25 lakh Covid-19 Moderna vaccines to arrive on July 2, 3

The first consignment of 12 lakh Covid-19 Moderna vaccines are scheduled to arrive at 11.20 pm tomorrow (July 2) in Bangladesh while the second consignment of 13 lakh Moderna vaccines will arrive on July 3.

"A total of 25 lakh Covid-19 Moderna vaccines sent from the USA are scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on July 2 and 3," Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today confirmed the arrival of vaccines, an official release said on Thursday, reports BSS.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque is expected to receive the first consignment of Moderna vaccines tomorrow, it added.

On June 13, the second consignment of six lakh  Covid-19 Sinopham vaccine shots arrived in Bangladesh.

On May 12, Bangladesh received a gift of five lakh Sinopharm doses from China, the DGHS sources said.  

On June 29, the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) approved emergency use of Covid-19 Moderna vaccine in the country.

The regulator has given Emergency Use Authorization

( EUA) after all necessary examinations by the technical committee, a press release of DGDA said.

Bangladesh has so far approved eight COVID-19 vaccines to control the deadly disease.  These vaccines are Covid-19 vaccine Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, "CoronaVac", manufactured by Sinovac Life Sciences Company Limited, Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 vaccine,  Covishield produced by Serum Institute of India; Sputnik V manufactured by Generium Joint Stock Company of Russia,  AstraZeneca manufactured by Sweden and Sinopharm produced by Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd of China.