Published in: The Daily Star
Date: 17 July, 2021

Reuters, Washington

The United States plans to send 3.5 million Moderna doses to Bangladesh over the weekend via the COVAX international vaccine-sharing programme.

The doses for Bangladesh will arrive on Monday, a White House official said.

The country also sent two million doses of the vaccine to Ukraine under the programme on Friday, the official said.

The doses are part of President Joe Biden’s promise to share doses of US vaccine with other countries around the world, via COVAX or directly.

“Scientific teams and legal and regulatory authorities from both countries have worked together to ensure the prompt delivery of safe and effective vaccine lots,” the official said.

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