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Traffic congestions on Mirpur road on August 3, 2021. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Health ministry has distanced itself from the comment made by Liberation War Affairs Minister yesterday.
The statement saying that the government will not allow anyone who is unvaccinated aged 18 or above on the streets from August 11 was not issued from the health ministry, said a press release. Health Minister Zahid Maleque said no such decision or proposal was given anywhere on behalf of the ministry, read the statement sent by Maidul Islam Prodhan, public relations officer of the health ministry.
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Published: 04 Aug 2021 02:33 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Aug 2021 02:33 PM BdST Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq speaks at an event at the National Press Club to commemorate the ‘Day of Massacre of Freedom Fighters’ on Nov 7. File Photo
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has retracted his previous claims that travel by unvaccinated adults after the end of lockdown would be deemed to be a “punishable offence”. );
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“All citizens above the age of 18 will eventually get the vaccine,” the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday.
“But Minister of Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Haque is withdrawing the portion of his statement that the media reported that ‘after Aug 11, travelling by an unvaccinated adult would be considered a punishable offence’.”
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Published: 04 Aug 2021 12:03 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Aug 2021 12:03 PM BdST A man receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Jul 1, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says it has not recommended that travels by adults after Aug 11 without receiving the COVID vaccine be treated as a ‘punishable offence’, contrary to the words of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque. );
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The clarification was part of a notice sent out by the health ministry’s Senior Information Officer Maidul Islam to media outlets on Wednesday.
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