Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 19 Jul 2021, 09:56 pm Print
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Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday received three million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the US under the Covax facility.
Bangladesh is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases for the past several months.
A Qatar Airways cargo airplane landed at Shahjalal International Airport with the vaccines at 9:06pm, Shahriar Sazzad, chief of DGHS unit at the airport, told Dhaka Tribune.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque, along with other officials concerned, were present at the venue to receive the consignment.
Today the U.S. is donating three million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine to Bangladesh via #COVAX. Sharing these COVID-19 vaccine doses builds upon our decades-long partnership with Bangladesh to promote public health and security, in Bangladesh and around the world. pic.twitter.com/AIin5zYAIe
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) July 19, 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted: " Today the U.S. is donating three million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine to Bangladesh via #COVAX. Sharing these COVID-19 vaccine doses builds upon our decades-long partnership with Bangladesh to promote public health and security, in Bangladesh and around the world."
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