Bangladesh receives 24 fridges that can preserve vaccines at -70 degree Celsius
Bangladesh has received 24 fridges capable of preserving vaccines at -70 degree Celsius or below temperatures.
Unicef has delivered the fridges today under Covax arrangement while two more will arrive tonight, Dr Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Committee at the health directorate told The Daily Star this afternoon.
"We will keep the fridges in Dhaka to store vaccines," Dr Shamsul Haque said.
Around 90 lakh Covid-19 vaccine jabs can be preserved in the fridges.
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