Govt seeks to buy 40m
more doses from SII
Bangladesh is also due to get around 10 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from COVAX by June
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 5,48,549
- Recovery: 5,00,468
- Death: 8,435
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 115,420,223
- Recovery: 65,259,575
- Death: 2,564,151
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Govt seeks to buy 40m
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accompanied by her sister Sheikh Rehana, takes the coronavirus vaccine at the Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gananbhaban in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: PMO
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An elderly woman waits in a wheelchair for her turn to get COVID-19 vaccine dose at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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General Secretary Obaidul Quader pays his last respects to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, by placing a wreath on his coffin on behalf of the Awami League at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Dhaka South City Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh pays tributes to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, by placing a wreath on his coffin at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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