State Minister for Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak was the first MP to be vaccinated. He took the vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital on Thursday morning. After receiving the vaccine, State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak said that various propaganda and rumors about the vaccine were being spread on social media.

Proving these rumors wrong, I took the first vaccination as a Member of Parliament and a member of the Council of Ministers. I'm fine, no problem. You should also get vaccinated. Earlier today at 9 am, BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Kanak Kanti Barua. Hundreds of members of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society are volunteering to organize the vaccination program at the center. On the second day of the corona vaccination program, vaccinations are being given in five hospitals in the capital today.

Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the corona vaccination program in the country at 3:30 pm on Wednesday. Five people were vaccinated at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital with the inauguration of the Prime Minister.

Runu Berunika Costa, a nurse at Kurmitola Hospital, was the first to receive the vaccine. In addition to Runu, Dr. Ahmed Lutful Moben, Additional Director General of the Health Department, Professor Nasima Sultana, Motijheel Division Officer Didarul Islam and Brigadier General M Imran Hamid were also vaccinated. In all, a total of 26 people from different walks of life were vaccinated at Kurmitola General Hospital.