UNB, Dhaka: Bangladesh will receive a consignment of Moderna vaccine doses on Monday evening.
The 3 million vaccine doses from the USA under COVAX facility are expected to reach at 7:20pm at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque will remain present at the Airport.
Earlier, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller announced that Bangladesh will receive 3 million doses of Moderna vaccine under the COVAX facility.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh will receive 20 lakh doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China on Saturday night as part of a commercial agreement.
Bangladesh has already received 20 lakh doses of the Sinopharm vaccine as part of commercial purchase from China. The country is slated to receive initially 1.5 crore doses of the vaccine as part of the commercial agreement.
Hualong also said that China stands ready to provide all support and assistance to help the Bangladesh government mitigate poverty through the China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Center.
Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing would continue to provide Bangladesh with the Covid jabs to help Bangladesh fight the pandemic.
