Today is our happy day," said Health Minister Zahid Malek after being vaccinated against the coronavirus. I was waiting for this day. Vaccination should not be a rumor.
The minister said the fight against coronavirus started after the first patient was identified on March 6 last year. We start various activities. There have been many criticisms about our activities. We have worked beyond criticism. Today Bangladesh is better than many countries. Our way of life is normal.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Health Minister Zahid Malek inaugurated the virtual immunization program at Mohakhali Health Building. Education Minister Dipu Moni, Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Jahangir Alam and former Food Minister Kamrul Islam spoke in a video conference with the Health Minister during the inauguration of immunization across the country in the conference room of the Health Department.
Later, the health minister was vaccinated at Sheikh Russell Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Mohakhali. At that time, a few other ministers and high-ranking officials were vaccinated here.
Zahid Malek claims that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is the "best" vaccine ever made. This vaccine is being given in Bangladesh.
More vaccines will come from Kovacs, he said. Vaccination activities will continue throughout the year. We want the countrymen to return to normal life. I don't want any criticism about the vaccine. The vaccine is being given to save the lives of the people. We are taking it ourselves, many important people of the country are getting vaccinated, the common people are being encouraged to see them.
Zahid Malek said the country has one more month to complete one year of coronavirus infection. Coronavirus infection has already been brought under control. Yesterday the infection rate was just over 2 percent. According to the protocol of the World Health Organization, if this trend continues, the infection can be said to be under control.
That's why we've reached our goal," he added. We hope the coronavirus will go away. We will give the final blow through the ticker.
Vaccination activities started from 9 am all over the country. The health minister joined civil surgeons and deputy commissioners across the country online at the inauguration ceremony of the vaccination program in the morning. He became aware of the immunization activities and gave necessary instructions.
He said there is an app for vaccination. However, if there is a problem with the app, the ticker can also be registered at the Union Information Center.
After the Health Minister, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak, Science and Technology Minister Yafes Osman, Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute Coordinator Professor Samantlal Sen and other high-ranking personalities from different fields took coronary vaccine from Sheikh Russell Gastroliver Institute and Hospital Center.
