The nationwide daylong Covid-19 booster dose campaign will be observed on July 19 to expedite the vaccination programme to combat the outbreak of the deadly virus.
"The people aged 18 years and above will be eligible for receiving Covid-19 booster dose during the daylong campaign (July 19)....they (eligible people) will be inoculated booster dose after completing four months," Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS) sources said.
Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the National Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce, said the government has set a target to administer 7.5 million people booster doses on the day, reports BSS.
"Alongside regular vaccination centres, we have set up additional vaccination centres to inoculate the targeted people with Covid-19 booster dose," he said.
As of July 14, a total of 27,95,85,685 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including booster doses, were administered as the countrywide vaccination campaign was launched on February 7, last year.
"A total of 12, 95, 26,431 people have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine till yesterday (Thursday) while 11,97,94,388 received the second dose across the country during the period," according to data issued by the Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS).
As many as 3,0,2,41,346 people received the booster doses of the vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, it added.
A total of 3,34,12,350 students aged 12-17 years were vaccinated with first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
Of them, 1,73,47,831 students received the first dose of vaccines while 1,60,64,519 were immunised with a second dose of the jabs, the DGHS sources said.
"Till the date, Bangladesh received over 300 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines... Either the country got the vaccine doses under COVAX facilities or through purchase," the DGHS added.