The government has spent Tk 40,000 crore on buying Covid-19 vaccines

The government has spent Tk 40,000 crore on buying Covid-19 vaccines and the rollout of the nationwide campaign to administer them, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said this week. "We have so far administered around 22 crore doses… no major irregularities were seen while implementing such a huge campaign," he said. Maleque was addressing a discussion marking World Kidney Day 2022 at the National Institute of Kidney Disease and Urology in Dhaka.