Booster Dose day today

The Department of Health has decided to observe nationwide Booster Dose Day on Tuesday (July 19) to prevent corona infection. On this day, the government is setting a target of giving 75 lakh people booster (third) and second dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Anyone over 18 can take a booster dose four months after the second dose. Pfizer vaccine will be given as a booster dose.

Details in this regard were given in a press conference of the Department of Health on Monday (July 18) afternoon. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek, joining the press conference through video conference and said that during this campaign, Covid-19 vaccine will be given to all government medical college hospitals, specialized hospitals, district headquarter hospitals, upazila health complexes as well as city corporations, municipalities and upazila wards. Vaccination arrangements have been made in 623 permanent and 15 thousand 558 temporary centers across the country with the aim of giving vaccines to about 75 lakh people in a day.

In Dhaka North City Corporation, 8 teams will work in 16 centers including 250-bed TB Hospital, National Heart Institute, Dhaka Dental College and 4 teams in 11 centers. Besides, 8 teams each will work in 10 centers including Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Central Police Hospital and Dhaka Medical College Hospital of South City Corporation and 4 teams each in 4 centers.

A team will consist of 2 vaccinators and 3 volunteers. Each team will vaccinate 500 people. The booster dose day facility will administer the vaccine to women individually in a screened area at the center and give priority to the elderly and disabled.

In addition, the normal activities of the regular Covid-19 vaccine 1st and 2nd dose will continue on this day.