Covid-19 vaccination campaign to be continued tomorrow to tackle rush
The health directorate will continue Covid-19 vaccination campaign on the weekend tomorrow to tackle the rush of vaccine recipients.
"To tackle the rush of the people and meet the vaccine demand, all the Covid-19 vaccination centres will remain opened tomorrow (Friday)," said a circular signed by Dr Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce Committee at the health directorate this evening.
On February 15, the health directorate officials announced a special campaign on February 26 to vaccinate one crore people.
Health officials said they want to concentrate on giving second and the booster dose after the campaign.
"We want to achieve the target to inoculate 70 percent of our population with first dose vaccines by February 26," Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, additional director general (Planning and Development) told The Daily Star this evening.
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