Busy second day of Covid-19 vaccination at Korail slum
Health officials register names of Korail slum residents for Covid-19 shots at a vaccination centre at the slum in Dhaka on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Focus Bangla
Tribune Report
Publish : 17 Nov 2021, 06:30 PMUpdate : 17 Nov 2021, 06:35 PM
Residents of Korail slum continued to show enthusiasm for the Covid-19 vaccine on the second day of the vaccine campaign in the area on Wednesday.
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) were prepared to vaccinate 15,000 people on Tuesday and 20,000 people on the second day. However, the vaccine was being provided as per demand.
“The center is open from 9am to 5pm, but we have been instructed that if there is a high demand, it will remain open until 6.30 pm. There are 125 health staff and volunteers working in 25 booths,” Brig Gen Md Zobaidur Rahman, chief health officer of the DNCC, told Dhaka Tribune.
"Nobody returned home without getting vaccinated on the first day. On the second day of our campaign, we aim to vaccinate 20,000 people in this slum. Rest depends on how many people come to get vaccinated,” he added.
On the second day, it was seen that the slum residents were patiently standing in lines with photocopies of their NID cards. People without NID cards were getting vaccinated with copies of their birth certificates.
Nahar Begum, a resident of the slum, said: “My vegetable shop is in the market of the slum. It was not possible for me to leave the store and go to another location to get vaccinated, as it is a long process. Now, I am happy to be able to get the vaccine near my home.”
Yasmin, another resident of the slum, said: "I work in a shoe factory, so I have to work with many people. I would not have been able to get vaccinated so easily had this activity not started in our slum.”
MD Mahmudul Hasan Munna, technical project assistant at Bangladesh Red Crescent’s Covid-19 Vaccination Program, said the vaccine campaign may be extended if the people continue to respond positively..
Md Zobaidur Rahman said the campaign would be conducted on Fridays and Saturdays as well.
The DNCC initiated the vaccination program in Korail slum on Tuesday. A total of 6,321 people were vaccinated with Covid-19 on the inaugural day.
According to DNCC health department sources, vaccination activities will continue until at least 80% of the slum dwellers are vaccinated against Covid-19.
Busy second day of Covid-19 vaccination at Korail slum
Residents of Korail slum continued to show enthusiasm for the Covid-19 vaccine on the second day of the vaccine campaign in the area on Wednesday.
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) were prepared to vaccinate 15,000 people on Tuesday and 20,000 people on the second day. However, the vaccine was being provided as per demand.
“The center is open from 9am to 5pm, but we have been instructed that if there is a high demand, it will remain open until 6.30 pm. There are 125 health staff and volunteers working in 25 booths,” Brig Gen Md Zobaidur Rahman, chief health officer of the DNCC, told Dhaka Tribune.
"Nobody returned home without getting vaccinated on the first day. On the second day of our campaign, we aim to vaccinate 20,000 people in this slum. Rest depends on how many people come to get vaccinated,” he added.
On the second day, it was seen that the slum residents were patiently standing in lines with photocopies of their NID cards. People without NID cards were getting vaccinated with copies of their birth certificates.
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Nahar Begum, a resident of the slum, said: “My vegetable shop is in the market of the slum. It was not possible for me to leave the store and go to another location to get vaccinated, as it is a long process. Now, I am happy to be able to get the vaccine near my home.”
Yasmin, another resident of the slum, said: "I work in a shoe factory, so I have to work with many people. I would not have been able to get vaccinated so easily had this activity not started in our slum.”
MD Mahmudul Hasan Munna, technical project assistant at Bangladesh Red Crescent’s Covid-19 Vaccination Program, said the vaccine campaign may be extended if the people continue to respond positively..
Md Zobaidur Rahman said the campaign would be conducted on Fridays and Saturdays as well.
The DNCC initiated the vaccination program in Korail slum on Tuesday. A total of 6,321 people were vaccinated with Covid-19 on the inaugural day.
According to DNCC health department sources, vaccination activities will continue until at least 80% of the slum dwellers are vaccinated against Covid-19.