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Dhaka to receive 2.45 lakh AstraZeneca jabs from Tokyo Saturday

Photo: Collected

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, July -23,

Some 2,45,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are scheduled to arrive here on Saturday from Japan.

Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen will receive the vaccine doses that will come under the COVAX facility.

A Cathay Pacific Airways flight will carry the vaccine doses that will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the afternoon on the day.

Japan will send over 2.9 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh in phases.

Japan says it will stand by Bangladesh in the fight against Covid-19.

Earlier, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi made an announcement that 15 countries in the region will be provided with 11 million doses in total under the COVAX facility.

Dhaka to receive 2.45 lakh AstraZeneca jabs from Tokyo Saturday

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