Over 20,000 people register for Covid-19 vaccine

More than 20,000 people have registered for Covid-19 vaccine, said Prof Dr Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS).

The health workers at the field-level are ready to take forward vaccination programme. They will help people those who are unable to register online for vaccine, he said.

Prof Khurshid Alam made the disclosure while talking to journalists after a virtual meeting with district civil surgeons, upazila health officers and directors of the medical colleges of the country on Monday morning.

Mentioning that the DGHS asked the health workers not to leave workplaces till February 10 except any emergency, he said instruction has been issued so that the vaccination programme is not interrupted in any way.

It is noted that the vaccination programme began first in the country on January 27. The programme will continue across the country from February 7.