A consignment of 704,010 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in Japan is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on December 21.
“We plan to deliver another 704,010 doses next week totalling approximately 1.5 million doses,” said Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki.
This is in addition to a consignment of 788,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine Japan gave to Bangladesh on December 15.
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“This is purely for the sake of the Bangladeshi people,” he said, hoping that this vaccine support would contribute to the Bangladesh government's efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Bangladesh on Wednesday received over 4,000,800 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan under the Covax facility.
“Japan hopes that fair, equitable and comprehensive access to safe and effective vaccines will be ensured in Bangladesh and I would like to reiterate that Japan will stand by Bangladesh in the fight against Covid-19 and will work together to contain Covid-19,” said the ambassador.
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In July and August, the government of Japan provided over 3 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh through the Covax facility to meet the urgent needs of the Bangladeshi people who had been long waiting for the AstraZeneca vaccine.