Got indications on more vaccines for Bangladesh: foreign minister

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said there are positive indications from several countries regarding supplies of more Covid-19 vaccine doses for Bangladesh.

"There's nothing to be worried about. There will be plenty of Covid-19 vaccines. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has kept [aside] adequate funds for purchasing vaccines," he told reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night.

Bangladesh has received 2.5 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine under the COVAX facility and 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine (commercially purchased from China) last night and this morning.

Momen said the situation has stabilised as these vaccines from two sources came at a very critical time.

He thanked expatriate Bangladeshis in the USA who started a campaign for ensuring vaccine doses for Bangladesh. "It helped us."

Momen also thanked US President Joe Biden and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller saying, "President Biden has kept his word."