COVID-19: CJ Urges Lawyers to Get Vaccinated

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, who received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, urged lawyers to get vaccinated.

''We've taken the vaccine yesterday and doing fine and conducting the trial today. You should also get vaccinated,'' he said to lawyers connected virtually during Appellate Division hearing on Monday.

Attorney General AM Amin Uddin in reply said he would take the vaccine on Sunday.

The chief justice, at the time, also urged senior lawyers AJ Mohammad Ali, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal and Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon to take the vaccine.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and his wife took the vaccine Tuesday in the city’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.

Supreme Court spokesperson Mohammad Saifur Rahman told journalists that seven Appellate Division judges and 48 Judges from High Court Division have received their vaccines on the first day of the nationwide vaccination programme yesterday.