Korea provides 95,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to Bangladesh
As part of the humanitarian assistance efforts, the Government of South Korea has provided 95,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to the Government of Bangladesh.
Worth $800,000, the consignment of antigen test kits from SD BIOSENSOR, a leading test kit manufacturer in the Republic of Korea, was officially received by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on March 4, said the Korean Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday
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The test kits were since distributed and deployed by DGHS to several test centers across the country including Army Central Medical Hospital, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Hospital, and Dhaka Medical College.
Top health official Prof Nasima Sultana, who was inoculated on Wednesday, said she was feeling very well and had been working as usual at office and home.
The additional director general of the health directorate was one of the 26 people who took the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shot on the first day of the piloting. I volunteered to take the vaccine, hoping to dispel the misconception about vaccination, she told The Daily Star.
The government conducted the two-day piloting of the vaccine before launching the mass inoculation on February 7.
Officials said none of the 567 people, who volunteered to take the shots, have shown any adverse impacts so far. They would be observed for seven days.
Frontliners lead from the front
Several ministers also take first jabs as pilot vaccination ends
Maintaining physical distancing, doctors, nurses and other employees of Mugda Medical College and Hospital wait in queues on the hospital’s third floor to collect registration forms for Covid-19 vaccination. Sixty people were given the jabs at the hospital yesterday, the last day of the two-day piloting of inoculation against the coronavirus. Photo: Anisur Rahman Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The two-day piloting of inoculation against Covid-19 ended at five public hospitals in the capital yesterday.
Of the 541 people who got the vaccine shots yesterday, 296 were doctors, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
PM opens nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign
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DHAKA, Jan 27, 2021 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today opened the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign with a nurse and four other government officials being first recipients of the shots as frontline workers.
Kurmitola General Hospital (KGH) nurse Runu Veronica Costa became the first to receive the shot, virtually witnessed by the premier from her Ganabhaban official residence as Covid-19 inoculate consignments started reaching Bangladesh.
“You are not frightened, are you?” Sheikh Hasina said as a medical official prepared to inject her the inoculate at the state-run health facility which was one of the first designated COVID hospitals in the country.
Covid-19 vaccination programme, online registration to be inaugurated on Jan 27
Vials with a sticker reading, COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken on October 31, 2020. Reuters file photo Star Online Report Star Online Report
The inaugural session for Covid-19 vaccination will be held at 3:30pm on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the event virtually.
Some 25 people will be vaccinated at the event. Honourable Prime Minister will inaugurate the event. She will also inaugurate the online registration process for vaccination at the same event, Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the health directorate, told The Daily Star.