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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’.”