BANGLADESH

Vaccination campaign for school students to begin on Nov 1: Health Minister

Health Minister and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek has said that Covid-19 vaccination campaign for 12-17 year old students will start from November 1.

The minister made the announcement while addressing the press at the Secretariat following a Cabinet Meeting on Thursday (October 28th).

“Students aged between 12-17 will be inoculated from 1 November. Vaccination will first start at 12 centres in Dhaka. Gradually the whole country will be brought under the campaign,” Zahid Maleque said.

“Considering our present situation, we will be able to administer 40 thousand doses every day.

“We received 50 lakh vaccine doses yesterday. We already have 2 crore jabs in stock. Also a consignment of 35 lakh Pfizer shots will reach Bangladesh next month,” he added.

“We are taking steps to vaccinate in every district,” he said. Where there is no air-conditioned room, instructions have been given to make arrangements. Hopefully that too will happen soon and the process of vaccinating school boys and girls in every district will also start.

Earlier on Wednesday, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, in a press briefing, had said that school children will be vaccinated within the next one week.

On 14 October, 120 students at four schools in Manikganj were given a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on trial basis.

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