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Published: 21 Jan 2021 11:56 AM BdST
Updated: 21 Jan 2021 06:10 PM BdST
India has officially handed over a consignment of around 2 million coronavirus vaccine doses meant as a gift to Bangladesh. );
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An Air India flight carrying the vaccine shots landed in Dhaka around 11:15 am Thursday.
It was then transported to the state guest house Padma, where Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque formally received the gift from Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami during a handover ceremony in the afternoon.
Health officials are now planning to kick off the inoculation programme after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India.
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Vaccine gift a sign of Hasina-Modi strong ties: FM
UNB
21st January, 2021 04:33:43
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday the arrival of 20 lakh doses of Oxford vaccine from India shows the sign of strong relations and goodwill between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
“It’s a historic day. They’ve (Hasina and Modi) achieved such a goodwill and strong relations! It shows the sign of that bonding,” he said after receiving the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine as gift from India.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami handed over the Covid-19 vaccine to Foreign Minister and Health Minister Zahid Maleque at a ceremony at State guesthouse Padma on Thursday afternoon. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam was, among others, present.