Sheikh Hasina greets Modi on 1 billion Covid vaccination mark

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday congratulated her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on achieving the historic milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Sheikh Hasina in her message marked it as a ‘remarkable success’ achieved in dealing with the challenges against the COVID-19 pandemic.

She said, “It will be a major step towards the path to recovery and normalcy for India and the region.”

Prime Minister, however, informed Narendra Modi that a mass vaccination program is underway in Bangladesh by her government as over 60 million people have been vaccinated so far.

She reiterated that India has been an important source of COVID-19 vaccines for Bangladesh from the very beginning of the vaccination program.

In connection to this, she conveyed thanks to the government of India for resuming the export of Covishield vaccines. And she hoped that this would continue uninterrupted in the upcoming days.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Hasina expressed her belief in working together more closely with India to save the people of this region from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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