Division-wise, Dhaka administered 45,914 doses, Mymensingh 7,357, Chattogram 39,703, Rajshahi 18,965, Rangpur 15,218, Khulna 19,802, Barishal 9,198 and Sylhet 13,196. The government is administering the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine doses, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, for free. It has targeted to give the vaccines to total 130 million people, with 3.5 million doses in the first month of the drive. Bangladesh currently has seven million doses of the vaccine. The Indian government sent two million doses as gift while Bangladesh imported five million doses under a deal to buy 30 million doses.

Source: bd News24 February 14, 2021 15:22 UTC