Govt spent Tk 40,000cr on Covid shots
The government has spent Tk 40,000cr for purchasing Covid-19 vaccines and implementing nationwide inoculation campaigns, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.
"We have administered around 22 crore doses so far… No irregularity or fault was seen in such a huge campaign," he said.
He made the statement while addressing a discussion marking World Kidney Day 2022 at the National Institute of Kidney Disease and Urology in Dhaka.
Of all jabs administered, 12.5cr were first doses, 8.5 crore second doses and 50 lakh booster doses. More than 1 lakh people worked for this, the minister said.
He also said Bloomberg ranked Bangladesh in the eighth position among all countries "for administering 22 crore vaccine jabs" within a short time.
Zahid Maleque also said the government would arrange a special campaign to administer booster doses like the ones for first and second doses. "This will keep the country safer."
About the kidney disease situation in the country, the minister said that as many as 70-80 people have been dying from kidney disease while around 20-30 thousand people develop kidney disease every day.
"For this reason, we have taken projects to set up 10-bed dialysis centre and 10-bed ICU in each district separately. Besides, there will be cancer and kidney hospital in each of the eight divisions," he added.
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