Health workers in Bangladesh will not be able to leave their workplaces until February 10 as the government is set to roll out its nationwide vaccination campaign, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday.
The government has cancelled the leave of health workers as it is getting ready to launch its nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign next week, said DGHS DG Dr ABM Khurshid Alam Khurshid Alam said.
Speaking with civil surgeons, upazila health officers and directors of medical college hospitals at an online meeting, the DG, however, said the vaccination campaign would remain closed on public holidays.”More than 20,000 people have already got registered online to get the Covid-19 shots and spot registration facilities will be arranged for those who failed to get registered online,” he said.
DGHS Additional Director General Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora said 4 lakh doses of the vaccine were allotted for Dhaka district.
