Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday received the second consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Japan under the COVAX facility. The second consignment contains 7,81,320 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. A cargo flight of Cathay Pacific that carried the vaccine doses from Japan landed at Hazrat
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US to send 3m more vaccine to Bangladesh as gift
US Ambassador Earl R Miller has announced another consignment of three million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for Bangladesh. These vaccine doses are coming to Bangladesh from the American people via the COVAX facility, he said. "The US is committed to increasing the country's vaccine supply to beat the pandemic here and
COVID-19 Vaccine: Procurement and Production Need To Go On Simultaneously
Bangladesh should closely work with countries like China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, India, United Kingdom and United States of America in procuring and producing COVID-19 vaccine to combat the present pandemic and help bring back to normal life. Japan has been the biggest development partner of Bangladesh since independence. South Korea
Rich nations holding vaccines beyond need: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Covid-19 vaccine has apparently become another "tool of exploitation" now, noting that some rich countries are holding back vaccine doses beyond their internal demands. "They (rich countries) assure us just saying, 'you don't worry', but nobody gives us vaccines. In some cases,
Sinopharm Vaccine: Efforts underway to normalise things after price disclosure
The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to "make things normal" and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though the scenario looks "different" to some extent following price disclosure, officials said. "The scenario looks different to some extent after the incident. We're
5 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine to arrive on May 12
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday announced that 5 lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh on May 12 as a special gift from China. "It's the latest outcome of China-Bangladesh anti-pandemic cooperation which again shows that our two peoples are in the same boat and
Serum Institute to refund money in case of shipment failure
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Thursday said Serum Institute of India will repay Bangladesh’s money that was paid to them to buy 3 crore doses of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. “We had signed a contract with the Serum Institute (of India) as per international rules and regulations, since they are
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Vaccines to be procured at any cost: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reassured that the government will procure the coronavirus vaccines at any cost to protect people from the pandemic. "We're working to bring more vaccines, no matter how much money is required; we'll continue to push for bringing more vaccines," she said. The Prime Minister made the remark