Khulna ready for vaccination drive to begin
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Khulna ready for vaccination drive to begin

Mayor to take first shot
Khulna ready for vaccination drive to begin


The Covid-19 vaccination campaign gets underway nationwide from Sunday,  including the 40 centres of Khulna district, with 13 in the metropolitan area and 3 centres in each of nine upazilas. Khulna City Corporation mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque will inaugurate the vaccine campaign by taking the first shot at the Khulna Medical College centre around 10 am.

Aiming at a successful vaccination campaign in the district, Khulna Deputy Commissioner Helal Hossain held a press briefing to inform the public of details on Saturday.

Also read: Vaccination in Bangladesh: DGHS says 74,000 get registered

Khulna DC briefed that 168,000 shots of the vaccine have been allotted for Khulna district on a primary basis. Some 48,960 doses are for the city corporation area. Already all the centres have received the allotted amount of vaccine shots.

“For the metropolitan vaccination centers, 29 teams and for the upazilas, 27 teams have been trained. Two vaccinators and four volunteers will work in each team,” informed DC Helal.

Also read: Vaccination drive in Bangladesh: Health workers’ leave cancelled till Feb 10

The vaccination campaign will remain open from 8am to 4 pm each day and each centre will aim to disburse 150 shots  per day.

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