Maintain health protocols to check Covid-19 spread in winter: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to maintain health protocols including wearing masks to check a potential surge of coronavirus cases in winter as the virus hits many countries of the world at this time.
"I urge all to remain careful so that coronavirus cannot resurge in any way. You'll have to wear facemasks at all times," she said, adding that the virus has again hit many countries including the USA, England and Europe in the world with the advent of winter.
The prime minister said this while receiving 26,45,000 blankets for the destitute from the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) for her relief warehouse ahead of winter.
She joined the blanket handover ceremony, held at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), virtually from her Gono Bhaban residence.
Noting that the season changes here in October-November, which is a very critical time for the outbreak of influenza and cough, she urged people to take precautions to prevent influenza and coughs in this transitional period.
Alongside maintaining the health protocols, Hasina also asked people to keep vitamin C-enriched fruits in their diets to enhance their immunity against the coronavirus.
She reassured that all those eligible for vaccination according to the WHO would be brought under vaccination by the middle of next year.
On behalf of the prime minister, her Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus received the blankets and a Tk 10 lakh cheque for the PM's Relief and Welfare Fund from 37 private banks.
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