Another 2.4 million Pfizer doses received from US

In this file illustration photo taken on 17 November 2020 are pictured vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech
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Bangladesh has received 2.4 million more Pfizer vaccine doses from the United States under the COVAX facility, reports UNB.

As many as 24, 90,780 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:27am on Sunday, according to a press release from the health ministry.

Another shipment of 4.6 million Pfizer vaccine jabs is scheduled to reach Bangladesh on 10 January, the release added. Bangladesh started administering booster doses with the Pfizer vaccine from 28 December.

So far, 35,738 booster doses were administered with the Pfizer vaccine as of Saturday. Meanwhile, 61, 29,539 people received the first dose with the Pfizer vaccine while 17, 45,996 received the second dose with the Pfizer vaccine as of Saturday.