A day later, the Liberation War Minister withdrew his statement

Dhaka: Liberation War Affairs Minister AQM Mozammel Hoque’s statement has been withdrawn, saying that anyone under the age of 18 who goes out without vaccination after August 11 will face punishment. Senior Information Officer of the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs Sufi Abdullahil The minister withdrew his statement in a press release signed by Maruf. The decision has been revoked. The statement has been corrected. It is not possible. It will be in phases. At that stage we will go to the future. We will make this decision by arranging for more vaccinations. We will take more time. In this regard, the Minister told the media, “We will announce the date from when the punishment will be imposed if you walk without getting vaccinated.” This will be done only after the ability to vaccinate everyone is achieved. Earlier on Tuesday (August 3), senior cabinet minister AQM Mozammel Haque presided over an inter-ministerial meeting to review the coronavirus situation in the cabinet division at the secretariat.At the end of the meeting, the Liberation War Minister told reporters that from August 11, anyone outside the age of 18 without a vaccine would be considered a punishable offense. If a person over the age of 18 is on the road, in a car, on a motorcycle or on a bicycle, on a tempo or on a bus or on a train, no body allow to move, they must be vaccinated.Health Minister Zahid Malek was present at the time. However, he did not disagree with the statement of the then Liberation War Minister.A message sent by the health ministry’s public relations officer later that night said no one under the age of 18 would be allowed to go out without being vaccinated, a statement from the health and family welfare ministry said. Asked by reporters at the Secretariat on Wednesday afternoon, Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud said, “Most of the (yesterday’s inter-ministerial) meeting was connected online. I was connected online.” There was actually no such decision. The government has not decided that it would be a punishable offense for anyone over the age of 18 to go out (without vaccination).