The health directorate will resume mass vaccination against Covid-19 from Thursday across Bangladesh.
Dr Shamsul Haque, director of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), told journalists that the inoculation would start from 8am in all medical colleges, district hospitals, and other centres across the country.
He said they would give Pfizer doses in seven centres in Dhaka including Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) and Kurmitola General Hospital.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait bound expatriates, who cannot enter the countries without Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, would receive those jabs.
The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) will send their list and then they will register online.
"None will get a vaccine without registration," the director said, adding that a text message will be sent to them for taking the vaccine.
Students will be vaccinated based on the list added to the University Grants Commission's (UGC) database.
Bangladesh has 95,177 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine in stock. Besides, 2 million doses will arrive from Beijing soon.
Under the Covax mechanism, the government will get 2.5 million doses of Moderna's vaccine next week.
