An Air India flight carrying the vaccine shots landed in Dhaka around 11:15 am on Monday. Nine refrigerated vans will carry the vaccine doses to a warehouse in Tongi on the outskirts of Dhaka, Nazmul Hassan, managing director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals, the distributor of the vaccines, said on Monday. Serum Institute will supply five million doses each month. Bangladesh is now set to kick off its coronavirus vaccination campaign by inoculating a nurse on Jan 27 after receiving two million free doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from India. Around 400-500 people will get the first vaccine shots on Jan 27-28.

Source: bd News24 January 25, 2021 06:45 UTC