70-80% population to be vaccinated by April next year: health minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said 70 to 80 percent of the country's population would be vaccinated by April next year.
"We have been able to control the coronavirus infection. At present, there are 18,000 beds and 800 labs across the country for the treatment," the minister said.
He was exchanging greetings on Durga Puja celebrations at a centre in Garpara area of Manikganj Sadar upazila around 1:30pm today, reports our Manikganj correspondent.
"All major hospitals in the country have central oxygen lines and coronavirus patients have been able to go to the hospitals for treatment," he said.
"The coronavirus infections and mortality rates have dropped in the country. We don't want the infection to increase again. So, everyone has to follow the hygiene rules," the minister also said.
Manikganj Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Latif, Superintendent of Police Golam Azad Khan and Manikganj District Awami League Vice-President Advocate Abdul Majid, among others, were present at the time.
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