UPDATE – Bangladesh receives first batches of Chinese, US coronavirus vaccine


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CLARIFIES GRAF 3; NOTES SHIPMENT ARRIVES IN DHAKA IN GRAF 7 By SM Najmus Sakib DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh received its first shipment of 2 million Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines under commercial procurement, according to its Foreign Ministry on Saturday. A total of 1.1 million vaccines have arrived while the remainder will arrive later Saturday as vaccines carrying flights left Beijing, according to the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka. Earlier, China provided 1.1 million Sinopharm vaccines as a gift to Dhaka, and Bangladesh is now inoculating under a mass vaccination campaign that began in February. Bangladesh signed a non-disclosure agreement...