Day 3 of mass vaccination campaign underway

The three-day nationwide mass vaccination campaign is underway with huge response from vaccine seeker people as the drive is scheduled to end today.

The third day of the vaccination campaign for administering the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines began at  8am this morning.

"Bangladesh has extended the one-day campaign into three-day drive to reach fully the unvaccinated people with first dose... we are receiving unprecedented response from all levels of people across the country," Director General of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam told BSS.

"Like the past two days of the campaign, all eligible people are thronging designated vaccination centres and booths to receive COVID-19 jabs...we are monitoring the nationwide mass vaccination campaign to make it successful to fight the disease," Alam added.    

Earlier, the government set a target to complete the first dose of coronavirus vaccine on February 26, but the government decided to continue the campaign for two more days to reach remarkable progress in the first dose of vaccination coverage, he added.