The government has signed a new vaccine procurement deal worth Tk10.5 crore with the World Health Organization (WHO) in an effort to ensure Covid-19 vaccine for all, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Sunday.
The minister was speaking at a program organized by Manikganj Sadar upazila Jubo League in Manikganj to observe the National Mourning Day marking the August 15, 1975 massacre.
In another virtual program on Sunday, the minister said that doctors are doing their duties properly amid the Covid-19 situation and his ministry is just assisting them.
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“Even in this situation the country’s growth rate is within 6 which means Covid-19 situation here is still under our control”, said the minister.
Many developed countries have failed in controlling the Covid-19 crisis as people died on roads but Bangladesh did not witness that scenario, he said.
He said educational institutions will be reopened soon after all students and teachers get Covid-19 jabs.
