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9:10 pm Et April 29, 2021
Bangladesh s drug regulator has authorized the emergency use of China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.
Major General Mahbubur Rahman, director general of Bangladesh s Directorate General of Drug Administration, made the announcement at a press conference Thursday in the capital Dhaka. We ve issued emergency use approval for the Chinese-made jab.
Mahbubur Rahman further said hopefully within 1-1.5 weeks, Bangladesh will receive a batch of Sinopharm vaccine as a gift.
The Bangladeshi government on Wednesday gave the green light to a proposal of producing Chinese and Russian COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
Bangladesh s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal to produce the vaccines China s Sinopharm and Russia s Sputnik V.
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1 2021-04-29 15:42:56Xinhua
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ECNS App Download A nurse fills a syringe with the Oxford-AstraZeneca s Covishield vaccine at the Dhaka Medical College vaccination centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb 9, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)
The Bangladeshi government on Wednesday gave the greenlight to a proposal of producing Chinese and Russian COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
Bangladesh s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal to produce the vaccines China s Sinopharm and Russia s Sputnik V.
Shahida Akhter, a senior Cabinet Division official, said several leading Bangladeshi pharmaceutical firms in collaboration with the Chinese and Russian companies will produce the vaccines.
The decision came days after Dhaka suspended the first dosing of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on a supply crunch.
2021-04-29 11:05:35 GMT2021-04-29 19:05:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DHAKA, April 29 (Xinhua) Bangladesh s drug regulator has authorized the emergency use of China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.
Major General Mahbubur Rahman, director general of Bangladesh s Directorate General of Drug Administration, made the announcement at a press conference Thursday in the capital Dhaka. We ve issued emergency use approval for the Chinese-made jab.
Mahbubur Rahman further said hopefully within 1-1.5 weeks, Bangladesh will receive a batch of Sinopharm vaccine as a gift.
The Bangladeshi government on Wednesday gave the green light to a proposal of producing Chinese and Russian COVID-19 vaccines in the country.