Nationwide vaccination programme begins Feb 8
Registration of vaccine seekers from Jan 27
Mohammad Al Amin
21st January, 2021 11:16:16
Bangladesh will start the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination programme on February 8 as a consignment of two million doses of the jab arrived in the country from India on Thursday as a gift from the neighbouring country.
Before launching the nationwide inoculation drive, a dry run will be held and it will begin on January 27/28, said sources at the Health and Family Welfare Ministry.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will also inaugurate the National Vaccination Programme against Covid-19 either on January 27 or 28, the sources said.
Contacted, Health Services Division Secretary Md Abdul Mannan on Thursday said they will be sure today when the prime minister will open the drive.
Gift from India: 2m doses of Covid-19 vaccine to reach Dhaka Thursday
Sun Online Desk
20th January, 2021 02:08:08
Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to be sent by India as a gift to Bangladesh will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon, instead of Wednesday.
Health Secretary Md Abdul Mannan disclosed the information at a media briefing on Wednesday.
A special Air India flight carrying the consignment of free vaccine doses will land in Dhaka 1.30pm.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque will receive the vaccines while Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami and other government officials will attend the event, he said.
Man killed after pick-up van hits him in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area Star Online Report Star Online Report
A man was killed after a pick-up van hit him in Dhaka s Kamrangirchar Beribandh area this morning.
The identity of the deceased, aged around 50, could not be known immediately.
The man was crossing the road when a pick-up van hit him around 7am, leaving him critically injured. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by one Rakib Hossain and on duty doctors declared him dead, inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said.
Rakib initially claimed he was walking on the road at the time of the incident but police came to know that he was the pick-up van driver, Bachchu said adding they detained him for interrogation.
Gift from India: 20 lakh vaccine doses arrive today
Photo: Moudud Ahmmed Sujan Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
India s gift of 20 lakh doses of Covishield is likely to arrive in Bangladesh today.
Besides, the first shipment of the doses bought by Bangladesh is scheduled to arrive on January 25, Health Secretary Abdul Mannan told a press conference at the Prime Minister s Office yesterday.
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd Managing Director Nazmul Hassan Papon told The Daily Star that details of the flight schedule will be known by today.
Bangladesh purchased three crore doses of Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and drugmaker AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India.