Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh will get more than 11 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next month.
He gave the information while talking to reporters after visiting a field hospital at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College convention centre on Saturday, reports UNB.
The minister said the country will receive 6 million more doses of Pfizer vaccine from the COVAX facility by early August.
Minister Maleque said the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the vaccine delivery information on Friday through a letter.
“By the end of July or in the beginning of August, we’ll receive 5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China, too,” Zahid Maleque added.
“We’re hopeful of having 10 to 15 million doses of vaccines in our stock within one and a half months. More vaccines will be coming in August,” he said.
The minister urged everyone to show compassion to doctors and health workers who are in the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 serving patients round the clock, and many of them have lost their lives, too.
