday. Read:1.7mn Sinopharm vaccine doses to arrive soon Bangladesh also received over 34 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine under the COVAX facility. Bangladesh is also receiving Sinopharm vaccine doses under a commercial purchase agreement.

Sinopharm's 1.7 million doses of vaccine under COVAX facility will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday, said Hualong Yan, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka. He said the vaccine doses are scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7pm as the flight carrying those left Beijing at 5:25 am (BST). Read:54 lakh more vaccine doses to arrive by Aug 15: Minister About vaccine coproduction, Hualong Yan said, "We'll be coming soon for vaccine coproduction." Earlier, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh will receive another consignment of 34 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine this week while 60 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine in September next week. Read: Bangladesh to procure 6 crore Sinopharm vaccine doses: Minister Apart from that, he said, Bangladesh will also receive 10 lakh doses of AstraZeneca soon which is likely to come under the COVAX facility.

Bangladesh will receive a consignment of Moderna vaccine doses on Monday evening.  The 3 million vaccine doses from the USA under COVAX facility are expected to reach at 7:20pm at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.  Also read: 'It's just the beginning': US ambassador on Moderna shipment's arrival Health Minister Zahid Maleque will remain present at the Airport.  Earlier, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller announced that Bangladesh will receive 3 million doses of Moderna vaccine under the COVAX facility.