“We’ve sent a letter requesting four million doses urgently so that we can give the second doses to the people who haven’t received it yet,” he said. Citing Miller, Momen said the US was working “sincerely” to share AstraZeneca doses but could not give a date. By the end of April, the US decided to share up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as soon as in next few weeks. The administration of President Joe Biden in March said the US would send roughly four million doses of the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's vaccine to Canada and Mexico. But Bangladesh already lacks enough doses to fully vaccinate all the citizens who have received the first dose.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2021 15:00 UTC