2.45 lakh jabs coming from Japan Saturday

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The vaccines will arrive as part of the COVAX agreement at around 3:15 pm

Bangladesh will receive the first consignment of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines from Japan consisting of 245,200 dosages on Saturday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will be present at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to receive the vaccines alongside the secretaries of both ministries, said a press release from the foreign ministry.

The vaccines will arrive as part of the COVAX agreement at around 3:15 pm.


About 15 lakh people who took the first jab of the Oxford vaccine are yet to receive its second dose.

So far 58,20,000 people have taken the first dose of the Oxford vaccine in the country and 42,98,000 people have taken two doses.


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[Valar.]

Good news. Japan has pledged 3.05million (2.9 million + 150K) doses to Bangladesh. That's the first consignment of AstraZeneca shots which are enough for 1.52 million people waiting for their second dose. 245K already arrived, 2.8 million more to go.