54 lakh more Sinopharm vaccine jabs arrive

Bangladesh received 54,01,350 more doses of Sinopharm vaccine early Saturday.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the consignment landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 1 am.

The airport health official Dr Sazzad Hossain confirmed the matter to the media.

The officials of the Directorate General of Health Services received the jabs at the airport.

With this, a total of 1,99,01,350 doses of the Chinese company arrived in the country.

Earlier, 5 lakh vaccine jabs gifted by the Chinese government reached Dhaka for the first time on May 12.

Later, Bangladesh in phases received bought, and gifted Sinopharm vaccines.  

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