DHAKA, Nov 8 (NNN-BSS) – Vaccination drive in Bangladesh has so far reached 70 million doses, and the figure would top 120 million by Jan next year, if current trend continues, Bangladeshi health minister, Zahid Maleque, said.
Bangladesh purchased a total of 210 million doses of the vaccines. Right at this moment, there is no shortage of supply, the minister said.
According to the minister, More than 30 million of the ordered vaccine doses are scheduled to reach the country by this month, and another 30 million doses will arrive in Dec.
Bangladesh’s vaccination drive is currently running smoothly in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere, largely thanks to China’s continued vaccine support, government officials said.
Bangladesh launched its COVID-19 vaccination drive in Jan this year, to contain the pandemic that has spread across the country. However, the Bangladeshi government subsequently had to halt administering the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine after India suddenly banned vaccine exports.
In June, the vaccination drive resumed in parts of the country, with the China-donated Sinopharm vaccines.– NNN-BSS
