No 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine after Feb 26: DGHS
After February 26, first dose of Covid-19 vaccine will not be administered, according to Directorate General of Health Services.
"February 26 will be the last date of administering first dose of Covid-19 vaccine... we want to bring the most number of people under vaccine coverage by that time," Dr Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the National Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce at the DGHS, said in an online briefing this noon.
Besides, there will be a special countrywide campaign on February 26 with a target to inoculate one crore people, after which the first dose vaccination will be closed, he said.
From now one, everyone eligible to get vaccinated (aged 12 years and above) can take the first dose of vaccines without registration or showing any document, Dr Shamsul said.
Bangladesh joined the world in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign on January 27, 2021.
The government has inoculated around 10.06 crore people with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine as of February 14, 2022. Around 6.75 crore people have received both doses and 26 lakh people got booster shots, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on February 7.
Meanwhile, the DGHS yesterday reported 34 deaths from Covid-19 and 4,746 new cases of the coronavirus.
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