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CJ-VACCINE
CJ urges lawyers to get vaccinated
DHAKA, Feb 8, 2021 (BSS) – Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, who received
his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, urged lawyers to get
vaccinated.
“We’ve taken the vaccine yesterday and doing fine and conducting the trial
today. You should also get vaccinated,” he said to lawyers connected
virtually during Appellate Division hearing today.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin in reply said he would take the vaccine
tomorrow.
The chief justice, at the time, also urged senior lawyers AJ Mohammad Ali,
Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal and Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon to take the
vaccine.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and his wife took the vaccine yesterday
in the city’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.
Supreme Court spokesperson Mohammad Saifur Rahman told BSS that seven
Appellate Division judges and 48 Judges from High Court Division have
received their vaccines on the first day of the nationwide vaccination
programme yesterday.
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