Bangladesh receives 1.78mn Pfizer vaccines from US
The United States government has contributed 1.78 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh through the COVAX facility.
With this consignment, the US has provided a total of 18.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh, said a press release of the US Embassy in Dhaka today.
The US has been supporting Bangladesh's national Covid-19 vaccination campaign including training nearly 7,000 healthcare professionals to safely administer vaccines, donating cold-chain freezer trucks, and providing freezers and other equipment for health facilities to properly store and transport Covid-19 vaccines across the country, said the release.
"We are proud to donate another shipment of Pfizer vaccines and help Bangladesh keep the momentum in getting as many people vaccinated as possible, especially youth. US will continue to donate millions more doses of Pfizer vaccines and stand together with Bangladesh in its aim to vaccinate 40 percent of the country's eligible population by the end of this year," US Ambassador Earl R Miller said.
The US government has also contributed over $121 million in Covid-19-related assistance to Bangladesh. This assistance has saved lives through vaccination support, improved Covid-19 testing, infection and prevention control, treatment, and supply chain and logistics management systems, added the release.
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