Uniindia: Dhaka, Mar 4 (UNI) Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Thursday to prepare the ground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh s independence.
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Published: 10 Feb 2021 09:41 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Feb 2021 09:41 PM BdST
Foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka have taken satisfaction in the COVID-19 immunisation drive of Bangladesh after being vaccinated. );
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The government launched the initiative to vaccinate all foreign diplomats and foreign staff members of international organisations at Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Wednesday.
“I feel perfect, I have to say. Great, great! And it wasn’t painful at all,” Ambassador and Head of Delegation of European Union Rensje Teerink said after being administered the COVISHIELD vaccine.
Around 30 foreign diplomats and their spouses were inoculated on the first day of the campaign, which began four days after the government started the mass immunisation drive.
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The government has launched COVID-19 vaccination of the Dhaka-based foreign diplomats. );
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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam inaugurated the campaign at Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital at Mohakhali on Wednesday.
“We have taken this initiative to immunise diplomats from all countries stationed in Bangladesh. Over 30 diplomats are taking vaccines today and around 1,200 of them will take the vaccines gradually,” the state minister said.
He said the foreign ministry will designate two or three days a week for immunising diplomats at the hospital.
The ministry has asked all international organisations to submit lists of their foreign staffers and they will also get the doses at the hospital.