Fifty-seven lakh more doses of the Sinophamrm vaccine are scheduled to reach Dhaka from China early Saturday. The consignment of vaccine doses is part of the commercial purchase from China, said Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka Hualong Yan. This is so far the second-largest batch of vaccine doses commercially purchased by Bangladesh from China. As a strategic partner of Bangladesh, China will always remain the most reliable supplier whatever and whenever the country needs, Hualong said. With the new doses, China will have supplied over 2 crore doses of Sinophamrm to Bangladesh commercially. Another 2.4 million doses have also been received from China as bilateral assistance.  

Bangladesh on Thursday night received 10 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine as part of commercial purchase from China while 20 lakh more are scheduled to arrive by early Friday. An aircraft of Bangladesh Biman Airlines landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport carrying 10 lakh doses of Sinopharma vaccine from China around 10:30pm, Dr Shahriar Sazzad, in-charge of the airport health centre, told UNB. Read: Covid-19: Bangladesh lowers vaccination age to 25 Thirty lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China are supposed to reach Bangladesh on Thursday night and early Friday, sources at the health ministry said. The vaccine consignments were scheduled to arrive at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in three flights at 10pm, 1am and 3 am, the sources added. Read: Covid in Bangladesh: Daily toll remains above 200; 15,271 more infected Earlier, Bangladesh received 20 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine jabs on July 17 and July 18. The vaccine doses were provided as part of a commercial agreement with China.