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Over six lakh more AstraZeneca Vaccine will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday (August 3) from Japan.
This is the 3rd consignment of AstraZeneca Vaccine has been dispatched from Japan, said the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo.
It said a flight of All Nippon Airways (ANA), carrying an amount of 6,16,780 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, departed from the Terminal-1, Narita airport at 21:15 hrs.
The vaccines are set to reach Dhaka on Tuesday (Aug 3) by Cathay Pacific.
“With today’s consignment, the total amount of dispatched vaccines from Japan as of now stands at 16,43,300,” reads a verified facebook post of the Bangladesh Embassy in Japan.
This delivery is a part of Japan’s commitment of supplying over 3.0 million doses of vaccine under WHO-COVAX mechanism.
The Minister (Economic) Syed Nasir Ershad from the Bangladesh Embassy was present during vaccine dispatch at the Narita Airport.
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