Bangladesh gets another 5 mln doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine


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DHAKA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh on Saturday received another 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's pharmaceutical Sinopharm Group. A plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Chinese vaccine doses landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 2:00 a.m. local time Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Maidul Islam Prodhan told reporters. Abu Zaher, chief health coordinator at Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, received the consignment at the airport. Earlier on Sept. 11, 5.4 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Dhaka from China. Bangladesh's vaccination drive is now running smoothly in the capital...