Staff Reporter :
The US government has donated Bangladesh one crore more doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine through COVAX for continuing vaccination campaigns in the country to end the pandemic soon.
The US Embassy in Dhaka said on Tuesday that the latest delivery brought the total number of US vaccine donations to the country more than 8.5 crore doses.
As per the data of the Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS), more than two-thirds of all international Covid-19 jab donations to Bangladesh have come from the United States.
The United States said, it continues to work closely with Bangladesh to support the Covid-19 inoculation programme.
The US assistance on fighting Covid-19 is not limited to donating the vaccines, but beyond.
This effort includes training over 51,000 healthcare providers and other workers on safely administering vaccines to support Bangladesh’s Covid-19 vaccination roll out all of its 64 districts across the country.
The development partner country (US) has also donated 18 freezer vans, 750 freezer units, and 8,000 vaccine carriers and helped transport 5.7 crore shots of vaccines to remote areas for direct inoculation of 4.7 crore Covid jabs.
It (US) has contributed more than $140 million in Covid-19 related development and humanitarian assistance.
US Embassy sources have said that the country has donated $4 billion to support the COVAX effort worldwide.
It included support for ultra-cold chain storage, transportation, and safe handling of Covid-19 jabs.
Such efforts have made the United States the world’s largest donor for equitable global Covid-19 vaccine access.
