10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine to arrive on August 30
Published : 24 Aug 2021, 21:32
Bangladesh will get 10 lakh doses of Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine from the USA as gift on August 30 under the global vaccine-sharing initiative COVAX.
On August 23 (yesterday), after the weekly cabinet meeting, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said a total of 60 lakh shots of Pfizer vaccine will reach Bangladesh by September this year, an official release said today.
As part of 60 lakh jabs of Pfizer, Bangladesh will get 10 lakh vaccines on August 30 and remaining 50 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in phases by September, he added.
On May 27, the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) approved emergency use of Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in the country.
Bangladesh has so far approved eight COVID-19 vaccines to control the deadly disease.
The approved COVID-19 vaccines are from Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, CoronaVac, Pfizer, Covishield, Sputnik V, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm.
Source: BSS