First Indian vaccine doses on way to Bangladesh

Online desk : The first consignment of 20 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, gifted by India, has taken off from Mumbai Airport for Dhaka.

An Air India plane carrying the vaccines will reach Bangladesh on Thursday noon.

Ministry of External Affairs of India confirmed the matter through its Facebook page.

Besides, some 50 lakh vaccines bought by Bangladesh from Serum Institute of India will arrive here on January 25.