Govt seeking WHO nod
Vaccination for primary school students aged five and above will start soon after WHO approval, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.
"We have asked the education ministry to prepare a student list. We have also contacted the WHO for its approval," the minister told reporters at the secretariat.
Besides, vaccination drive for administering the second dose will begin on March 28 and will continue till March 30. Approximately 2.25 crore people are likely to receive the second dose during the drive, he said.
He informed that 22 crore doses of Covid vaccines so far have been administered in the country covering 75 percent of the population, for which the government has spent Tk 40,000 crore so far.
Since the inauguration of the mass inoculation drive on February 7 last year, around 8,68,44,218 people have been fully vaccinated with two shots and 12,54,90,996 received their first doses till March 6. Besides, 42,53,378 have received booster doses, said the minister.
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