Health Minister Zahid Maleque announced the development at a media briefing in Dhaka on Thursday. Addressing the government's discussions with China over the vaccine, Maleque said, "It has been decided that the Chinese company Sinovac will supply its vaccine to Bangladesh. They also want to run trials in Bangladesh. For that, it is necessary to conduct trials." International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, or icddr,b will lead the trial on about 4,200 volunteers over 18 months.

Source: bd News24 August 27, 2020 11:15 UTC