US announced 14mn more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for Bangladesh: Momen
The United States has announced 14 million more Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for Bangladesh under the COVAX facility, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.
"Good news is that US administration has declared another 14 million Pfizer vaccines for Bangladesh under COVAX," Momen said in a statement after attending a high-level ministerial virtual meeting on Covid-19 and beyond, moderated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today.
Foreign ministers of 26 countries attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Bangladesh demanded that vaccines be declared as public goods affordable to all countries, and pharmaceutical companies like that of Bangladesh be assisted and encouraged to produce vaccines locally.
"Bangladesh has administered 78 million Covid-19 vaccines doses -- 46 million first dose and 32 million second dose," he said.
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