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DHAKA, Sept 19 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh yesterday received another five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, developed by China’s pharmaceutical Sinopharm Group. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane, carrying the Chinese vaccine doses, landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, at around 2:00 a.m. local time yesterday, 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 from China. Bangladesh’s vaccination drive is now running smoothly in the capital, Dhaka and elsewhere, largely...
