Bangladesh looking for more sources to get vaccinesThe government is sounding out other companies to immunise its 170 million-strong population after securing 30 million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Bangladesh needs 340 million doses of vaccines – two shots per head -- to vaccinate its population, reports bdnews24.com. GAVI is expected to provide the country with around 68 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to inoculate 20 per cent of the population. The government, adds the health minister, is in touch with the countries that want, or have the ability, to provide Bangladesh with vaccines, . He said Sinovac sought the funds from Bangladesh because the company had already conducted the trials on sufficient numbers of people.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2021 08:37 UTC