Corona vaccination started today all over the country including the capital

News Desk: Corona vaccination program is starting simultaneously from today (February 8) across the country including the capital. As of noon on Saturday (February 8), 327,000 people have registered to take the vaccine through the security app.

The concerned department has already completed the overall preparations to make the program a success. Health Minister Zahid Malek will inaugurate the vaccination program at Sheikh Russell National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital at 10 am today. Then he will vaccinate himself.

Besides, the Chief Justice, Home Minister, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Secretary will be vaccinated at different hospitals in the capital at different times of the day. The first pilot immunization program in the country started on 27 January.

Runu Veronica Costa, a senior staff nurse at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital, received the first vaccination on the same day. Hundreds of people were vaccinated in the first phase. The government is going to start the 'mass vaccination' program from today. A total of 1,005 government hospitals, maternity homes and clinics will be vaccinated, including 50 in the two city corporations of the capital Dhaka and 955 at the divisional, district and upazila levels.

2,400 teams across the country, including 204 teams in the capital Dhaka, will work for vaccination. Each team will have six members, including two health workers and four volunteers. The target of each team is to vaccinate 150 people daily. Vaccination will be given from 8 am to 2.30 pm.

At a press conference held at the Department of Health on Saturday afternoon, it was said that the Department of Health's preparation for corona vaccination is of 'A' standard. As of noon on Saturday, 3 lakh 26 thousand people have registered for vaccination.

The first step is to get: In the first step, people in 15 categories will get priority in getting vaccinated. Among them are public and private doctors, nurses and health workers, people above 55 years of age, members of law enforcement, members of the armed forces, judiciary, ministries, secretariat, district administration, top officials of upazila administration, media workers, elected representatives, education workers. , Bank-insurance workers, heroic freedom fighters, government and autonomous electricity-water-gas and firefighters, NGO workers, burial and funeral workers, city corporations and other risky people in the municipality.

Vaccination is requested in a short time after completion of registration. This arrangement will only apply to February 8. Later important people including ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers and secretaries will be able to get vaccinated at the hospital of their choice.

List of hospitals designated by the Ministry for vaccination on February 7:

BSMMU: Constitutional office bearers, officials and teachers of Dhaka University.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital: Ministry of Industries, Ministry of Agriculture.

Central Police Hospital, Rajarbagh: Public Security Department.

Peelkhana BGB Hospital: Department of Security Services.

Combined Military Hospital Dhaka, Combined Military Hospital, Mirpur and Postagola: Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Division.

Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital: Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Livestock.

Government Employees Hospital: Ministry of Public Administration, Department of Banks and Financial Institutions.

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital: Department of Finance, Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare.

Mugda Medical College Hospital: Ministry and Ministry of Liberation War Affairs.

National Heart Institute and Hospital: Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Textiles and Jute.

National Chest Diseases Institute and Hospital: Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges.

National Kidney Institute and Hospital: Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives.

National Institute of Mental Health: Ministry of Planning and Economic Relations.

National Institute of Ophthalmology: Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Ministry of Culture.

Orthopedic Hospitals and Rehabilitation Institutions: Ministry of Education and Land.

Sheikh Russell Gastroliver Institute and Hospital: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospitals: Ministry of Change and Ministry of Information.

National Nose-Ear-Throat Institute, Dhaka: Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and Ministry of Housing and Public Works.

Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery: Cabinet Division and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.

National Cancer Research Institute and Hospital: Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.

National Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention Center Agargaon: Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.

Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat Clinic: Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

Mohammadpur Fertility Center: Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Azimpur Maternal and Child Hospital: Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment.

250-bed TB Hospital, Shyamoli: Ministry of Food.

Infectious Diseases Hospital Dhaka: Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.

Kurmitola General Hospital Dhaka: Office of the Prime Minister and Department of Internal Resources.

Dhaka Metropolitan Children's Hospital Lalbagh: Ministry of Shipping.

Nazira Bazar Matri Sadan: Ministry of Labor and Employment.

Dhaka Dental College Mirpur: Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Dhaka Children's Hospital Shyamoli Dhaka: Ministry of Railways and National Board of Revenue.