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1.7mn Sinopharm vaccine doses to arrive soon
Sinopharm's 1.7 million doses of vaccine under COVAX facility will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Dhaka, Aug 10 : Sinopharm's 1.7 million doses of vaccine under COVAX facility will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday, said Hualong Yan, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.
He said the vaccine doses are scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7pm as the flight carrying those left Beijing at 5:25 am (BST).
About vaccine coproduction, Hualong Yan said, "We'll be coming soon for vaccine coproduction."
Earlier, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh will receive another consignment of 34 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine this week while 60 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine in September next week.
Apart from that, he said, Bangladesh will also receive 10 lakh doses of AstraZeneca soon which is likely to come under the COVAX facility, reports UNB.