Special drive to vaccinate 1 crore people with first dose on Feb 26
The health directorate will conduct a special drive to vaccinate one crore people with first jabs of Covid-19 vaccine on February 26.
"With this, we will achieve first dose vaccination target. After the campaign, we will focus on administering the second and booster doses," Prof Abu Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate, announced during an online briefing this afternoon.
Urging the unvaccinated people to get jabbed without delay, he said, "We have observed that the death rate and the hospitalisation rate are less among the vaccinated. We urge everyone to take vaccines."
Last month, the government revised its target down to inoculate 11.92 crore or 70 percent of total population. The target was 80 percent, earlier.
Of the revised target, around 10.06 crore have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday.
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