DHAKA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's COVID-19 vaccination drive is running smoothly in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country thanks largely to the Chinese government's vaccine support. To further strengthen the nationwide vaccination drive, Bangladesh signed an agreement on Monday on the co-production of the Chinese Sinopharm doses locally.

[caption id="attachment_59561" align="alignnone" width="900"] A medical staff inoculates a man with a dose of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_59556" align="alignnone" width="900"] A medical staff inoculates a man with a dose of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_59557" align="alignnone" width="900"] A medical staff prepares COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_59558" align="alignnone" width="900"] Medical staff prepare COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_59560" align="alignnone" width="900"] A medical staff inoculates a woman with a dose of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua) ■[/caption]