Community engagement to prevent Covid-19 spread stressed

Administrative and other officials concerned viewed that community engagement, particularly in the remote and rural areas, can be the best ways of limiting furthermore Covid-19 spread.

The integration and involvement of communities in COVID-19 prevention and control is a potential and viable strategy in addressing the pandemic. So, all the government and non-government organizations concerned should come forward and work together.

The discussants came up with the observation while addressing a divisional-level planning and review workshop held at the office conference hall of Commissioner of Rajshahi division today.

The District Information Office hosted the meeting under the C4D programme of UNICEF to prevent coronavirus infection.

Divisional Commissioner Dr Humayun Kabir addressed the meeting as chief guest saying there is no scope of ignoring the issue of Covid-19 amid the present lowering trend of infection and death.

He urged all concerned to expedite the awareness campaign against the pandemic as the educational institutions opened for the greater interest of the students. Importance should be given on wearing face masks, especially in public places.

"We have to make the preventive and vaccination programmes successful simultaneously," he added.

Dr Kabir told the meeting that the government has taken the decision of vaccinating 75-80 lakh people across the country on Tuesday. Fifty plus people will get priority in the mass-vaccination campaign. He urged all concerned to supplement the government endeavor through performing their respective duties with utmost sincerity and honesty.

Additional Divisional Commissioner Dr Ziaul Haque, Divisional Director of the Department of Family Planning Mahbubul Alam, Divisional Deputy Director of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury, Editor of Daily Sonali Sangbad Liakat Ali and Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat.

Divisional Director of the Department of Mass Communication Farhad Hossain and Deputy Director Nafeyala Nasrin also spoke highlighting their official activities to prevent the Covid-19.

Source: BSS