Consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines reached Chattogram city this morning as vaccination in the district is scheduled to start on February 7.
Thirty-eight cartons with 45,600 vials of vaccines reached Chattogram from Dhaka around 7:00am, Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said, adding that each vial contains 10 doses of vaccine.
That means, the total number of doses is 456,000, uoting the civil surgeon.
The vaccines have been stored at the central storage in civil surgeon's office, maintaining temperature between 2 degree Celsius and 8 degree Celsius, he said.
The vaccines would be supplied to different vaccination centres in the port city and 14 upazilas.
There will be 15 vaccination centres in the metropolitan areas and one each in 14 upazilas, said the civil surgeon.
Meanwhile, training of health staffers who would operate vaccination programme is yet to start in the metropolitan areas.
Asked, Dr Selim Akter Chowdhury, chief health officer of Chattogram City Corporation, said they were taking preparation to start the training session.
A total of 42 teams -- each comprising two nurses and four volunteers -- would conduct the vaccination programme in the city, said Dr Selim.
In the upazilas, two teams would operate vaccination programme in each centre, Dr Rabbi said adding that the upazila health complexes will be used as vaccination centres.
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