Proof of Vaccine, Or No Entry in Restaurants

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that one cannot eat in a restaurant without vaccination. A notification in this regard will be issued within the next 15 days.

The minister made the remarks after an inter-ministerial meeting on the issue of Omicron, a new type of coronavirus, in the conference room of the Cabinet Division at the Secretariat on Monday (January 3) evening.

He said the meeting also discussed the issue of transporting fewer passengers than the allotted seats in the case of public transport.

Earlier, the meeting started at 6:20 pm. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was present in the meeting as the chief guest. Health Secretary Zahid Malek was present as the special guest under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam.

Mustafa Kamal Uddin, Senior Secretary, Department of Public Safety, Mohammad Lokman Hossain Mia, Secretary, Department of Health Services, Mohammad Mokammel Hossain, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Director General (DG), Department of Health Maqbool Hossain, Chief Information Officer (Additional Responsibilities) of the Information Department Md. Shahenur Mia were also present at the meeting.