Children of 12 city corporations will be vaccinated in the first phase

Vaccination program for 5-11-year-old children will be started from August 25 to prevent the spread of coronavirus across the country. In the first phase, vaccination program will be conducted in 12 city corporations of the country. However, tomorrow (August 11) the vaccination program for children will be held on an experimental basis.

On Wednesday (August 10), Director General of the Department of Health Professor Dr. Abul Basar Md Khurshid Alam confirmed this information to the journalists.

He said, from tomorrow (August 11) we are starting vaccination program for children on an experimental basis. The program will officially start at 11 am at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. After that, from August 25, the vaccination program for children will start in full swing across the country.

He also said that this vaccination program for children aged 5 to 11 years will be held in 12 city corporation areas across the country. The first round of vaccination will last for a total of 12 days from 25 August to 7 September. Then the second round (second dose program) will take place two months after the first round.

The director general also said that we have sufficient quantities of Pfizer's specially prepared vaccines for children. Our vaccination workers are also ready all over the country.

When asked whether this activity will be carried out only in the city corporation, he told the reporters that initially we have planned to start in the city corporation area. However, it will gradually start at district-upazila level across the country.