Frontliners, 60 plus can now get booster jabs
People aged 60 years and above, and the frontliners can now take booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines by showing vaccine cards, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
He came up with this statement while talking to the journalists at the secretariat.
"Booster shots are being given in limited scale now. People aged 60 years and above, and the frontliners can now take booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines by showing vaccine cards," Zahid Maleque said.
For others, the booster dose campaign will be launched at the end of this month once the Surokkha app is updated, the minister said.
Earlier on Sunday, the government launched the booster dose campaign where 60 people received Pfizer jabs.
Health officials said, only Pfizer dose will be given as a booster dose and the detailed protocol will be announced soon.
In yesterday's event, the minister also said that the transmission of a new variant of concern Omicron may increase as people do not wear masks in tourism spots including Cox's Bazar.
"People are thronging in without wearing masks in different [tourism] spots as well as participating at the political gatherings. As result, there is a chance that the coronavirus transmission will increase," Zahid Maleque said.
On December 9, the DGHS found the first two cases of Omicron variant infection among two of the returning players of the Bangladesh Women Cricket Team.
"Omicron has not spread yet in the country. Necessary steps have been taken to prevent spreading the variant," the minister said, adding that all the hospitals have been kept prepared.
Mentioning that the Covid vaccines contributed to controlling coronavirus transmission, he also urged people to take vaccines.
Meanwhile, the Maldives will appoint doctors and nurses from Bangladesh, the minister also informed.
"There will be a contract signing in this regard," Zahid Maleque said without sharing details.
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