‘Overnight queues proved futility of vaccination drive’
Numerous people's wait in queues overnight for jabs proved how futile the mass vaccination campaign was, said Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader yesterday.
He said such incidents are unprecedented in the world and there can be no more embarrassing news for the nation.
During a programme at his Banani office, GM Quader said different countries are normalising the Covid-19 situation with their mass vaccination programmes being successfully implemented.
"However, hundreds of people have spent the whole night for a single dose of vaccine in our country," said the JP chairman.
He said, "Even elderly people had to do the same amid immense sufferings because, in the last few days, they did not get vaccines even after visiting different centres."
He said at least 27 crore doses of vaccine would be needed to make the vaccination programme a success.
GM Quader said vaccines would have to be collected quickly from various sources. Moreover, the mass vaccination programme must have proper planning and overall coordination, he added.
He also said different ministers are talking about vaccination in different ways. "People have lost confidence on the government due to ministers' contradictory remarks."
The JP chairman drew the government's attention to the fact that at the upazila and even district levels, critical patients often do not get oxygen support. It has become urgent to build a field hospital with the necessary equipment with the help of the army.
JP Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu said the government claimed that "they are stronger than Corona". However, the country's people are dying in ambulances on the way to get treatment, he said.
He said the government has completely failed to ensure healthcare for the common people.
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