Nationwide Covid-19 vaccination begins Sunday, 2,400 teams to assist
Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan along with his wife will also get vaccinated at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in the capital on Sunday
A total of 2,400 teams of health workers will serve people with vaccines as the country is set to start a mass inoculation drive on Sunday.
In Dhaka, 204 teams have been deployed in 50 hospitals while 2,196 more teams will work in various vaccination centres in other districts.
Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) ABM Khurshid Alam came up with the remark at a press briefing on Saturday.
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Some 3,28,013 people have so far been registered for vaccines till Saturday noon. They will receive text messages about the date and centre for vaccination by tonight. If anybody misses the date, they would be able to get their doses later on any other day.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque will inaugurate the countrywide vaccination drive by receiving vaccine shot at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Institute & Hospital in the capital's Mohakhali area at 10am Sunday.
Besides, Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain along with his wife will get vaccinated at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in the capital on the same day.
