2 BAF aircrafts leave China with 6 lakh Sinopharm vaccines

Star Digital Report

Two aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force left China with 6 lakh Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine shots this morning.

The planes left Beijing International Airport for Bangladesh around 10:00am (Bangladesh time) and will reach Dhaka at 5:30pm today, said an ISPR press release.

China is giving this second consignment of Covid-19 vaccines as gifts to Bangladesh.

On May 12, Bangladesh received a gift of five lakh Sinopharm doses from China. The government has already started administering those to medical students on a priority basis.