1m Sinopharm vaccines land in Bangladesh

BSS

A consignment of one million Sinopharm vaccines has arrived in the country from China on Friday evening. A charter flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the doses landed in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:00pm, reports UNB.

This consignment came to the country as a gift from the Chinese government. Besides, another flight is scheduled to leave for China on 14 August to bring more doses of the vaccine.

Tahera Khandaker, deputy general manager of public relations of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, confirmed the development to the media.