National University NU Covid-19 Vaccine Registration 2021

How to Register for Corona Vaccine in Bangladesh. The government is also making lists of the health workers and others on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19. Details of the app and the registration process will be made known at a press conference on Monday afternoon, said ICT Secretary NM Ziaul Alam. The first batch of the 30 million doses of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is expected to arrive in Bangladesh on Monday. Its manufacturer Serum Institute of India will send five million doses a month through Beximco Pharmaceuticals under the deal. The government has purchased the doses from Serum. The Indian government has also sent two million doses as a gift.

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The mass inoculation drive will begin in full swing on 8 July while will kick off the campaign on the 12th June with a nurse getting the first shot.

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Those receiving the jabs will be under observation for a week as per the World Health Organization guidelines. The monitoring is required because the trials of the vaccine were not held in Bangladesh.

To register for the vaccine, all must download the Surokkha app on their mobile phone from Google’s Play Store or Apple’s App Store.

The Directorate General of Health Services or DGHS sought the lists of the frontline workers from the government and private agencies in letters to the deputy commissioners of the 64 districts on Jan 13, said Nasima Sultana, additional directorate general at the DGHS.

They will get registered once the app is launched, she said.

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Citizens can also register online on the Surokkha web application www.surokkha.gov.bd, said Secretary Ziaul.

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Those under 18 cannot be registered on the app as they are still not permitted to take the vaccine. No coronavirus vaccine has been trialled on people aged below 18.

The authorities have made 18 types for the registration. Upon selecting a type, the citizens will need to input NID number, date of birth, and mobile phone number.

The types include citizen registration, officers and employees of the government’s Health and Family Planning Department, approved private health and family planning officers and employees, all directly involved government and private health care officers and employees, heroic freedom fighters and heroines, frontline law enforcement agency, military and paramilitary defense forces, essential officers in governance of the state and frontline media workers.

The other types are elected representatives, frontline officers and employees of the city corporations and municipalities, religious representatives of all religions, engaged in burial, government officers and employees at the forefront of emergency electricity, water, gas, sewerage and fire services, government officials of railway stations, airports and seaports, government officials involved in emergency public service in districts and Upazilas, ban officers and employees, and unskilled migrant workers.

Citizens will be informed about the vaccination after verification of the information provided by them during the registration. They will receive an SMS containing the date and vaccination center.

Ziaul said the government is planning registration at union digital centers for those having no access to internet or device to use the app.

This Information Collection By   Prothom Alo and bdnews24