BDRCS to assist govt on COVID-19 vaccination campaign

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DHAKA, Jan 26, 2021 (BSS) – The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society
(BDRCS) is working with the government across the country, including
the capital, to implement vaccination campaign as part of the battle
against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

About 15,000 trained volunteers of the Red Crescent Society are
directly participating in this campaign.

The volunteers participating in the COVID-19 vaccination programme
have been trained in accordance with the government-provided volunteer
guidelines in collaboration with the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

An official letter to this end has been sent from the Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) to all concerned including Civil
Surgeons at the districts and the chief health officers of the city
corporations to include the volunteers of Bangladesh Red Crescent
Society in the immunization programme.

According to the Red Crescent Society, these Red Crescent-trained
volunteers will assist the local administration to implementing at the
grassroots activities in all districts, upazilas of the country,
including the capital, to make the government’s COVID-19 vaccination
programme a success.

In the first phase, 150 volunteers of the Red Crescent Society have
started working in collaboration with the COVID-19 vaccination
programme which has been started in different hospitals in the
capital.

Following this, 50 more volunteers of Bangladesh Red Crescent
Society participated in the training programme held at Kurmitola
General Hospital at 3 pm today.