Covid-19 vaccine: China offers Bangladesh 100k doses

China today offered to provide 100,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh for emergency use.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming made this offer while meeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gono Bhaban this morning.

PM's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus was present at the time.

"The Chinese ambassador offered to provide 100,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine for emergency use," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told reporters.

A mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was presented to the prime minister as a gift from the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.

Li also conveyed a greeting message from Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Bangladesh prime minister.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appreciated the gesture of the Chinese Embassy for giving the brass mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his birth centenary.