Dhamrai mayor poses with syringe next to vaccine recipient; photo goes viral
Dhamrai Municipality Mayor Golam Kabir Mollah was photographed, posing with a syringe containing Covid-19 vaccine next to a jab recipient, as the nationwide mass inoculation drive kicked off today. The photo went viral on social media.
The photo shows the mayor posing like he is administering the vaccine, at Dhamrai municipality building.
Dhamrai Upazila Nirbahi Officer Hossain Mohammad Hai Zaki, Dhamrai Upazila Health Officer Dr Noor Rifat Ara and other officials were present at that time, reports our Savar correspondent.
Golam Kabir Mollah, also president of Dhamrai unit of Awami League, said, "I only posed with a syringe as local journalists requested me to do so during the inauguration of the mass vaccination programme in the municipality this morning. I'm a conscious person. How can I administer vaccine to anyone?"
Dhamrai Upazila Nirbahi Officer Zaki told our Savar correspondent that the mayor only posed holding the syringe at the requests of local journalists.
The person seen in the photo was administered vaccine earlier, said the UNO.
When asked, Dhamrai Upazila health official Dr Noor Rifat Ara told our correspondent over phone, "I was surprised when he (mayor) did it. I didn't notice it as I was busy."
Dr Noor Rifat Ara later said she was sure that the mayor did not administer the vaccine.
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