Serum, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, is supplying 30 million doses of the vaccine, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, to Bangladesh. Besides two million doses as gift from the Indian government, Serum sent five million doses last month in the first batch of the import. People need to take two doses of the Oxford vaccine, COVISHIELD, with a booster shot eight to 12 weeks after the first. Nazmul said the second consignment will be smaller, of two to three million doses, although officials had earlier said Bangladesh would receive five million doses per month. Besides the doses purchased from Serum, Bangladesh is expected to get around 12.8 million COVISHIELD doses in the first half of 2021 under COVAX, the World Health Organization-led scheme.

Source: bd News24 February 15, 2021 12:33 UTC