Last shipment of vaccine to arrive from Japan on Saturday

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The last shipment of more than 6 lakh 34 thousand 900 AstraZeneca vaccine doses will arrive in Bangladesh from Japan on Saturday.

A cargo aircraft left Narita International Airport in Tokyo with the fourth consignment of vaccine doses for Dhaka on Friday, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam in a Facebook post.

The shipment is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3.15pm on Saturday.

Bangladesh is receiving the vaccine doses through global vaccine sharing alliance COVAX.

Bangladesh received the first consignment of 2,45,200 doses, the second consignment of 7,81,320 doses and the third consignment of 6,16,780 doses which respectively arrived on July 24, July 31, and August 3, totaling 24,24,700 doses so far.

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