Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said Bangladesh has inoculated 210 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The minister revealed the information while addressing a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), reports BSS.
“As a result of the sincere efforts of the government, Bangladesh has emerged as a successful country for controlling the spread of the deadly coronavirus,” he added.
He informed that the government has extended the nationwide one-day vaccination campaign for two days to bring all eligible people under the first dose of vaccination coverage.
He said second and booster doses will also be administered alongside the mass vaccination campaign for the first dose.
As many as 20,71,44,688 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, including booster doses, were administered across the country till Saturday.
"A total of 12,07,56,056 people have so far been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine till February 26 while 8,27,54,951 received the second dose across the country during the same period," according to the data of Management Information System of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As many as 36,33,681 people have so far received the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, it added.
According to DGHS, some 37,585 floating people across the country have so far received the first dose of the vaccine.
“Of the total vaccination doses, 1,11,74,725 people received the first dose of coronavirus vaccines on the first day of the campaign while 8,15,073 received the second dose and 73,855 received booster dose during the same period,” the DGHS added.
Bangladesh secured 10th position in the vaccination programme and the ongoing mass vaccination campaign will push the country into a new feat covering fully unvaccinated people to fight the Covid-19, the health minister said.
"We hope that we will create a milestone of success in administering coronavirus vaccines to a huge number of people during the three-day drive," he added.