Under-12s will get vaccine if WHO recommends
Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government will vaccinate children under 12 if WHO recommends.
"They [primary school students] will also return to school. As teachers and other staffers have already been inoculated, there will be no problem," he told journalists at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in Dhaka on Saturday while talking about the upcoming countrywide special Covid-19 first dose vaccine campaign.
There will be 16,000 vaccine centers in rural areas and 8,500 in the urban areas and more than 70,000 vaccinators and volunteers for the one-day special campaign. No one will require any document or prior registration.
"After this, the activities to give second and the booster dose will be strengthened," he said.
Meanwhile, the health directorate has reported 1,595 new cases and 16 deaths in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
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