Authorities have started the pilot Covid-19 vaccination programme in five hospitals of the capital city on Thursday ahead of rolling out the campaign on February 8 across the country for selected priority groups.
The vaccination programme started at 9am on Thursday.
The five hospitals are - Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda General Hospital, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.
BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua received the first shot at BSMMU Hospital on Thursday.
Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the vaccination campaign at Kurmitola General Hospital through videoconferencing from her official residence Ganabhaban on Wednesday afternoon.
A group of 26 frontline fighters, including Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Additional Director General Nasima Sultana, were injected with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses after the inauguration on Wednesday.
