A man who was stabbed to death by unidentified people near High Court in Dhaka last night was identified as one Hamidul Islam. He ran a cable operator business. Hamidul's brother Wahidul Islam identified the body at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue this morning. Hamidul, also general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Shahbagh thana unit), used to live with his family
Hasina to launch vaccination on Jan 27
Staff Correspondent
23rd January, 2021 10:07:07
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the country s vaccination programme against the coronavirus through video conferencing on January 27.
Md Abdul Mannan, secretary of health services division of the health and family welfare ministry disclosed the information while talking to reporters during a visit at Kidney Hospital in the capital on Saturday morning. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the vaccination programme virtually on January 27. A nurse will receive the vaccine first on the day at Kurmitola General Hospital,” he said.
The premier is likely to interact with health workers virtually on the day after launch of the programme, sources said.
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A nurse displays a vial of AstraZeneca s Covishield vaccine during a vaccination campaign in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Having received the first consignment of 20 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine as a gift from India along with the purchase of three crore doses from the Serum Institute of India, of which 50 lakh doses are expected to arrive tomorrow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Covid-19 vaccination programme virtually at the Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday. A nurse at the hospital will be the first person to be vaccinated on that day. Later, the piloting will take place across several public hospitals. The vaccination campaign will begin in Dhaka and then will be introduced elsewhere gradually. Each vaccination team will have six members, two vaccinators and four volunteers the vaccinators will be assigned from the nurses or Sub-Assistant Community Medical O
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Published: 23 Jan 2021 11:07 PM BdST
Updated: 23 Jan 2021 11:10 PM BdST Two million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses sent by India as a gift are being unloaded to be preserved in the EPI storage in Tejgaon on Thursday, Jan 21, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Bangladesh’s anticipation for the coronavirus vaccine drive is about to end with the planned inoculation of a nurse at the Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka on Jan 27. );
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Another 24 individuals, including frontline health workers, freedom fighters, teachers, doctors and journalists, will also be vaccinated that day.
Health Secretary Abdul Mannan has said that five hospitals in Dhaka will begin an initial inoculation process of 400-500 people the following day and the nationwide vaccination programme will kick off on Feb 8.