Bangladesh received a consignment of 25lakh doses coronavirus vaccine (COVISHIELD) produced by AstraZeneca from Serum today.
The vaccines arrived in the country on Wednesday (8 December) morning, Beximco official Rabbur Reza confirmed media.
So far, the country has received 15 million doses under the agreement between Serum and the government of Bangladesh.
The vaccine doses have been arriving since January till December 2021.
Initially, five million doses were received on 25 January; then 2 million doses by 23 February.
Later, one million doses arrived on 9 October.
Finally, a total of 4.5 million doses arrived on 1 December and the latest distribution of 2.5 million doses was received on 8 December.
