The government has started sending Covid-19 vaccine doses across the country from Dhaka ahead of the mass inoculation campaign set to begin from February 7.
As of yesterday, 36 districts have received the vaccine according to a list prepared by the government, said officials, adding that vaccines will reach all 64 districts of the country by tomorrow.
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited, the local agent of Serum Institute of India (SII), has been transporting vaccines to the districts as per the agreement with the government.
Bangladesh has purchased three crore doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from SII, 50 lakh doses of which arrived in Dhaka on January 25. Besides, the country has received 20 lakh doses of the same vaccine from the Indian government as a gift on January 21.