Published on 01:20 PM, January 23, 2021

PM to launch Covid-19 vaccination at Dhaka's Kurmitola General Hospital on Jan 27

Nurse to receive first shot, says health services secretary

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken on October 31, 2020. Reuters file photo

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Covid-19 vaccination rollout virtually at the Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday.

A nurse of the hospital will be the first person to be vaccinated that day, Secretary of the health services division of the health ministry, Abdul Mannan, said this while visiting National Institute of Kidney Disease and Urology today.

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