Staff Reporter : The United States has begun the process of sending 2.5 million doses of the moderna vaccine to Bangladesh as a gift. The delivery of this vaccine will be completed this week. A White House official confirmed the information on Tuesday. In a tweet on June 26, US Ambassador to Dhaka Earl Robert Miller mentioned that 2.5 million doses of moderna vaccine would be given to Bangladesh soon.
The White House official said the United States has promised to play a leading role in ending epidemics around the world by launching 2.5 million moderna vaccine doses in Bangladesh. Given the importance of the epidemic, he expects the supply of the vaccine to be completed this week.
A severe lockdown has been imposed in Bangladesh since Monday to combat the new type of corona virus, Delta infection. People have been instructed to stay at home, offices and vehicles have been stopped. The security forces are working to implement the government directives.
Explaining how Bangladesh came to the US emergency vaccine aid list, a White House official said that coronavirus infections in Bangladesh are increasing at a rate of 55 percent per week; Most of which are behind the Delta variant.
Corona infections are being recorded every day in this country of 170 million people in South Asia. The corona virus situation is particularly acute in the Indian border districts. Hospitals in Khulna and Rajshahi are struggling to cope with the pressure.
US President Joe Biden has announced the world’s “weapon” in the fight against the corona virus epidemic. Incumbent President Biden is pushing for the restoration of Washington’s lost leadership around the world after years of chaos and turmoil under Donald Trump.
This diplomacy of the gift of vaccines is bringing back the US influence that had faded around the world under Donald Trump and demonstrating the strength of Washington’s pharmaceuticals.
Russia and China are using their own vaccines to fill supply gaps in the world’s least developed regions. However, US officials have denied allegations of rivalry over vaccine diplomacy with China and Russia.
The United States has taken the initiative to distribute 50 million doses of the vaccine to various countries around the world that are battling the corona virus epidemic.
According to the White House, 75 percent of the vaccines will go to Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa through the World Health Organization’s CoVAX initiative to ensure fair distribution of the corona. Bangladesh is also on the list of Asian countries that will get this vaccine from the White House.
US President Joe Biden recently promised to distribute 60 million doses of the US-made vaccine as part of his response to the corona virus epidemic. To fulfill his promise, the United States took the initiative to distribute 50 million doses of vaccine. Earlier this month, Joe Biden announced the start of the promised 2.5 million dose vaccine distribution.
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