Unb, Dhaka

The Chinese government is working to start the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines before Eid even though there is a five-day May Day holiday in China, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.

Seeing it as a sign of “special friendship” with Bangladesh, he said Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming recently informed them that the vaccines would start arriving before Eid while Health Minister Zahid Maleque shared a more specific date -- May 10.

“The health ministry will decide when and how many doses of the vaccine will arrive, and what will be the transportation system. They know when we’ll need it,” Momen told UNB, adding that they just have helped the health ministry establish communications with China and Russia.

The foreign minister said everything was closed in China due to the holidays and that the holidays would end today.