Government decides mode of mass vaccination at the union level



Shahjahan Molla, Senior Correspondent, Barta24.com
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The government plans to launch a massive vaccination campaign to deal with the corona situation. Vaccines will be distributed from the union level across the country from Saturday, August 7. Preference will be given to men and women above 50 years. The government has set a target of providing one crore doses of vaccine in the first week of the vaccination program. For this, plans have been taken at the level of each city corporation, pourashava, upazilla and union.

Under this scheme, vaccination will be provided 4 days a week in villages, 6 days a week in city corporations and 4 days a week in pourashavas. Vaccination will be conducted in the form of campaigns by the skilled manpower of existing EPIs across the country. At the union level, women over 50, men with their National Identity Card (NID) will actually be vaccinated. No prior registration is required. In addition, the security web portal / app will have ward based registration system in all city corporations, municipalities and rural areas.

The government's plan for the mass immunization program and the overall picture of the vaccine stockpile and delivery till 5:30 pm on July 25 is presented here:

Covid-19 vaccination plan: 1 crore people will be vaccinated in the first week by conducting vaccination activities in the form of campaigns across the country. The probable start time of the campaign is from August 7 August to August 12. Simultaneous vaccination activities will be started in urban and rural areas. Sinopharm vaccine will be provided in modern urban and rural areas. The first dose will be given while preserving the second dose of each vaccine.

Campaign Strategy: A meeting will be organized between the Health Minister and the Mayors of the City Corporations. Vaccination will be conducted in the form of campaigns by the skilled manpower of existing EPIs across the country. Vaccination sessions will be conducted according to the existing sub blocks at the upazilla level. Vaccination will be conducted in the form of campaign through excel sheet based registration and vaccination card will be issued. Ward based registration should be arranged in all city corporations, municipalities and rural areas in Surakkha web portal / apps.

The 6-day Covid 19 vaccination plan for the mass vaccination program starting from August 7:

There will be 13,800 wards in rural areas, with one team for vaccination in each ward. Vaccines will be given 4 days a week in villages, 7 days in city corporations and 4 days in pourashavas. A total of 433 wards of the city corporation, each ward will have 3 vaccination teams. The municipality will have a total of 1,054 ward vaccination teams in each ward.

Each ward of the city corporation will have a vaccination team at one permanent and two temporary centers. Upazilla and pourashavas will have one vaccination team in each ward. Covid-19 vaccination will be given for 4 days in upazillas and pourashavas.

Vaccine Documentary:

How many vaccines are in stock and how many doses have been given till 5:30 pm on July 25? A total of 1 crore 4 lakh 45 thousand 200 doses of Covishield / AstraZeneca were found. Of this, 1 crore 2 lakh doses have been used. At present there are 2 lakh 45 thousand 200 doses centrally are in stock. Pfizer 1 lakh 620 doses were found, of which 1 lakh 620 doses were provided. There is no stock in the center. Moderna 55 lakh doses have been received, 8 lakh 50 thousand doses have been supplied, centrally stock has 48 lakh 50 thousand. Sinopharm 51 lakh doses were found, 51 lakh doses were supplied. The total stock of all vaccines is 48 lakh 95 thousand 200 doses centrally.

Documentary on vaccine delivery till July 25:

58 lakh 20 thousand 33 people took the first dose of AstraZeneca, 42 lakh 98 thousand 86 people took the second dose. A total of 1 crore 1 lakh 17 thousand 119 doses of AstraZeneca have been given. There are currently no AstraZeneca vaccines available in the field. The first dose of Sinopharm has been given as 1 lakh 53 thousand 588 doses. 7 thousand 591 people took the second dose. A total of 1 lakh 61 thousand 179 doses have been given. There are 49 lakh 37 thousand 721 doses in stock at the field level. Pfizer vaccine was given as the first dose to 50,223 people. The second dose was given to 28 people. A total of 50,511 doses of vaccine have been provided. Field stock of Pfizer is 50 thousand 109 doses. Moderna was given as the first dose to 3 lakh 63 thousand 904 people. The second dose was not given. 4 lakh 6 thousand 198 doses is in stock at the field level. The total stock of all vaccines in the field at present is 54 lakh 75 thousand 126 doses.

   

Dhaka is the sixth most polluted city in the world, Seoul is on top



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Today, Dhaka is sixth in the list of the most polluted cities in the world. The air quality of the capital has become 'unhealthy' with an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 172 at 6:50 am today.

South Korea's capital Seoul topped the air quality index with 343. South Korea's Incheon, Pakistan's Lahore, Vietnam's Chiang Mai and India's Delhi occupy the second, third, fourth and fifth places in the list with AQI scores of 217, 187, 179 and 177 respectively.

