File photo of Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque Rajib Dhar/Dhaka TribuneThe vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University showed an average efficacy of 70.4%Bangladesh expects the first shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) to arrive in early January, says Health Minister Zahid Maleque. We have made arrangements to bring the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh through the Serum Institute of India. Earlier this week, an official of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka also said that Bangladesh is likely to receive its first shipment of the vaccine early next month. “As we have said earlier, Bangladesh would be the first country to get the Indian Covid-19 vaccine once it is ready. The vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University showed an average efficacy of 70.4% in a pooled analysis of interim data from late stage trials, Oxford said earlier this week.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 10, 2020 15:00 UTC