Staff-Reporter: The 'Surokkha' app will be available on Google Play Store by February 4, said the Director General of the Department of Health, Prof. Dr. ABM Khurshid Alam.Through the app people can register online for vaccination against Covid -19.

He said at a function in Mohakhali on Sunday (January 31), 'The ICT Ministry has told us that the app will be available on android phone within 4 days.. Professor Khurshid Alam also informed the reporters that the coronavirus vaccine will reach all parts of the country by Monday.

He said booths have already been set up at the vaccination centers. Training of vaccinators and volunteers is also in the final stages.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the coronavirus vaccination program at Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka on January 27. The 'Surokkha' platform's web application ( www.surokkha.gov.bd ) is now open to the public.

Everyone who is interested in getting vaccinated has to register. If all goes well, mass vaccination will start on February 7 across the country.

For those who cannot register online, the Department of Health and the Ministry of ICT will jointly assist them, said the DG.

He said that in such cases, the health department will complete the registration process with the help of the staff of the local ICT office.