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Dhaka on Thursday as a gift from New Delhi, Two million Covid-19 vaccine doses from India

2,000,000 dosages of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India showed up in Dhaka on Thursday as a blessing from New Delhi.


The Air India sanction flight 1232 from Mumbai conveying the transfer arrived at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11.20 a.m. on Thursday.


In a tweet, Indian Minister of External Affars S Jaishankar stated: "Score in Dhaka.


#VaccineMaitri reaffirms the most elevated need concurred by India to relations with Bangladesh."


The antibodies which came as a blessing will be given over at a proper function at State Guesthouse Padma on Thursday evening.


Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Health Minister Zahid Maleque, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami and other high government authorities will be in participation.


The Serum Institute of India has created the Covid-19 antibody created by the University of Oxford and medication creator AstraZeneca.


On January 8, Bangladesh affirmed the obtainment of 30 million portions of Covishield antibody from India.


"Along these lines, there would be a lot of antibodies in the nation, we're very guaranteed now. We can begin the inoculation program in front of the timetable," Momen told IANS.


Momen added that more nations including Russia and China, were keen on giving immunizations.


An understanding was endorsed in November 2020 between the Bangladesh government and the Serum Institute of India through which Beximco will profit 30 million dosages of the Covid-19 immunization.


In the underlying a half year of the primary stage, Beximco will get 5,000,000 antibody portions for each month.

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