30 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccines reach Dhaka

A total of 30 lakh doses of Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine purchased by the government arrived in Bangladesh Thursday night and in early hours of Friday.    

"Thirty lakh shots of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine from China reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night and early hours of today," Dr Md Shamsul Haque, Line Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health under  Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) told BSS this morning.   

Of the total 30 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine, 10 lakh jabs arrived in Dhaka at 10.15pm Thursday night, he added

As many as 10 lakh Sinopharm jabs reached Bangladesh at 1.15am on July 30 while another 10 lakh Sinopharm vaccines landed in Bangladesh 4.15am,  he also added.     

"Bangladesh has so far received 81 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine .... meaning total doses of Sinopham jabs has stood at 81 lakh," Shamsul added.