Serum vaccine to arrive Dhaka Jan 25-26: Zahid Maleque
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the first shipment of AstraZeneca-Oxford virus vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) will arrive in the country on January 25-26.
Around 300 vaccine centres and 42,000 health workers are being made ready for the vaccination programme, the minister told this on Monday at a ‘Meet the Reporters’ event organised by Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in the capital.
“The Indian government will also send some COVID-19 vaccines as gift. The number has not been decided yet,” Zahid Maleque said.
He said all the reporters of the country will get the vaccine in due time.