Health Minister Zahid Maleque launched the drive virtually at Mohakhali health centre at 10 am on Sunday. Education Minister Dipu Moni, Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Jahangir Alam and former food minister Qamrul Islam joined the health minister via video conference at the health directorate during the inauguration of vaccination drive. A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive against the coronavirus, Feb 7, 2021. Bangladesh is using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which has been manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2021 05:37 UTC