Mass vaccination expected to resume in July: PM’s Principal Secretary

Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus said that the mass inoculation of Covid-19 is expected to be resumed in July as the government is working relentlessly to collect more vaccines.

In a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) organised marking the distribution of another 53,340 houses by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said that they are maintaining communications in this regard.

The government is also trying to produce vaccines in the country, he told the reporters.

The Principal Secretary said that a total of Taka 14,000 crore has been allocated to collect vaccine.

The high commissioners and ambassadors have been communicating with the USA, the UK, European countries, China and others countries continuously to this end, he added.

PMO Secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, Project Director Md Mahbub Hossain and PMO’s Director General (Administration) Mohd Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui were present on the occasion.