The country will receive 25 lakh more doses of Pfizer vaccine under COVAX facility in three shipments on Monday night and Tuesday.

Three cargo flights of Emirates Airlines, carrying the vaccine doses sent by the USA, will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:20 PM on Monday, 12 pm and 11:20 pm on Tuesday, said officials at the Health Ministry.

The first shipment will contain 6,25,950 doses, the second shipment 12,56,580 doses and the third one 6,25,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Senior officials of the Health Ministry, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) and the airport authority will receive the jabs at the airport.

Bangladesh so far received 36,04,480 doses of Pfizer vaccine. A total of 1,00,620 doses arrived in the first phase while 10,03,860 and 25 lakh doses arrived in the second and third phases respectively from the United States under COVAX facility.

BDST: 1344 HRS, OCT 04, 2021
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