প্রকাশ: 02/03/2022
The United Kingdom (UK) donated another 1 million doses of the
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh.
The
vaccine consignment arrived in Bangladesh on 23 February 2022. This bilateral
donation from the UK will reinforce Bangladesh's fight against the coronavirus
pandemic and the country's economic recovery, said a press release.
Prior to
this, the UK donated over 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to
Bangladesh in December 2021 through COVAX facilities.
While
welcoming the second consignment of vaccines donation from the UK, the British
High Commissioner HE Robert Chatterton Dickson said: "We welcome the
arrival of 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the UK to
Bangladesh. This bilateral donation adds to the 4 million doses that the UK
donated through COVAX last year."
"This
support from the UK takes us one step ahead to defeat the pandemic
and further strengthens our commitment to stand with the people of Bangladesh
to recover faster and build a healthier and prosperous future," he
added.
Complementing
the vaccine donations, the UK's Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
(FCDO), through its delivery partners, created an enabling environment for the
Government of Bangladesh to accelerate and expand the vaccination program as
well as reduce the transmission of the infection especially among the
low-income people.
This
includes support for on-line vaccine registration for the disadvantaged,
raising awareness, additional healthcare provider and technician support,
training of health workers including vaccinators, and transporting vaccines to
the districts as well as to the schools across the country, the press release
added.
Since the
pandemic started, the UK government has reprioritised more than £55.9 million
to fund Bangladesh's National Preparedness and Response Plan to tackle Covid-19
including support for Rohingya refugees and the host communities.
The UK has
been at the forefront of the global response to Covid-19. Last year at the G7,
the UK committed to donate 100 million doses by June 2022. 80% of those UK
doses will be distributed through the COVAX facility.
Earlier,
the UK kick-started efforts to establish COVAX facility in 2020, providing a
total of £548 million to fund vaccines for lower income countries.
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