The government of Bangladeshi has approved the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines  Sinopharm from China. Bangladesh`s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the highest body to deal with economic issues, in a meeting has approved the purchase.

The approval came a week after Bangladesh received a batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine donated by China.

The Bangladeshi government has already announced that it will start administering from next week the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine donated by China.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming formally handed over the vaccines to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque at a ceremony at the State Guest House Padma in Dhaka last Wednesday.

The health minister made the announcement at a press conference Monday, saying "health professionals on the frontline of the fight against the pandemic will receive the doses beginning May 25 or 26".

Bangladesh suspended administering the first dose of the vaccine on April 26 after India halted export to tackle its own crisis.  Subsequently, the country`s drug regulator authorized the emergency use of the Sinopharm vaccines.

Bangladesh kicked off the Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 28 to rein in the pandemic that has so far spread across the country.
A total of 5.82 million people in Bangladesh have so far received the first dose of the vaccine.

On Wednesday, the country`s Directorate General of Health Services reported 1,608 new cases of Covid-19 and 37 new deaths, bringing the number of total cases to 783,737 and the total death toll to 12,248.

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