প্রকাশ: 26/02/2022
Bangladesh on Saturday rolled out another phase of its mega
Covid inoculation drive, aiming to cover a whopping 10 million people.
Across the country, including capital Dhaka, UNB found
people thronging vaccine centres to get a shot in the arm.
“The special vaccination drive with an aim to inoculate one
crore people in 24 hours started around 8.30am in districts across the country,
including Dhaka,” said member secretary of Corona Vaccine Employment Committee
of Health Services Division, Dr. Shamsul Haque.
“There is no need for registration. People can just walk
into the centres to get a shot of the Covid vaccine. People who are yet to get
even their first shot should avail this opportunity. A vax card will be given to
people, post-inoculation," he added.
Our Natore Correspondent reports: The local administration
started the vaccination campaign in 250 centres across the district to bring
around three lakh people under the ambit of the programme.
Deputy Commissioner Shamim Ahmed visited a number of
vaccination centres in the morning.
Our Cumilla Correspondent adds: The special inoculation
drive began in 701 vaccination centres across Cumilla, with an ambitious target
to cover three lakh people.
Some 6.55 million vaccine shots will be provided at
different levels on Saturday -- 4.14 million doses in 13,800 wards of the
upazilas, 0.324 million doses in 1,068 wards of municipalities, and 2.0925
million shots in 465 wards across cities.
Besides, 3.5 million vaccine doses will be provided to
special communities, including workers at factories, markets, restaurants,
boats, launches and ships, brick kilns and other floating communities.
Since the inauguration of the mass inoculation drive in
Bangladesh on February 7 last year, some 8,19,39,878 people have been fully
vaccinated with two shots and 10,958,331 people received their first doses
till Friday (February 25). Besides, 3,59,826 people have received booster
doses.
"The government has taken the initiative to administer
at least 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses on February 26 to achieve the target
of vaccinating 90% of people in the country," Health and Family Welfare
Minister Zahid Malik said on February 17.
Covid situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 11 more Covid-linked deaths with 1,406
fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.
The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 5.48% from
Thursday’s 5.53% after testing 25,702 samples during the period, according to
the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Thursday, Bangladesh reported 10 Covid-linked deaths
with 1,516 fresh cases.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,016 and the caseload to 19,41,057.
Source: UNB
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