Bangladesh national team cricketers and coaching staff members started taking the Covid-19 vaccination at Kurmitola General Hospital Thursday.
The vaccination programs for national team players and coaching staffs began Thursday morning and opener Soumya Sarkar was the first player who took the dose of vaccine.
Then ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal received the vaccine and later Taskin Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, head coach Russell Domingo, pace bowling coach Ottis Gibson and others also came at the hospital for the vaccination.
According to source, 28 members, including players and coaching staffs, will take the vaccine Thursday.
The remainder will receive the vaccine Friday.
Soumya Sarkar was the first among the Bangladesh national team players to take the vaccine Courtesy
If anyone is unwilling to take the vaccine, then he has the option to do so.
"The thing about vaccination is that if you know how helpful it is for you, then I think your fear will be reduced. I will not deny that I was afraid. When the first approach was made, I was not sure whether to take it or not. But after talking to the BCB and when many people suggested that it is normal to have syndromes, it seemed to me that I could take it," said Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal to the media after getting vaccinated.
Bangladesh will fly to New Zealand Tuesday to play the three-match ODI series and three-T20 series.
They will follow a 14-day quarantine before the first ODI on March 20 in Dunedin.
