25 lakh more doses of Pfizer vaccine to arrive here in two days
Twenty-five lakh more doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the country in two days (4 and 5 October) under Covax facility, a platform to ensure coronavirus vaccination in all countries on a fair basis.
The first shipment of 6.25 lakh vaccines will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11.20pm today, said a Health Ministry press release.
Besides, the second shipment of 12.56 lakh shots will arrive around 12pm on Tuesday. The remaining 6.25 lakh vaccine doses will arrive around 11:20pm on the same day, according to the release.
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Officials of the Ministry of Health, Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), Central Medical Stores Depot and airport, will be present to receive the vaccines.
Earlier, a total 36.4 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived in the country under Covax facility in three phases.
