Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said that America has always stood by Bangladesh in these difficult times of the pandemic.
“Sometimes they have sent ventilators, at times sent vaccines, sometimes they even provided us with medical supplies. Joe Biden has sent 61 million doses of highly effective vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna to Bangladesh,” said the minister.
This has strengthened America's bilateral relations with Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh is grateful to the United States for its generosity, he added.
The minister said that the Government of Bangladesh expressed its gratitude and appreciation to the President and people of the United States through Patricia Nuland, the US Under Secretary of State who was present at the event.
The health minister made the comments while inspecting the Pfizer-Moderna vaccine, a gift given by the US government at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital on Monday.
“The United States is committed to further expanding the already existing good relations with Bangladesh,” said Patricia Nuland.
She expressed her gratitude and appreciation to the people of Bangladesh by stating that Bangladesh was on the side of America at various times of the country’s crisis.
Lokman Hossain Miah, Senior Secretary, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other officials of the ministry were present during the time.
