The consignment arrived on Monday as part of the COVAX international vaccine-sharing programme, the foreign ministry confirmed. Altogether, Bangladesh has so far received 5.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine from the US, with more expected to come in the months ahead. Bangladesh started its mass vaccination campaign in February, using the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and Anglo-Swedish company AstraZeneca, bought under an agreement with the Serum Institute of India. But the agreement for the doses fell through after the pandemic situation in India worsened dramatically and put a halt to vaccine exports. The inoculation drive resumed after the government received consignments of Sinopharm, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Moderna vaccines.

Source: bd News24 July 19, 2021 16:18 UTC