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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines proven safe and effective: Maleque
DHAKA, Jan 24, 2021 (BSS) – Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid
Maleque today said COVID-19 vaccines developed by the University of Oxford
and AstraZeneca have been proven safe and effective against the deadly virus.
“Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines gifted by the Indian government have been
tested as the most effective and safe vaccines in the world,” he told a press
briefing at his ministry here, an official release said.
Maleque described the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines as more suitable for
Bangladeshi weather condition compared to other countries and he hoped that
these vaccines will be more effective against COVID-19.
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