Bangladesh will get six crore/ 60 mn shots of COVID-19 vaccines between May and June next year from the COVAX facility, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said yesterday.

This will be in addition to 3 crore/30 mn doses of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) that the government expects to start reaching the country between late January and early February, he said referring to Health Minister Zahid Maleque's words in yesterday's cabinet meeting.

Officials had earlier said Bangladesh will buy the first 6.8 crore shots of vaccines under the COVAX facility -- a global initiative coordinated by WHO, GAVI and CEPI -- at a subsidised price ranging from $1.6 to $2.

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