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Bangladesh to get 2m Covid vaccine doses from France: Momen

UNB . Dhaka
10 Nov 2021 09:38:43 | Update: 10 Nov 2021 11:59:02
Bangladesh to get 2m Covid vaccine doses from France: Momen
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. — UNB File Photo

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said France declared 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for Bangladesh as donation.

The announcement came after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron and French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Momen said.

Bangladesh will get around 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Saudi Arabia.

"Our Ambassador in Riyadh has informed me that 14,99,270 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will come from the King Salman Relief Fund," he said in a message from Paris.

The vaccine doses will arrive in Dhaka over the next two to three days, Momen said.

Meanwhile, he said, Poland will provide 3.3 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses free of cost to Bangladesh.

These are expected to be shipped any day, Momen said.

Poland donated these vaccine doses through the European Union.

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