Bangladesh has witnessed a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in border districts because of the highly contagious B.1.617 variant, which was first detected in India. Experts.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh
Mohammad Shahidul Islam, a senior official of a private company in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong, received his first dose of a coronavirus vaccine on Feb. 23 and the second on April 20.
But he is nervous about inoculations for the rest of his family.
“I am in tension whether I will be able to vaccinate my family members as we are currently importing vaccines only from India and the country recently declared it will not export vaccines,” Islam told Anadolu Agency.
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India handed over doses as part of its commitment to neighbourhood first policy, says official
Indian High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami handed over the vaccines to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY
DHAKA:
Bangladesh on Thursday received 2 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca s Covid-19 vaccine as a gift from India, the Foreign Ministry said.
Indian High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami handed over the vaccines to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque at a ceremony in the capital Dhaka.
The vaccine, known as Covishield in India, is being mass produced by the Serum Institute of India.