3 crore more vaccine doses to be purchased: PM
Covid-19 in Bangladesh
27 February, 2021, 05:10 pm
Last modified: 27 February, 2021, 05:34 pm
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that three crore more doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be purchased.
"I have instructed to prepare for purchasing three crore more vaccine doses as we want to continue the inoculation programme that we started early February," Sheikh Hasina said today in a press briefing on Bangladesh's graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
The premier said, "Teachers and employees of schools, colleges and universities will be vaccinated as we want to reopen the educational institutions soon."
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