64% school students received first dose of Covid vaccine: Mohibul
Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury today told the parliament that 64 percent of the country's students -- aged 12-18 -- have been given the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine.
There are around 1,16,23,322 students, aged between 12-18, in the country, he said.
Of them, 77,18,337 or 64.04 percent have been given the first jab of coronavirus vaccine till yesterday, he informed the parliament.
The deputy minister also said, "We have been able to give Covid-19 vaccines to around 100 percent university-level teachers. About 90 percent of residential students of public universities have been administered vaccines."
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