Vaccination of RMG workers resumes on 8 Aug

Leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said that a mass vaccination of Covid for RMG workers would begin on 8 August.

They said the lists of the workers under the BGMEA enlisted factories were already sent to the concerned civil surgeon offices.

The workers of the RMG factories would be administered with vaccines under the supervision of concerned civil surgeon offices.

BGMEA president Faruque Hassan on Wednesday said, “We hope that large scale vaccination of RMG workers will start on due time.”

He informed that the RMG workers of Chattogram EPZ would be given vaccines on 8 August while the other factory workers would be given vaccines in phases.

Staff of Surjer Hassi and the community clinics would support the vaccination drive of the RMG workers.

The vaccination of the RMG workers actually began on 18 July with giving vaccines to four factories in Gazipur.

So far, 29,000 RMG workers have been given vaccines without registration.

The workers of the factories which were brought under vaccination are Tusuka Denim, Tusuka Washing of Konabari, Sparrow Apparels of Gazipur and Rose Valley Garments of Bhogra area.

The vaccination drive at the RMG factories remained stopped due to Eid vacation and lockdown and it will resume on 8 August in wider scale.

According to BGMEA, there are some four million RMG workers across the country.