Cumilla councillor draws flak for giving jabs at her office
Despite not being authorised to do so, a Cumilla City Corporation councillor has administered Covid-19 vaccines to over a hundred people at her office on Thursday.
A photograph of Nadia Nasrin, a councillor from reserved ward 4, 5 and 6, administering Moderna vaccine to people at her office went viral on social media on Thursday and drew widespread criticism.
The councillor also came under severe criticism from city dwellers.
Contacted, Councillor Nasrin said she administered the Mordena vaccine to over a hundred people as the scheduled mass vaccination at Harun Primary School Centre was postponed.
She also claimed that she had received vaccination training and has a certificate in this regard. "No one lodged any complaint after being vaccinated by me," she said.
Meanwhile, a three-member probe committee has been formed by the civil surgeon's office to investigate the matter. The committee will submit a report today, said Mir Mubarak Hossain, civil surgeon of Cumilla.
"The councillor has no legal permission to administer vaccines to people. Also, she cannot take those vaccines to her office from the centre. The city corporation authorities have been informed about the matter," he added.
He also mentioned that the councillor was not part of the vaccination training programme in Cumilla.
Asked, the city corporation mayor Monirul Haque Sakku he will look into the matter.
The special mass vaccination programme started in Cumilla on August 9.
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