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Bangladesh is set to kick off its vaccination against covid-19 from today 27th January . Five hospitals in the Captital city Dhaka will begin the inoculation process on January 27 while the nationwide vaccination programme will kick off on February 7, according to Health Secretary Abdul Mannan.
Around 400-500 people will get the vaccine shots first. They will be kept under observation for a week before countrywide vaccination campaign begins on Feb 7.
On Tuesday, the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) cleared Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use after testing samples of the 5 million doses brought from India on Monday.
Bangladesh approved the emergency use of this vaccine on 7 Jan. It inked a deal with the Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd last month for procuring 30 million doses of the vaccine between January and June (five million doses each month). The country received 2 million doses of vaccine as 'gift' from India last week.
People will be vaccinated in accordance to priority list of the National
COVID-19 Vaccination and Action Plan. The priority persons are
public-private health workers, freedom fighters, members of the defence
and law enforcement agencies, essential government officials, elected
representatives, media persons, city corporation and pourashava
employees, religious representatives, burial undertakers, emergency
service personnel and the individuals working at the airports,
government offices and banks.
Persons interested in registering for the COVID-19 vaccination, will have to register online at the Surokkha web portal (www.surokkha.gov.bd). The mobile app for registration purposes also will be launched shortly.
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