Bangladesh will receive 1.0 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine on Friday evening from the Chinese government as a gift.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight is on the way to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Tianjin International Airport in China.
Earlier, Bangladesh received 1.1 million doses of Sinopharm as a gift from China.
These 1.0 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine are coming as a gift from China for Bangladeshi brothers and sisters, said Hualong Yan, Deputy Chief of Mission at Chinese Embassy in Dhaka on Friday.
Bangladesh also received over 3.4 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine under the COVAX facility.
More Sinopharm vaccine will arrive in Dhaka under a commercial purchase agreement.