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A health worker administers coronavirus vaccine on a person at Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka on the first day of vaccination programme on Wednesday. Sourav Lasker
Runu Veronica Costa, a nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital, received the first vaccine in Bangladesh as the country began the vaccination drive against COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the vaccination drive connecting virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban with the vaccination event at the hospital in the city at about 4:05pm.
‘I am glad that we have succeeded in getting the vaccines and I hope we could protect our people from COVID-19 through vaccination,’ said Hasina as she officially inaugurated the vaccination.