Buses allowed in Dhaka, districts due to pressure from various quarters: Health minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque. File photo
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Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said buses were allowed to resume operation within Dhaka and districts due to pressure from various quarters. Train and launch services remain suspended as the ongoing restrictions have been extended ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. However, public transports have been allowed to operate inside the capital and the districts due to pressure from various quarters, the minister said while addressing a virtual discussion today.
Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA) organised the discussion on oxygen crisis and ways to overcome the second wave of Covid-19 outbreak.
Deal with Russia soon over Covid vaccine: Health Minister
UNB
6th May, 2021 04:03:50
Reaffirming that the government is making all-out efforts to collect Covid-19 vaccines from different sources, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said they are now at the stage of signing a deal with Russia to procure Sputnik-V vaccine.
Speaking at a virtual discussion arranged by Bangladesh Private Medical College Association, he said they are also trying to procure the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from other countries besides India.
“We’ve been using the AstraZeneca vaccine as we had placed an order for 3 crore doses of it. We’ve got only 70 lakh jabs in addition to 30 lakh that came as a gift…but now we don’t have that much vaccine in our stock and whatever is left will be given as the second dose,” the minister said
Deal with Russia soon over Covid vaccine: Health Minister United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, May 6 Reaffirming that the government is making all-out efforts to collect Covid-19 vaccines from different sources, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said they are now at the stage of signing a deal with Russia to procure Sputnik-V vaccine.
Speaking at a virtual discussion arranged by Bangladesh Private Medical College Association, he said they are also trying to procure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from other countries besides India. We ve been using the AstraZeneca vaccine as we had placed an order for 3 crore doses of it. We ve got only 70 lakh jabs in addition to 30 lakh that came as a gift.but now we don t have that much vaccine in our stock and whatever is left will be given as the second dose, the minister said
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