An AQI score between 101 and 200 is considered 'unhealthy' for sensitive groups. An AQI score between 201 and 300 is considered 'very unhealthy'. And an AQI between 301 and 400 is considered 'hazardous', posing a serious health risk to residents.

AQI in Bangladesh is determined based on 5 parameters of pollution, namely - Particulate Matter (PM10 & PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone (O3).

Dhaka has been suffering from air pollution for a long time. Its air quality generally becomes unhealthy during winters and improves slightly during monsoons.

In March 2019, a report by the Department of Environment and the World Bank stated that the three main causes of Dhaka's air pollution are brick kilns, smoke from vehicles and dust from construction activities.

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Taka 400 crores laundered through digital Hundi, controlled by Dubai



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Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested 5 people for allegedly laundering around Tk. 400 crore abroad through Digital Hundi using Mobile Banking Service (MFS).

CID Chief Additional IGP Mohammad Ali Mia informed this in a press conference at CID headquarters on Thursday (March 28) afternoon.

The arrested are - Nasim Ahmed (62), the owner of Tasmia Associates, Fazle Rabbi Sumon (32), the territory sales manager of Agent SIM, Md. Kamruzzaman (33), Zahir Uddin (37), representative of Jet Robotics Apps Bangladesh and Khairul Islam alias Pius (34).

Additional IGP Mohammad Ali Mia said, a gang has smuggled around Tk. 400 crore abroad through digital Hundi using mobile banking services. Five members of this gang were arrested during the operation.

He said that Tk. 400 crores illegally came to Bangladesh through Jet Robotics app in the last few months. Police traced the app through intelligence.

He also said that the money of this gang was transacted from the Chattogram based distribution house. Five members of the gang were arrested in separate raids in Dhaka and Chattogram on Wednesday night.

He said that Tk. 28 lakh 51 thousand cash was seized from them at the time of arrest. He said that they used to rent development agent SIMS and deliver money through them to the grassroots level.

The head of CID said that Mamun, the master of this gang lives in Dubai. He is using agent SIM here. This app used for smuggling cannot work outside 48 SIM along the specific link sent from Dubai. Only seven people can enter this app.

Referring to this as a modern form of Hundi business, he said, money is being circulated in the country through this app by blocking remittances coming to Bangladesh. Already we got 5-7 more such organizations who are working like this.

He said, in the last three months, Tk. 400 crores have been hindered from coming to Bangladesh through Jet Robotic Apps. Five people using these apps have been arrested and their devices seized.

He said, Chattogram's development distribution house Tasmia Associates company has 1000 Bkash Agent SIMs. These agent SIMs who are not performing well, the agent SIMs provide DSOs to the users of Jet Robotic Apps.

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Demand for punishment for those responsible for electrocution death in Moulvibazar



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The death of 6 members of the same family due to electrocution in Moulvibazar is very shocking and heartbreaking. The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Dr. Kamaluddin Ahmed said that the main responsible person and institution should be brought under accountability.

He made this comment at a discussion on 'Role of Media in Protection of Human Rights and Consumer Rights' organized by 'Business Digest' at a hotel in the capital on Thursday (March 28).

The Chairman of the Human Rights Commission said, after investigating the incident of Moulvibazar, appropriate legal action should be taken against those responsible and necessary measures should be taken to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. We could not do anything for one family, but we have to do for hundreds of such families.

He also said that the issue of rights is directly and indirectly the daily practice of the media. Media can question all the irregularities; make people aware of their rights and duties and play an important role in establishing rights. We can carry out reformative activities only in view of the news published in the media.

Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed called on the media workers to take all-out efforts to spread the necessary knowledge about the constitution, law and rights among the people.

At one stage of the discussion, he said about the recurrence of fires, we have not learned proper lessons from the big fires and explosions in Nimatli, Newmarket and Bangabazar in the past years. Had we taken effective measures, recurrence of fires could have been prevented.

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Suggestion to introduce Human Rights Wing in the Foreign Ministry



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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recommended setting up a new wing on human rights to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The suggestion was made at the parliamentary committee meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan on Thursday (March 28). After the meeting, this information was informed in a press release of the Parliament Secretariat.

The meeting recommended taking necessary steps to recognize March 25 as International Genocide Day. A proposal was made in the meeting to visit the Rohingya camps Kutupalong and Bhasanchar with the members of the Standing Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chairman of the committee AK Abdul Momen chaired the meeting and members of the committee and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, Shahriar Alam, Nahim Razzak, Nizam Uddin Jalil, Nurul Islam Nahid, Habibur Rahman, Saimum Sarwar, Zara Zabeen Mahbub took part in the meeting. #

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