Japan has provided 704,010 more doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Bangladesh, bringing the total number of vaccines from the east Asian country to 4.5 million.

Bangladesh is going to receive 1 million 800 shots of AstraZeneca vaccines under the COVAX programme, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen in a message today.

Bangladesh will push for vaccine supply for the country and other developing countries and will discuss the issue of Rohingya repatriation during the upcoming UN meeting on LDC scheduled for June 15.