Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (Aug 23) directed the authorities concerned to take a separate programme to bring the industrial workers and their family members under the Covid-19 vaccination coverage as soon as possible.
She also ordered to consider for reducing the existing two-month duration between two doses of inoculation.
The premier made these directives at the weekly cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat. She chaired the meeting joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam briefed the media at the Secretariat about the outcome of the meeting.
“A special discussion was held over the industrial workers (in the meeting)... Since Bangladesh would get six crore more doses of vaccine from Sinopharm as per an agreement signed by the Health Ministry, the prime minister gave an instruction to vaccinate the workers quickly,” said the Cabinet Secretary.
Mentioning that the PM would herself oversee the matter, Anwarul Islam said, “She (the premier) has given instruction to vaccinate not only the workers but also their family members.”
He said the PM also directed the relevant authorities to consider the matter whether it would be possible to shorten the existing two-month duration between two doses of inoculation on the basis of recommendation of the national technical advisory committee on Covid-19.
