More than 56 lakh people took booster dose in a day

Booster Dose Day was observed across the country on Tuesday (July 19) under the initiative of the Department of Health. Vaccination campaign was running all over the country. More than 56 lakh people took booster dose on this day. With this, more than 3 crore 61 lakh people have received booster dose vaccination in the country so far. And in this day-long special vaccination campaign, 2 lakh 24 thousand people received the second dose of vaccination.

This information is known from the press release on corona vaccination signed by Professor Dr. Shahadat Hossain, Director and Line Director of Management Information Branch (MIS) of the Department of Health.

According to the notification, 12 crore 95 lakh 86 thousand 721 people have taken the first dose of vaccination since the beginning of the vaccination program in the country. Apart from this, 12 crore 1 lakh 5 thousand 423 people have come under two doses of vaccination. And 3 crore 61 lakh 90 thousand 815 people took booster dose in the country so far.

It also said that in the last 24 hours (Tuesday), the first dose was given to 49 thousand 994 people, the second dose was given to 2 lakh 24 thousand 845 people. Besides this, 56 lakh 37 thousand 3 people received the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine. They have been vaccinated by Oxford-AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

Immunization program for students aged 12-17 years started in Bangladesh from November 1. Among them, 1 crore 73 lakh 49 thousand 527 people have been vaccinated with the first dose so far. The second dose has been given to 1 crore 60 lakh 81 thousand 789 people.

According to the Department of Health, 3 lakh 73 thousand 207 people of the floating population have been vaccinated in the country so far. They have been vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson single dose.