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Over 500 vaccinated on second day No report of side effects The New Nation
Saff Reporter :
A total of 541 people were vaccinated on the 2nd day of the vaccination programme in the capital.
Among the vaccine recipients, most were health care professionals.
They were vaccinated from the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda General Hospital and Kuwait Maitree Hospital.
Dr. Kanak Kanti Barua, Vice Chancellor (VC) of BSMMU, has taken the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. It is my social and personal responsibility at this. People will get confidence and courage, said the VC after receiving jab.
Vaccine being sent across country
567 vaccinated people under 7-day observation
29th January, 2021 10:35:43
A total of 567 people who received their first doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine have been kept under observation for seven days before the start of a countrywide vaccination on February 7.
“We’ll observe the vaccine recipients of pilot vaccination for seven days and will start a nationwide vaccination programme on February 7,” Dr Md. Shamsul Haque, line director (MNC & AH) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told the Daily Sun on Friday.
Some 26 front liners received Covishield vaccine in Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the vaccination programme. And 541 others received the vaccine in five hospitals in the capital on Thursday under a pilot programme of the vaccination.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 28 Jan 2021 01:01 PM BdST
Updated: 28 Jan 2021 08:30 PM BdST Dhaka’s Mugda General Hospital has set up four booths for the COVID-19 vaccination drive. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Dhaka’s Mugda General Hospital has set up four booths for the COVID-19 vaccination drive. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove The waiting room for those who will take coronavirus vaccine at Dhaka’s Mugda General Hospital. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
As many as 541 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in five hospitals in Dhaka on Thursday after 26 people were inoculated on the first day of the mass immunisation campaign in Bangladesh.
Obaidur Masum, Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 28 Jan 2021 07:47 PM BdST
Updated: 29 Jan 2021 12:27 AM BdST State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak became the first lawmaker in the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, or BSMMU, on Jan 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Health Minister Zahid Maleque speaks to the media during his visit to a booth to oversee the immunisation campaign at BSMMU on Jan 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Dr Ainun Nahar Rabeya Diba, a physician of BSMMU, receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the hospital on Jan 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak speaks to the media after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot at BSMMU on Jan 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove