Bangladesh
AstraZaneca Over 2 lakh AstraZaneca vaccines coming from Japan
Dhaka, July 25, 2021: 2 lakh 45 thousand doses of corona vaccine given as a gift by the Japanese government has reached Bangladesh.
As a result, the problem is likely to be solved after the supply of AstraZeneca vaccine from India was stopped last April. Those who could not get the second dose after taking the first dose.
They can all take this vaccine quickly now. Cathay Pacific Airlines flight arrives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday (July 24th) with 245,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. Foreign Minister at the airport. AK Abdul Momen received the vaccines. Officials of the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka and officials of the Ministry of Health and Foreign Affairs were present at the time.
Assistant Director of the Department of Health working at the airport. Shahriar Sajjad said, "AstraZeneca vaccine has already arrived." He also said that the Japanese government will provide more than 3 million astragenera vaccines, including about 5 lakh, next Friday.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, produced by India's first serum institute to prevent coronavirus infection, began on January 26. So far, more than 57 lakh people have received the first dose and more than 49 lakh people have received the second dose.
Hundreds of thousands of people who took the first dose were waiting for the second dose as the vaccine stockpiled. Officials at the Department of Health said the vaccines, donated by the Japanese government, would be given to them on a priority basis.
