Mass vaccination drive begins

Published: 07 Feb 2021 15:02 BdST Updated: 08 Feb 2021 10:02 BdST

The nationwide inoculation drive against the coronavirus has begun with hopes of spurring a quick recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As many as 1,015 hospitals and health centres across Bangladesh will administer the vaccine.
  • A nurse shows a vial of Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the vaccination centre of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on the first day of nationwide immunisation drive on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A nurse shows a vial of Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the vaccination centre of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on the first day of nationwide immunisation drive on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Health workers verify registration information before administering COVID vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on the first day of nationwide immunisation drive on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Health workers verify registration information before administering COVID vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on the first day of nationwide immunisation drive on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Iqbal Arslan, president of doctors’ group Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad, being administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka’s Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Iqbal Arslan, president of doctors’ group Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad, being administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka’s Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, president of Bangladesh Medical Association and a former MP, getting his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka’s Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, president of Bangladesh Medical Association and a former MP, getting his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dhaka’s Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman receives a vaccine shot against the coronavirus at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman receives a vaccine shot against the coronavirus at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on the first day of the nationwide inoculation drive, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque receives a vaccine shot at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on the first day of the nationwide inoculation campaign against the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Kamal Hossain Talukder

    Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque receives a vaccine shot at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on the first day of the nationwide inoculation campaign against the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Kamal Hossain Talukder

  • Health Minister Zahid Maleque receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at Dhaka's Gastro Liver Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Health Minister Zahid Maleque receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at Dhaka's Gastro Liver Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Health Minister Zahid Maleque receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at Dhaka's Gastro Liver Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Health Minister Zahid Maleque receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at Dhaka's Gastro Liver Hospital on Sunday, Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • 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. Photo: Kamal Hossain Talukder

    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. Photo: Kamal Hossain Talukder

 

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