Official administering of Covid-19 booster dose starts tomorrow
Booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine will officially be administered in Bangladesh from tomorrow, said Health Secretary Lokman Hossain Miah today.
"Booster doses were given on an experimental basis since last Sunday. But it will be officially given from tomorrow. The Surokkha app for vaccine registration has already been updated in this regard," he said during an event at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) today.
Doctors, nurses, government officials, media persons and elderly citizens would be given priority for the booster dose. Pfizer's Covid-vaccine will be used for the purpose, at least to start with, the secretary added.
Adding that there would be no shortage of vaccines, Lokman said they have already secured 31 to 32 crore doses of vaccine, out of which 15 crore have already arrived in Bangladesh.
He also said it has been possible to bring 11 crore people under the vaccination programme.
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