“We are bringing in 30 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The government has chalked up a plan to vaccinate 80 percent of the population, or about 138.2 million people. Serum Institute of India will deliver the shots developed by Britain’s vaccine University of Oxford and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Besides this, the COVAX programme led by the World Health Organization and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation or GAVI will provide another 60.8 million doses of vaccines for 20 percent of the population. The government is preparing to battle a possible second wave of the pandemic in winter and is scoping for more vaccines from other sources.

Source: bd News24 December 24, 2020 16:18 UTC