State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak received a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the capital on Thursday.
Palak went live on Facebook after receiving the vaccine and encouraged others to get the shots. "I'm feeling well and having no problem," he said.
Earlier, around 9am, authorities kicked off the pilot Covid-19 vaccination programme in five hospitals of the capital city. BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua received the first shot of the day at the BSMMU in the morning.
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.
