Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday hoped that the US will honor Bangladesh by providing AstraZeneca vaccine apart from other vaccines saying Bangladesh sought 20 lakh doses of the vaccine from the country.
“The US government told us that they will give us vaccines. They are yet to decide how many doses of vaccine they will be able to provide us. Naturally, there’ll be a push to that end so that we get it at the earliest,” he said.
While talking to a small group of journalists at his office, the Foreign Minister said Bangladesh needs at least 15 lakh doses of AstraZeneca immediately but sought around 20 lakh doses from the US. “I think they will honour us. Let’s see.”
The US reportedly wants to give Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for Bangladesh and Bangladesh is in discussion with China and Russia over vaccine procurement.
On June 3, the White House announced its plan to share vaccines directly with Bangladesh as part of a framework to provide 80 million US vaccine doses globally by the end of the month. This includes 7 million doses destined for Asia.
