64pc school students vaccinated
The first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has been given to 64 percent of students between the age 12 and 18, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, deputy minister for education, told parliament yesterday.
He said the number of students belonging to the mentioned age group in the country is about 1 crore 16 lakh 23 thousand 322. Of them, the first dose of vaccine was given to 77 lakh 18 thousand and 337 students till Sunday.
Mohibul also said the government has been able to vaccinate all university teachers.
He further mentioned that 90 percent of the public university students residing in the university halls have already been vaccinated.
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