20 lakh doses Indian gift of Oxford Covid vaccine arrives
Two million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India arrived in Dhaka on Thursday morning as a “gift” from New Delhi.
A special flight of India carrying the consignment landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11:20am, Airport sources said.
Later, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami handed over the vaccine to foreign Minister AK Abdul Momenat in a formal ceremony at State Guesthouse Padma.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam and other high government officials were present on the occasion.