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COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Bangladesh on Jan 21 to 25
DHAKA, Jan 11, 2021 (BSS) – The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca will reach Dhaka in between January 21 and 25.
“We have taken vaccine distribution plans ahead of arrival of COVID-19 vaccine in the country,” Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam told a press briefing here.
Under the agreement, Bangladesh government will get three crore COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India, according to the DGHS.
On December 13, the agreement was signed for collecting three crore COVID-19 vaccine doses developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.
On November 5, a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for collecting these three crore COVID-19 vaccine doses from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca. The MoU was signed among the Bangladesh Government, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BPL) and the Serum Institute of India (SII).
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